Do Pet Snakes Recognize Their Owners? 

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I had a corn snake I could feed by hand. He would take the mouse right out of my hand and never bite me. I would never try to do that with my ball python, but the python also sees heat more than he uses his eyes so my hand would be toast lol. I miss that corn. The dude passed away last year from old age and cancer. He was the biggest corn I had seen so I always wondered if he was a rat snake mix or something.

I will completely agree, puppies and kittens need to be acclimated to humans or they might as well be wild.

A bit of a ramble on the cats being afraid: Regards cats acting afraid, most of the house cats we interact have been sterilized -- and that's a relatively new practice as far as I can tell. It changes their behaviour from what they'd be naturally, and for cats makes their behaviour better for us (less clear for dogs). Gonadectomy/full spay/neuter has been linked to anx.ie.ty and dep.ressi.on in multiple species long term. Humans experience the issue also -- "low testestrone" and menupause for example, and thus main reason why there's been quite a few medical studies in animals on this. However, I cannot find any studies in cats, but have seen mentions of less brace/courages and lowered energy in cat studies. Looking at the described behaviour changes, it's possible the reason why they're better behaviour for humans when gonadectomized is because of increased need of companionship due to reduced mental health. The studies in dogs are mixed, but several longer term ones have seen increased behaviour issues associated with anx.i.ety in gonadectomized dogs, tho for female dogs, partially due to "permnent false pregnancy" issue that happens due to timing of spay too close to heat cycle. There's a lot of issues in pet studies around account for socioecomic factors (that likely means increased issues in intact dogs due to increased risks of more likely living in a struggling household with less resources/reduced owners time spent at home/increased time spent outside/etc ). Less overall studies in cats on this, but they at least consider income a bit more often (a household of five can have the same income of household of 2, but have be at different level of struggle, and that level of struggle effects access to pet sterilization) As a trans person, I have some more direct familiarity with hormones and mental health, and the way most of the veterinary industry approaches hormones is just ... really outdated. Likely due to combination of stress/heartache of overpopulation ; that it can improve behaviour for us; the needs of the livestock industry, and lingering religious beliefs about animals and s.ex and whether non-reproductive sex is useful to have access to. I think that industry need to move towards a more informed consent model like human health is going to, and people should be aware of the full effects of medical care, and be provided options (like include vastecomy, tubal ligation, and ovary sparing spay for sterilization). At least for female cats, full spay does increase lifespan. Less clear for dogs, particular large breed dogs -- example of socioeconomic factors issues: Two of drivers for lower lifespan of intact dogs seen in some studies that didn't assess income are trauma and infection... two risks increased by increased time spent outside. Veterinary websites sometimes quote the lifespan from those studies =.= And recommend neutering for rats.. rodents are where lot of the studies on these issues on =.= VCA websites actually says such studies don't exist =.=;;;. so tldr: most of the cats/dogs us in more well off areas interact have somewhat altered behaviour