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Many people don't invest the time to handle their snakes and work with them so they can learn to read the snakes body language and interpret what the snake is trying to tell you. Even though they can't relate their needs to us vocally they most definitely have their own way of telling us if something is wrong or if WE need to make changes to make them more comfortable.
The snake in this video is Chewy, my 11 foot male Coastal Carpet Python.

Snakes that were previously abused or neglected and were rescued most times turn out to be amazing animals and they do realize when someone makes life better for them and they return that love with trust !!
The vet had this snake on iv's for two days and he really didn't feel the snake would make it. The snake had all the skin and flesh ripped off the last four inches of his tail nothing except a bloody bone exposed (Thus the name I gave the snake, TIPR) the guy said he was in a hurry to get his shed off before he brought me the snake. The snake was infested with mites and dehydrated an badly malnourished.

Other than taking proper care of our snakes and keeping their enclosures clean and their environment comfortable for them we have to stay stocked up on food for all of our snakes and that's the most important part of accepting responsibility for these amazing animals to make sure ALL of their needs are provided for.
I order all of my 40 snakes food from Rodent Pro and have for some time now. Their prices are great and their feeders are of excellent quality and the packaging is great !! When I placed my most recent order I got permission from one of the staff members at Rodent Pro to make this video using their company name and information to make a video in their behalf.

My snakes love being out spending time with me and Chewy (male coastal carpet python) is the most demanding of my time and attention and he spends hours playing on my sympathy and begging me to let him out so he can be close to me. And yet, so many people don't think snakes have feelings nor express any emotions :( Chewy's enclosure is closest to my daybed so this is an everyday event in my house until I take him out so he can bond with me. LOL

I seldom take Ginger and Tipr outdoors (My 2 Five Foot Ball Pythons ) together because they both display jealousy issues toward each other and if one is on my lap and the other one approaches me the one on my lap will go after the one that is approaching. I've had to break them up several times in the past and it's not a fun situation LOL Once in awhile I will take them outdoors together but they have to be watched closely. A friend Veronica is also in this video.

Jade is certainly one of a kind she loves to be out and to be handled but she doesn't want to be touched unless it's always on her terms. She was given the nickname Miss Prissy Pants because of her temperament and personality by a friend of mine and the name suited her and stuck with her so now that's what she's called not Jade (her name) ROFL
Both my male Coastal and my female came from Brian Barczyk at BHB Reptiles. Great friends and awesome breeders :)

This topic comes up all the time and many people feel that snakes prefer to be left alone in their enclosures when in fact over all the years I've raised snakes, I take mine outdoors and have found they really enjoy having some freedom to explore and get some exercise and actually often give me resistance when I try to put them back into their enclosures because they are used to bonding with me and other people. This video was made a year ago and Jade is MUCH larger now but she still loves to be out with me and I felt this would be an appropriate time to post this because of the varied opinions on this topic. This is a great topic for discussion and it depends on the quality of time that a handler is willing to invest working with their snakes as to how social their snakes are capable of being.

I guess in a snakes mind food taste better when you steal a thawed larger feeder out of the thaw tray that was intended for my Dumeril's Ground Boa and then dragged the feeder back into her enclosure by it's leg and then charges at me because she thought I was trying to steal her stolen rat ROFLMAO I didn't really expect her to eat her own smaller thawed rat since she's ready to shed much less she stole a JUMBO rat from Faide's food. This isn't Ginger's usual enclosure so I was holding her in this older one until I finished upgrading her larger new enclosure.
Ginger didn't bite the rat, she grabbed it's leg and dragged it from the feeder tray into her enclosure. I had the door unlocked because I was going to feed her so when I walked away to grab my coffee she came out and when I came back with my coffee it was in time to see her dragging the rat inside her enclosure by it's leg