I have decided to start a diary of my interactions with Selena...since I am a first time snake owner, it could be interesting. I am always noticing little things and getting excited...my family just thinks that I am going insane...but I know that you guys will appreciate what I have to say!

This morning I figured something out...it took me a while, but I can be kind of slow sometimes...lol. I've been noticing that Selena is getting used to me...trying to make up to me. She hears my voice (or senses the vibrations of such) and pops out to look at me...she sees my face and recognizes me and slithers over to get a closer look and then sits and stares at me. However, when I open her enclosure and put my hand in to try to hold her, she freaks out still.

It suddenly occured to me that she does not associate my hands with my face...she doesn't know that it is the same person that belongs to the face and the hands. She recognizes the face, but when she sees the hand coming toward her, she just sees the "big scary white thing" coming at her. Lol! Perhaps she will soon learn the connection...