"snakes don't _neeeeeed_ affection..." Tell that to Sans. I'm to sick to watch him for a long time, but when I went to see if he wanted out for a little while, he was pressed against the front of his enclosure, where the sliding glass doors are. He was sitting super and patiently still, waiting for someone to take him out. As soon as I had him, he started not only smuggling into my neck and pushing to nuzzle into my neck, he would continually pop up to give me little snakey kisses! He also loves winding around my hamds, turning us both into a ball, and rests his head very pointedly on my fingers before going to sleep. I say that he wants his snekky snuggles. I'm so in love with this little guy and all of his little personality quirks 💚🐍🐍💚
Great advice. Thank god you explained about snakes not processing information as fast when they aren’t up to temperature. People look at me like I have two heads when I say my retics are angels when they are warm. But definitely need more time to think when cold. 👍
I can't get enough of the baby Macklots attitudes 😂 the big old "S" shape is just so adorable. Yennefer only ever showed me that stance around 3 times before working out that I wasn't going to eat her 😂. The temperature variable with handling is exaggerated with my Psammophis, when cold they immediately try to run or wriggle but have less energy to do so and tire out quicker. when handling after basking, they stop and think first, they sometimes let me stroke them without panicking, but if they decide to run after basking at 38c, they start teleporting and I have a job for my eyes to even keep up, they're clever though so progress is already being made 🙂 Awesome video as always Annaliese, It really captures the aspects of socialising that isn't said on most reptile channels, I also agree that every reptile keeper should watch Lori Torini's videos, she does incredible things with her snakes! Keep them coming! Your content just keeps getting better!
They definitely go 'all in' on that elevated strike pose. Sometimes they get so into it that they fall over backwards! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Working with snakes can be so much more nuanced than many people realize!
I really enjoyed this video. I may have bias though because this is how I treat my animals. I have a juvenile corn snake I am target training and opening up the doors just to say hi and a small pet (she no longer runs off scared - but still flinches at the first touch). I also follow the guidelines with geckos. I use the same phrase before picking them up and I am starting to notice they start to 'step up' now. Pretty neat to see the behaviours!
That's awesome. It's amazing what a bit of time, attention and consistency can accomplish, eh? It's so rewarding when you and your reptile finally 'get' eachother, right?
Great video! Thank you! As a pretty much brand new snake owner (last one was over 30 years ago - boy how husbandry has changed!), this video provides a wealth of knowledge. I want him to have the best life possible with mutual trust (like I said, husbandry has changed A LOT), but as a youngster (born in mid April), and new to me (he arrived 2 weeks ago yesterday), I also want to give him the time he needs to become comfortable in his new space. Thanks for helping me do that!
Welcome back to the hobby! You're right, a LOT has changed even the last 5 years. I'm excited to see where we will go from here! I'm glad you found it helpful. I'm sure your new friend will (one day) appreciate the effort you put in. What kind of snake did you get?
@@AllCanadianReptileGirl a Paraguana Peninsula Boa! He has the most incredible markings (even the outline of a bunny head on his tail)! We're in the middle of our third week together today, and the last few days he's been getting bolder and exploring his surroundings more. I know he will probably flatten a few of the plants I put in with him (though I tried to use resilient ones), but hey, that just means I get to replant with sturdier stuff, and he gets enrichment, right? Thanks again!
I am struggling with your final tip of putting myself in my snakes’ shoes. Sadly, I don’t have shoes for my snakes. I haven’t been able to locate the feet on my snakes in order to you correctly size them for shoes. Probably gonna need a video on shoe fitting for snakes before I can put myself in them.
