Head bobbing... - Page 3

aSnakeLovinBabe · 03-02-2008, 07:08 PM

lol you are over analyzing it. It means

"hey i'm a snake."

"hey I'm a snake too."

end of conversation.

lol!

Zephyr · 03-02-2008, 07:09 PM

Just curious. :P

Stefan-A · 03-02-2008, 11:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aSnakeLovinBabe

lol you are over analyzing it. It means

"hey i'm a snake."

"hey I'm a snake too."

end of conversation.

lol!

I think it's certainly possible, but I think if they did it to communicate, it would have to be their version of IFF. "Don't panic, I'm mostly harmless."

GarterGuy · 03-03-2008, 09:22 AM

Hmmmm....didn't really notice any of the "head bobbing" when I bred my thayeri last year. But then there wasn't a whole lot of formality in that, the male just went right after the female after he picked up her scent. He did the twitchy, rubby thing when he caught up with her, like all snakes seem to do when courting, but it was very different from the bobbing thing I see in the garters.

mycolorfulheart · 03-08-2008, 04:26 PM

Do we know how good their eyesight is/if they can see colors/etc?

Raven watches me all the time, I'd always assumed she could see me pretty well.

03-02-2008, 07:08 PM	#21 (permalink)
aSnakeLovinBabe The Serpentine Queen Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,354	Re: Head bobbing... lol you are over analyzing it. It means "hey i'm a snake." "hey I'm a snake too." end of conversation. lol! __________________ When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will finally know peace.

03-02-2008, 07:09 PM	#22 (permalink)
Zephyr Thamnophis inspectus Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Dearborn, Michigan Posts: 2,111	Re: Head bobbing... Just curious. :P

03-03-2008, 09:22 AM	#24 (permalink)
GarterGuy Brother Snake Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lancaster,PA Posts: 1,356	Re: Head bobbing... Hmmmm....didn't really notice any of the "head bobbing" when I bred my thayeri last year. But then there wasn't a whole lot of formality in that, the male just went right after the female after he picked up her scent. He did the twitchy, rubby thing when he caught up with her, like all snakes seem to do when courting, but it was very different from the bobbing thing I see in the garters. __________________ *Roy* 1.1 T.s.pickeringi 0.1 T.s.concinnus 0.0.2 T.s.pallidulus

03-08-2008, 04:26 PM	#25 (permalink)
mycolorfulheart "First shed, A Success" Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 114	Re: Head bobbing... Do we know how good their eyesight is/if they can see colors/etc? Raven watches me all the time, I'd always assumed she could see me pretty well.

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