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How do people keep snakes as pets? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 days ago by Luffy879@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Title says it all

Like, do snakes even know youre their friend? From the people ive seen, they are still trying to kill you and wrap themselves around your neck, so why do people still keep them and talk to them as pets?

My guinea pig still sometimes runs away from me, but she at least likes me and and my voice and just stops eating if I dont speak to her every day to the point that I needed to force feed her nutrient slop, she lets me cuddle her, etc

And snakes are just like: I will kill you the second I see you

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[–] sxan@midwest.social 4 points 3 days ago

I had a roommate who had a python of some sort. It was 6' long-ish.

I wouldn't say it was affectionate, but it was fine with being handled. It'd just get comfortable, hang out, and watch whatever was going on. Sometimes it might slither around, but it always seemed to me it was just finding a place to get comfortable. It seemed to spend most of its time sleeping. It didn't seem to care who it was hanging out with; I never saw it demonstrate a preference between people, even its owner.

It was a really easy pet to keep, all things considered. The worst thing about it was feeding it. It refused to eat dead things, so my friend had to go get live mice from the pet store, put the snake and the mouse in the bath tub, and then leave them alone for an hour or so. It was such a fussy eater - sometimes, it just wouldn't, so we'd sometimes also have a pet mouse for a couple of weeks. I wasn't interested in watching it kill the mouse, but my friend said it just wouldn't eat if anyone was in the room watching it. Thankfully, it only needed to eat once every few weeks.

Honestly, I never saw the attraction. It didn't do much, you couldn't do much with it, it didn't seem to seek out contact with people, didn't seem to care one way or the other about being pet. I think it mostly liked being held because it like the warmth - but it'd be just as happy on its rock under the heat lamp.

Oh, shedding was cool. Once. After the first time you watch it, it's kind of like watching paint dry.

But, some people really like snakes, and that's cool.