Amazing tips hun! This will really help me with my boa Tiny Tim and my rescued bearded dragon Chani, who are both what I call "touch-me-nots" and don't enjoy human interaction (more than likely due to something that happened before I got them) but I've been working with them very slowly to see if I can build trust with them. These tips will definitely help me in my quest for them to at least tolerate human interaction enough to get health checks, maintenance cleaning on them and their enclosures, etc. Btw, Lori Torrini is absolutely wonderful with animal behavior and I'm super envious of her ability to free roam her snakes. I'm planning on binge watching several of her videos and taking notes so I can improve my approach to interacting with my animals and to brush up on my target training knowledge. I can't wait to hear what happens with that ball python study she's involved in. Thank you so much for sharing your "secret" techniques with us. I have several top-opening enclosures that I plan on converting to front opening. My bin enclosures I plan on making a drop-down door with plexiglass and my glass tanks I'll flip on their sides and make doors across what used to be the top. You can actually buy conversion kits from a couple different places online, but I'm going to try my hand at creating my own. 🤞🏻🤞🏻 (Sheesh. Sorry for the long-winded comment.😅)
Out of the many tips and handlings I have watched past and present, what stood out about this one is the warm and cold thing. ☀🥶 It makes sense that a warmer brain would usually create a warmer mood. 🌞
They are certainly at 'peak' attention when at the right temp. That's often where you'll have the best interaction. But sometimes it's the other way. I have many snakes that prefer to be handled when they are cooler (often using me to warm up). Your snake will let you know if you listen!
If I ever doubt Finnley's intelligence (Ball python) I remember the moment he mistook my warm hand for his food, slammed into it with a bite and let go before he could wrap. His assessment of what he had his mouth on, and what to do about it, and then the motion to do it, took millionths of a second. He bit and let go before I knew he'd come at me. (The bite was entirely my fault unwittingly giving him all the cues of food and then sticking something hot in front of him.) I am working on target training him so that when he's a lot bigger he will know that if he doesn't nose-boop his target, then there is not dinner coming. And I also don't stick my hand in front of him at night, LOL.
It was one of my baby macklots pythons! They are about a month old. Their dad, Hobbes, is the one with me in most of the main angle shots where I'm standing and their mom, Cali, was in the side shots where I'm sitting. They are so cute, but very fiesty!
Another excellent video! Out of curiosity how does this advice apply to fossorial snakes like my boy Sherman? I love KSBs but I always feel so bad having to dig them out of the substrate...
I know what you mean! It's tough to have productive, in tank hang out sessions with a fossorial snake that's for sure (although the are rare times when it can happen). But many of these can still work. Sherman has the feeding routine down and is constantly peeking his head out the day before/day of feeding, so target training could be applied. I find he's a little less jumpy before he warms up, so morning is best to handle,etc.
I might save up to get a front opening tank for my hognose snake but I’m not sure what I would do with the 20 gal long that he’s in, since I prolly wouldn’t want to use top opening tanks after this and I have no use for it
Great video but I am biased as I enjoy your content overall. Just one detail about target training and snakes: thanks to the way they see, they will respond best to a target that is green or blue. They're not going to perceive red/orange/yellow very well.
Great video. Luckily I didn't have to do too much with my girl. She's been pretty chill since she was a baby. I think the breeders were pretty on top of handling her though.
Sometimes babies can be insecure and bitey, but with time and growth will settle down. Baby African Rock Pythons are nasty monsters. 3-footers are much more managable. This goes along with your 'leave them alone' strategy. Age and size can solve some problems.
