Triangle Heads?

[patm1313]

I've been looking through corn snake pictures, and I keep noticing that some have triangle shaped heads. Is this just a characteristic of them when they are young?

 

[Messorius]

They're probably puffing out their heads to look dangerous.

 

[diamondlil]

The flattening and widening of the head into a wedge shape is a threat display.

 

[Susan]

Young or old, when you see this, they're ticked off!

 

[Toshiro]

Nanci should post her Bloodred Stripe het Snow - Ruby

 

[Velvet]

They are just being vicious and cross! lol

 

[patm1313]

That makes sense, as all of the photos I have seen have been of snakes with their head pulled back in the striking position. I feel stupid now...

 

[Jay@PJCReptiles]

They are just being vicious and cross! lol

This isn't vicious and cross. He just wants to be friends................ Go on, Touch him. lol
Jay

 

[Nanci]

Here's my rattlesnake, Ruby. I got her out to feed her last night, and for a second on the way to the scale she forgot she was a rattlesnake and was crawling around my hand like a cornsnake. As soon as I set her in the collander, though, it all came back to her. She strikes SO HARD at me that a little hiss comes out of her each time! Even though I know it doesn't hurt, I take a moment before picking her up. I don't have to worry about her running away, she's always coiled and waiting for me to make my next move. She's up to 11 grams now!

 

[Velvet]

*Meg pats cute little snakie on the head* Wouldn't hurt a fly I see! lol

The little RO in pics I posted is mine...I have pics of him coming out the egg with his head all triangular. We call him Psycho Sirius. hehehe He's actually very sweet once you've picked him up though...

Whenever I enter my snake room I am heralded by rattles from his tub! lol

 

[Velvet]

She's gorgeous Nanci! Sirius often hisses when he strikes at me too! hehehe Its adorable! lol

 

[djfreebase]

Iv got to join the fun. This is Aaragon, he has never tagged me yet but thats not through lack o trying.

 

[batwrangler]

This little crimson from VMS Herps has the most "attitude" of all my guys (with Starsevol's Warrick a close second). I was trying to get a picture of her striking, but she's too fast for me.

 

[ghosthousecorns]

Yay hatelings and adult hatelings!
I think my avatar was a bit disgruntled.

 

[ZoologyMajor]

My bloodread Hannibal telling me he doesn't like the flash on my camera.

 

[Nanci]

That crimson is great! I love it when they coil back so far they almost fall over!

 

[Snake Dave]

Ha ha, great pictures everyone!

Salazar was never a 'hateling', and looking back, I'm glad that he wasn't. He was my first snake (I had handled others elsewhere, but when you have experienced people around it's different), and if he was a hateling I might have been to nervous to bond with him. He struck at me twice, and hit once, lol. He did do the little hiss/sneeze thing when he struck, which was amazingly cute. :grin01:

Now that I've got a little more experience and confidence with snakes, I'd love to have a 'hateling', they're so cute!

All the best

David

 

[Nanci]

I wonder if it's bad for their egos when you laugh at them, though!

 

[patm1313]

Yay hatelings and adult hatelings!
I think my avatar was a bit disgruntled.

Yah, that's where I actually first saw a triangle shaped heads. Then I saw other pictures.

My bloodread Hannibal telling me he doesn't like the flash on my camera.

Beautiful bloodred. I want one .