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Stare Down.

windowswisher

windowswisher

expert noisemaker
My snake is now a yearling, and in the past couple of weeks she's had an explosion of confidence. She's usually out and about now, sometimes during the day but always at night. I catch her watching me, STARING at me all of the time.

She seems to be as keenly fascinated with me as I am her. So my question, how to you think that snakes perceive humans? Curiosity certainly does seem to be a great personality quirk corn snakes especially exhibit . . .
 
Just wait until you get other snakes. Then you have snakes staring at you, snakes staring at each other, all wanting out at the same time....
 
My favourite thing is when one of my snakes and one of my cats lock eyes. The stare down lasts forever, but ultimately the snake always wins. Maybe the lack of eyelids gives them an unfair advantage.

It's also cute when you approach the viv and they come right up to your face, trying to sniff you through the glass. I can only assume that they recognize their keeper, and are looking for either food or a way out.
 
Mine certainly stare. I always know when they're hungry, 'cause 6 snaky heads follow my every movement....

Kinda spooky, in a "snakes on a plane" kinda way :).
 
I always imagine my snakes having this cool predator thought-process... like the raptors in Jurassic Park:
'There is that animal again. I will watch her carefully, for she will either bring me food or disturb me by picking me up and taking me away from my territory."
I think they look at us and think about A) food and B) safety.

But they look so darn cute staring at me that I start talking to them in embarrassing baby-talk:
'Ooo... look at you, little cutie! What are you doin' in there? Who has the cutest little snake eyes ever? You do! Are you flicking your tongue at me? Aww!! You have the cutest little snake tongue!'

At that point, the snake is probably thinking that I've lost my marbles.
 
So Ariadne has recently taught me that staring means she wants OUT NOW. She's the type of snake who slithers into my hand when it is placed in the viv, then proceeds to climb up my sleeve or out over my arm. If she is awake and staring at me, she wants me to open the viv. If she is not, she wants to sleep. Her needs are very simple.
 
Our ball python "Bitey" I catch staring at the new corn snake, he never was particularly interested in the other corn snake right next to him, but the one in the 10G on the shelf he is FASCINATED by. And it has drastically changed his behavior making him calm and persistent in getting a chance to see her. Likewise my other Ball likes to watch TV, there is no explanation for it. Most balls do not like fast moving anything and more often than not hide from everyone. Mine? Nup, she watches TV and will watch me work too. Odd behaviors, but she's spent her entire life in the presence of adults, kids, being played with, allowed to roam, resting on my neck observing the computer screen...it's resulted in weird behavior.
 
Anyone here experience psychotic corn snake behavior? My bloodred corn snake is just like you all describe here. He is about a year old, eats very well, watches my every movement and actually comes out to greet me and sniff me through the top of the viv. The other night though he was different.... He actually gave me that "S" head thing when I reached in for him, and when I backed off he followed me out of the viv. And I just let him slither into his feeding container. He was visibly looking for something to snack on. So, I decided to feed him. He always snatches the pinkies from my forceps, but this time he snatched it and rolled into a ball with it constricting the already dead mouse for a good 30 seconds or more. I thought that was odd behavior for him. Then this morning I went to see him and check his viv temperatures (I do this like 4 times a day), and he flung himself spasticly all over the viv. He was out of control hysterical! What the heck is up with this psycotic behavior? Is there a full mooon? I do plan on getting him a larger viv at the next expo in early August. I am getting the feeling that his 10 gallon viv is getting a little cramped up. Is that possible? My other corn (Okeetee) is about a year old, but much smaller. He also seems more "alert" lately, but not to the extent of my psycho corn. He's always been more of a hider, but he seems to be getting more brazen too. Any thoughts?
 
I generally have 2 corn snakes staring at me when I'm in my bedroom. Sometimes its creepy when I wake up in the middle of the night and they are out of their hides watching me.

I have also noticed my ball likes to watch me do stuff. I've been building a new display rack for the snakies and she will come out of her hide and sit in the corner of the tank closest to me and watch me do stuff. She likes to watch me count change too.
 
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