hey i own a western hognose and a ball python but im looking into getting another snake and i have few ideas of what i want i wonder what you would recomend out of an bamboo rat snake or false water cobra or corn snake or black african house snake or an eastern garter snake or is there another one you would recomend i just dont want a boa or another python
False Water Cobra is one of my bucket list reptiles, but I don't know that I will ever get one myself or would recommend one for most people. While they are extremely smart (way smarter than most snakes) and most bond well with their people, they are very active, strong and have a very fast metabolism and want to eat everything and often. The venom is consideration, They need a lot of space, a lot of water and it would need to be cleaned several times a week (they often poop daily or multiple times a week, and from what I'm told, it's awful). They are a lot more work to do properly than most pet snakes. I think all around 'best pet snake' for most people, it's really hard to beat a corn snake - they get a good size, eat well, lots of variety for colour and they are usually great to handle. House snakes are great too, just make sure you get one that is tamed down - because of their dentition, house snakes bites hurt way more than you'd think. Bamboo rat's are gorgeous and perfect if you like to keep your home cooler. I haven't kept them myself, but have worked with them at the shop I used to work at. They were pretty chill, not unlike corn snakes. I can't recommend garter snakes enough. They are wonderful!, They are actually a lot like FWC in a lot of respects - active, clever, eat anything, need lots of room and also poop many times a week. But they are a much more manageable size. They are a little more jumpy than other pet snakes, but can tame down well (There are garter species that are a little more relaxed than Easterns - My Coast Garters, for example, are as calm as any corn snake). They are also very social and need other garters to hang out with so if you are going that route, I recommend at least 3. To me, that social requirement is a huge plus for garters. It's so much fun watching them interact with each other. To someone who only wants one snake, that might be a drawback. It depends on what you're looking for, I guess
I was hoping this would work for my kingsnake Chloë. It did help me realize that she is better then she used to be. She still likes to use me as a toilet and musk on me but she doesn't bite anymore. I'll try to hangout by her more without touching her and than move to giving her little touches. Than I'll move to handling her again. She's had plenty of time being left alone because I don't like getting peed on. Lol 😂 I've noticed that going really slow with her does help a little. Like when I go to pick her up just move in slow motion.
Sounds like you're on the right track. Your snake will let you know how they like to be interacted with, we just need to be paying attention to what they tell us!
I’m a new snake mom and I’m trying to tame my Cali king - he’s a feisty noodle. I tried the stick my hand in and he bit me. I’ve been a chicken since. 🤦🏼♀️
I know it can be scary and it might sting a little, but should only take a few bites that don't generate the desired response (human leaves me alone) for them to figure out biting is not going to work. Tap training with a snake hook might help too plus you can use the hook to help maneuver the snake instead of your hand. Good luck!!
@@AllCanadianReptileGirl you’re so sweet to take the time to respond! I really appreciate it. I actually had a snake phobia my entire life until I decided I was going to conquer it. Lol Honestly the bite didn’t really hurt and it didn’t even break skin and of course it startled me so I immediately stopped which I KNEW was not the way to go and now I think you’re right- he has that mentality that he’ll just keep scaring me away & it’s been working. Conquering a lifelong phobia (I’m 40yr old now) isn’t easy, go figure. Thanks again!!!!!!!!! Really means a lot. 💚
Is that a garter snake ur attempting to tame down? Mind blown. Here's the issues with most front opening...they're glass. Which makes them heavy. Which means your less likely to clean and do substrate changes. You know how easy it is to clean a 200 gt sterilite? And thats about 41"*23"*19". Very large. Now it needs some alterations but cheap, great for the snake, and light and easy to clean. Now if u have one snake, and you're young and healthy, have at it. My two cents. Really good video. As a biologist it's complicated when discussing reptile behavior. Stupid..no. A mammal...no. they do have reactive behaviors that happen before the brain kicks in. Their brain is just slower to process then a mammal. There are individuals that will never tame out. Just happens.
I've got over a dozen adult garters. A couple are still a little jumpy at first, but they are all pretty tamed down (outside of the plains garters at feeding time that is). That's a Valley Garter Snake I'm holding in the first part of the video. It took a bit of time to get there, but she is as tame as any corn snake. Totes do have a lot of advantages as long as they are big enough fit the species (like what you describe). Weight and ease of cleaning are big ones! Most of my enclosures are fully bioactive so thankfully I'm not replacing substrate all the time. You're right that some individuals may never tame down, but I believe that even in the most 'wild' snake, there are always ways for us to change our approach to improve our interactions, even if it's just a little.
My pet snakes generally do not bite at all (except babies and maybe some garters at feeding time), so I don't have any footage of my own snakes biting. I do not want to sensationalize bites or feed into people's fear or snakes, so if I do use footage of me being bit, I make sure there is an explanation or some other educational component related to the bite.
@@j954e 2 headed snakes are a real thing. It can occur in other reptiles too. In very rare cases a mutation in the development of the embryo that causes 2 headed offspring. Its called bicephaly. Usually they don't survive very long, but occasionally (usually in captivity where accommodations can be made for them) they survive. It does not appear to be a genetic trait that can be specifically bred for (thank goodness), just a random fluke.
"snakes don't _neeeeeed_ affection..."
Tell that to Sans. I'm to sick to watch him for a long time, but when I went to see if he wanted out for a little while, he was pressed against the front of his enclosure, where the sliding glass doors are. He was sitting super and patiently still, waiting for someone to take him out. As soon as I had him, he started not only smuggling into my neck and pushing to nuzzle into my neck, he would continually pop up to give me little snakey kisses! He also loves winding around my hamds, turning us both into a ball, and rests his head very pointedly on my fingers before going to sleep. I say that he wants his snekky snuggles.
I'm so in love with this little guy and all of his little personality quirks 💚🐍🐍💚
Great advice. Thank god you explained about snakes not processing information as fast when they aren’t up to temperature. People look at me like I have two heads when I say my retics are angels when they are warm. But definitely need more time to think when cold. 👍
The angry macklots bebes were sooooo adorable ❤❤❤
They are so impossibly cute!
I can't get enough of the baby Macklots attitudes 😂 the big old "S" shape is just so adorable.
Yennefer only ever showed me that stance around 3 times before working out that I wasn't going to eat her 😂.
The temperature variable with handling is exaggerated with my Psammophis, when cold they immediately try to run or wriggle but have less energy to do so and tire out quicker. when handling after basking, they stop and think first, they sometimes let me stroke them without panicking, but if they decide to run after basking at 38c, they start teleporting and I have a job for my eyes to even keep up, they're clever though so progress is already being made 🙂
Awesome video as always Annaliese, It really captures the aspects of socialising that isn't said on most reptile channels, I also agree that every reptile keeper should watch Lori Torini's videos, she does incredible things with her snakes!
Keep them coming! Your content just keeps getting better!
They definitely go 'all in' on that elevated strike pose. Sometimes they get so into it that they fall over backwards! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Working with snakes can be so much more nuanced than many people realize!
Very informative. Target training is becoming more popular with larger species and a great tool.
It sure is!
I really enjoyed this video. I may have bias though because this is how I treat my animals. I have a juvenile corn snake I am target training and opening up the doors just to say hi and a small pet (she no longer runs off scared - but still flinches at the first touch). I also follow the guidelines with geckos. I use the same phrase before picking them up and I am starting to notice they start to 'step up' now.
Pretty neat to see the behaviours!
That's awesome. It's amazing what a bit of time, attention and consistency can accomplish, eh? It's so rewarding when you and your reptile finally 'get' eachother, right?
Great video! Thank you! As a pretty much brand new snake owner (last one was over 30 years ago - boy how husbandry has changed!), this video provides a wealth of knowledge. I want him to have the best life possible with mutual trust (like I said, husbandry has changed A LOT), but as a youngster (born in mid April), and new to me (he arrived 2 weeks ago yesterday), I also want to give him the time he needs to become comfortable in his new space. Thanks for helping me do that!
Welcome back to the hobby! You're right, a LOT has changed even the last 5 years. I'm excited to see where we will go from here! I'm glad you found it helpful. I'm sure your new friend will (one day) appreciate the effort you put in. What kind of snake did you get?
@@AllCanadianReptileGirl a Paraguana Peninsula Boa! He has the most incredible markings (even the outline of a bunny head on his tail)! We're in the middle of our third week together today, and the last few days he's been getting bolder and exploring his surroundings more. I know he will probably flatten a few of the plants I put in with him (though I tried to use resilient ones), but hey, that just means I get to replant with sturdier stuff, and he gets enrichment, right? Thanks again!
Just found this gem of a channel from WWR. Love this!!!
Welcome! I'm glad you like my channel!
I'm always trying to do better for reptile handling and behaviour. Good to see more of this content.
Ahh ❤ recently got my first snake EVERRR dream come true ✨ good timingg
Congrats! What kind of snake did you get?
Royal Pythonn 👀
I’m a little sad you didn’t go for the “upsetti spaghetti” joke but I’ll allow it because this video was so good.
Just watched Adam's latest video, so here I am, ma'am!! I loved the collab, so I'm sure this page will be fantastic!!! You have some AMAZING animals!!
Welcome and thank you! I hope you enjoy my videos!
@@AllCanadianReptileGirl Indeed, I do!! Already!!
Keep up the good work, young lady!
I am struggling with your final tip of putting myself in my snakes’ shoes. Sadly, I don’t have shoes for my snakes. I haven’t been able to locate the feet on my snakes in order to you correctly size them for shoes. Probably gonna need a video on shoe fitting for snakes before I can put myself in them.
Great advice. Very informative.
Great video!!🐍❤️🐍
Great video 🥰
Amazing tips hun! This will really help me with my boa Tiny Tim and my rescued bearded dragon Chani, who are both what I call "touch-me-nots" and don't enjoy human interaction (more than likely due to something that happened before I got them) but I've been working with them very slowly to see if I can build trust with them. These tips will definitely help me in my quest for them to at least tolerate human interaction enough to get health checks, maintenance cleaning on them and their enclosures, etc.
Btw, Lori Torrini is absolutely wonderful with animal behavior and I'm super envious of her ability to free roam her snakes. I'm planning on binge watching several of her videos and taking notes so I can improve my approach to interacting with my animals and to brush up on my target training knowledge. I can't wait to hear what happens with that ball python study she's involved in.
Thank you so much for sharing your "secret" techniques with us. I have several top-opening enclosures that I plan on converting to front opening. My bin enclosures I plan on making a drop-down door with plexiglass and my glass tanks I'll flip on their sides and make doors across what used to be the top. You can actually buy conversion kits from a couple different places online, but I'm going to try my hand at creating my own. 🤞🏻🤞🏻
(Sheesh. Sorry for the long-winded comment.😅)
Great video! Very helpful info! And extra points for the Firefly clip.
Shiny!
Out of the many tips and handlings I have watched past and present, what stood out about this one is the warm and cold thing. ☀🥶 It makes sense that a warmer brain would usually create a warmer mood. 🌞
They are certainly at 'peak' attention when at the right temp. That's often where you'll have the best interaction. But sometimes it's the other way. I have many snakes that prefer to be handled when they are cooler (often using me to warm up). Your snake will let you know if you listen!
If I ever doubt Finnley's intelligence (Ball python) I remember the moment he mistook my warm hand for his food, slammed into it with a bite and let go before he could wrap. His assessment of what he had his mouth on, and what to do about it, and then the motion to do it, took millionths of a second. He bit and let go before I knew he'd come at me. (The bite was entirely my fault unwittingly giving him all the cues of food and then sticking something hot in front of him.) I am working on target training him so that when he's a lot bigger he will know that if he doesn't nose-boop his target, then there is not dinner coming. And I also don't stick my hand in front of him at night, LOL.
I've had a very similar interaction will my ball python too. Good luck with the target training!
I had an ornery coachwhip Masticophis flagellum that I had to just let her bite until she knew I wasn’t going away.
Also omg who is that adorable little baby you were handling towards the end? 13:32
It was one of my baby macklots pythons! They are about a month old. Their dad, Hobbes, is the one with me in most of the main angle shots where I'm standing and their mom, Cali, was in the side shots where I'm sitting. They are so cute, but very fiesty!
Very informative and #5 1/2 is very important! 🐍💚
yep! It sure is!
Great
Gonna attempt this with my crocodile skinks after a couple days of settling in
Good luck!!
Another excellent video! Out of curiosity how does this advice apply to fossorial snakes like my boy Sherman? I love KSBs but I always feel so bad having to dig them out of the substrate...
I know what you mean! It's tough to have productive, in tank hang out sessions with a fossorial snake that's for sure (although the are rare times when it can happen). But many of these can still work. Sherman has the feeding routine down and is constantly peeking his head out the day before/day of feeding, so target training could be applied. I find he's a little less jumpy before he warms up, so morning is best to handle,etc.
I might save up to get a front opening tank for my hognose snake but I’m not sure what I would do with the 20 gal long that he’s in, since I prolly wouldn’t want to use top opening tanks after this and I have no use for it
Fish maybe?? Or you could use it for something like a Pac-Man frog in a bioactive so that you don’t have to take him out (that’s what I did)
Great video but I am biased as I enjoy your content overall. Just one detail about target training and snakes: thanks to the way they see, they will respond best to a target that is green or blue. They're not going to perceive red/orange/yellow very well.
"Don't train your snake to bite you"
That's good advice.
I thought so too!
You have so many cool snakes that I enjoy seeing. What is the white one (Yohana?) during the 5-1/2 section? So pretty!
Johanna is a reverse stripe California King Snake. She's gorgeous isn't she?
Great video
Thanks!
Great video. Luckily I didn't have to do too much with my girl. She's been pretty chill since she was a baby. I think the breeders were pretty on top of handling her though.
Starting young makes a big difference!
They also do much less damage if you do get bitten when they are young. I would not like to get bitten by any of the bigger adult snakes 😅
Sometimes babies can be insecure and bitey, but with time and growth will settle down.
Baby African Rock Pythons are nasty monsters. 3-footers are much more managable.
This goes along with your 'leave them alone' strategy. Age and size can solve some problems.
It sure can!
hey i own a western hognose and a ball python but im looking into getting another snake and i have few ideas of what i want i wonder what you would recomend out of an bamboo rat snake or false water cobra or corn snake or black african house snake or an eastern garter snake or is there another one you would recomend i just dont want a boa or another python
False Water Cobra is one of my bucket list reptiles, but I don't know that I will ever get one myself or would recommend one for most people. While they are extremely smart (way smarter than most snakes) and most bond well with their people, they are very active, strong and have a very fast metabolism and want to eat everything and often. The venom is consideration, They need a lot of space, a lot of water and it would need to be cleaned several times a week (they often poop daily or multiple times a week, and from what I'm told, it's awful). They are a lot more work to do properly than most pet snakes. I think all around 'best pet snake' for most people, it's really hard to beat a corn snake - they get a good size, eat well, lots of variety for colour and they are usually great to handle. House snakes are great too, just make sure you get one that is tamed down - because of their dentition, house snakes bites hurt way more than you'd think. Bamboo rat's are gorgeous and perfect if you like to keep your home cooler. I haven't kept them myself, but have worked with them at the shop I used to work at. They were pretty chill, not unlike corn snakes. I can't recommend garter snakes enough. They are wonderful!, They are actually a lot like FWC in a lot of respects - active, clever, eat anything, need lots of room and also poop many times a week. But they are a much more manageable size. They are a little more jumpy than other pet snakes, but can tame down well (There are garter species that are a little more relaxed than Easterns - My Coast Garters, for example, are as calm as any corn snake). They are also very social and need other garters to hang out with so if you are going that route, I recommend at least 3. To me, that social requirement is a huge plus for garters. It's so much fun watching them interact with each other. To someone who only wants one snake, that might be a drawback. It depends on what you're looking for, I guess
@@AllCanadianReptileGirl thank you so much i think im gonna going with the bamboo rat or the coast garters
Having trouble finding "Lori green" Do you have a link?
I think you're confused. You're looking for Lori Torrini.
It's Lori Torrini as mordredthehero noted. You won't be disappointed checking out Lori's channel. She's great!
Thank you!! I WAS confused. Not even close, huh?! "Preciate the help with that particular confusion.@@mordredthehero
I was hoping this would work for my kingsnake Chloë. It did help me realize that she is better then she used to be. She still likes to use me as a toilet and musk on me but she doesn't bite anymore.
I'll try to hangout by her more without touching her and than move to giving her little touches. Than I'll move to handling her again.
She's had plenty of time being left alone because I don't like getting peed on. Lol 😂
I've noticed that going really slow with her does help a little. Like when I go to pick her up just move in slow motion.
Sounds like you're on the right track. Your snake will let you know how they like to be interacted with, we just need to be paying attention to what they tell us!
I’m a new snake mom and I’m trying to tame my Cali king - he’s a feisty noodle. I tried the stick my hand in and he bit me. I’ve been a chicken since. 🤦🏼♀️
I know it can be scary and it might sting a little, but should only take a few bites that don't generate the desired response (human leaves me alone) for them to figure out biting is not going to work. Tap training with a snake hook might help too plus you can use the hook to help maneuver the snake instead of your hand. Good luck!!
@@AllCanadianReptileGirl you’re so sweet to take the time to respond! I really appreciate it. I actually had a snake phobia my entire life until I decided I was going to conquer it. Lol
Honestly the bite didn’t really hurt and it didn’t even break skin and of course it startled me so I immediately stopped which I KNEW was not the way to go and now I think you’re right- he has that mentality that he’ll just keep scaring me away & it’s been working.
Conquering a lifelong phobia (I’m 40yr old now) isn’t easy, go figure. Thanks again!!!!!!!!! Really means a lot. 💚
Number 2 3/4 will shock you! I mean it shocked me anyway, you might find it to be just common sense.
Snakes aren’t dumb at all. People are tho. Haha
Some certainly are!
Is that a garter snake ur attempting to tame down? Mind blown. Here's the issues with most front opening...they're glass. Which makes them heavy. Which means your less likely to clean and do substrate changes. You know how easy it is to clean a 200 gt sterilite? And thats about 41"*23"*19". Very large. Now it needs some alterations but cheap, great for the snake, and light and easy to clean. Now if u have one snake, and you're young and healthy, have at it. My two cents. Really good video. As a biologist it's complicated when discussing reptile behavior. Stupid..no. A mammal...no. they do have reactive behaviors that happen before the brain kicks in. Their brain is just slower to process then a mammal. There are individuals that will never tame out. Just happens.
I've got over a dozen adult garters. A couple are still a little jumpy at first, but they are all pretty tamed down (outside of the plains garters at feeding time that is). That's a Valley Garter Snake I'm holding in the first part of the video. It took a bit of time to get there, but she is as tame as any corn snake. Totes do have a lot of advantages as long as they are big enough fit the species (like what you describe). Weight and ease of cleaning are big ones! Most of my enclosures are fully bioactive so thankfully I'm not replacing substrate all the time. You're right that some individuals may never tame down, but I believe that even in the most 'wild' snake, there are always ways for us to change our approach to improve our interactions, even if it's just a little.
Schweeeeet vid. Using a flame thrower? You didn't mention the flame thrower!!! 🙂
Didn't think of that one! LoL
Hey do you have any video of being bitten?
Ok I take that back! I’m glad I kept watching
My pet snakes generally do not bite at all (except babies and maybe some garters at feeding time), so I don't have any footage of my own snakes biting. I do not want to sensationalize bites or feed into people's fear or snakes, so if I do use footage of me being bit, I make sure there is an explanation or some other educational component related to the bite.
@@AllCanadianReptileGirl
I have a question!
Are 2 headed snakes a real thing or just a fluke of nature?
@@j954e 2 headed snakes are a real thing. It can occur in other reptiles too. In very rare cases a mutation in the development of the embryo that causes 2 headed offspring. Its called bicephaly. Usually they don't survive very long, but occasionally (usually in captivity where accommodations can be made for them) they survive. It does not appear to be a genetic trait that can be specifically bred for (thank goodness), just a random fluke.