hello everyone and welcome back to the
channel
today i'm going to talk to you about
super dwarf articulated pythons
and other snakes too but specifically i
guess i'm
mentioning super dwarfs i think that
this topic is
really specifically more important
to them than any other snake that i keep
so we're talking about
feeding mode when a snake gets into
feeding mode
and being able to kind of understand
that
understand what that is and what you
need to do and how you need to be
careful
because like most of my boas
i can go in i can just go
and i just been feeding see that i just
i grabbed a boa
now let's go in again let's see if how
many snakes i can do this with before i
get
nipped you see i go in with another one
of my boas
look at that just go in touch grab
okay let's go to the next one
here we go
well let's go down to the next one
here we go this is dangerous matt
you're risking yourself here we go
look at that see we did it again for now
the next one i'm not going to do because
guess what it is it's a super dwarf
articulated python so i have my handy
dandy hook
and i actually like this part more
because this part
like would you want to bite onto that i
wouldn't want to bite that so it's like
here is a nice chewy toy
basically so that if the snake does end
up
like coming out and biting it bites the
rubber
no one gets hurt no teeth get crushed or
whatever
because biting this would hurt a lot
more so i actually like to use the tail
end
of the hook so there's a bonus tip for
you
because we're full of those so now i'm
going to go into the uh
the bottom tank and i'm going to take
out ivy
and then we're going to have a
discussion about
feeding responses reading your animals
understanding them we're going to talk
about uh snake personality
feelings emotions and all that stuff too
because we haven't done that in a while
i've been doing a lot of silly videos
lately
and now we gotta you know get back into
what this channel is really about
and that is to teach educate and show
you stuff
so ivy is not in feeding mode right now
which is
interesting because i've been feeding
some snakes so
lots of time when they are in feeding
mode
okay i'm going to show you guys today
was feeding day and i filmed myself
feeding some snakes so you're going to
see videos of me feeding snakes well
this video is going on to help keep your
attention
hopefully they don't distract you too
much but
basically i let her know that i'm taking
her out by touching her and she's not
moving
so she's either like i don't think she's
sleeping but she's in a
she's in a very chill mode and it's
yeah it's a good thing so now that i've
let her know i'm here
i'm gonna go in can you even see her i'm
gonna go in and grab her
okay
okay now she turned her head towards me
and was like hey
so now i just got to make sure that i
didn't just like wake her up
and now she's thinking she's going to
get fed so i want to be careful i want
to be gentle i want to be slow and i
want to make sure she knows
i'm coming together and once i've
grabbed her i put my stick down
and i take her out and here we go
this is ivy if you've seen my
reticulated python videos or super dwarf
videos
you'll have already met her and seen her
before
so now let's go into the living room and
welcome to the living room
so many people say you know snakes don't
have feelings they don't
do this they they're just like you know
they don't have feelings so
okay calm down matthew relax it's okay
it's just your friends
i was reading some articles this morning
on snakes emotions
reptile emotions and stuff like that and
i came across
one article that i found very
insightful or interesting so i'm gonna
read it to you it's gonna be story time
okay so it's was from
2011 and it's called reptile emotions
it's from the veterinary medicine and
biomedical
services and this is what it says
when thinking about reptiles the image
that comes to minds on most people
vary from garter snakes slithering
through the grass
to the lizards of jurassic proportions
roaming through the earth the idea of
bonding with such creatures
may seem creepy or even impossible yet
some people insist that their reptiles
know them and enjoy being with them
can reptiles feel or portray emotions
generally reptiles do demonstrate basic
emotions
which i like to always say according to
dr
sharman's hops hopes hops clinical
assistant professor at texas
blah blah blah the two main
things are fear and aggression which we
like to call
defensiveness is it defensiveness or i
forget what the word that we use but
it may also demonstrate pleasure when
stroked or
offered food hmm a snake that is feeling
aggressive
defensive whatever it's their words not
mine okay
may warn you with a hiss states dr hopps
this can occur when you are forcing
attention on the snake
and if you persist they may strike out
typically snakes hiss or coil when they
are feeling
hostile but most pet snakes are not
aggressive animals unless threatened a
reptile that is feeling fear
may simply try to get away and most of
the time if they can get away that's
what they'll do they'll try and run away
but it can also exhibit similar actions
to aggression
for this reason it is a good idea to
keep handling sessions with a new
reptile to
a minimum until it gets used to you
otherwise you may scare it into striking
at you
as a perceived threat it is better to
have a good session without upsetting
the animal that lasts two minutes
than a longer session trying to force a
reptile
to accept you a more controversial
emotion in reptiles is the concept of
pleasure
or even love many feel that they have
not developed this emotion
as it does not naturally benefit them
however
most reptiles do seem to recognize
people who frequently
handle and feed them i don't know if it
is love says dr hopps but lizards and
tortoises appear
to like some people more than others
they also seem to show
the most emotions as many lizards
do appear to show pleasure when being
stroked another interesting fact is that
many reptiles lay their eggs and leave
their young to fend for themselves
such a some such as prehensile-tailed
skinks
form family groups and protect their
young female alligators
also stay with their young and will
guard them for up to six months
teaching them survival skills and
vocalizing
with them through a series of grunts
whether this is due to a survival
instinct or concern for their
individual offspring is unknown when it
comes to interactions with humans
some reptiles do seem to enjoy their
company
a tortoise that enjoys being petted
might stick out its neck
or close its eyes and become still and
calm during the interaction
the same is true of lizards it's also
true of snakes
iguanas have individual personalities
that can vary from
tranquil and laid back to aggressive and
dominating
the latter can be very difficult to live
with and care for
the more calm iguanas tend to bond with
their person
but may only endure handling by that
individual
it is rare that there is an iguana that
is social
it is the rare iguana that is social
with strangers
mind you like in ecuador all the iguanas
seem pretty social
they're like birds coming and wanting
food though uh many
reptile owners believe that their
personal
reptiles do recognize the good
intentions they have towards them
others deem that their cold-blooded
dependents only tolerate them
when they have to and would prefer to be
left alone
by careful observation and handling your
reptiles you can determine which are
more social
and which may not be so impressed with
having a human best friend
okay so that's our article understanding
the reptiles behavior your snakes
behavior
every single one has different
personalities
okay so you see this snake no
um just calm doesn't really do much
but now when we go to this snake
this is naomi and she's more
she's more curious usually when i open
her up it's also morning
so usually when i open her up she comes
and she looks and she's she's
a lot more aware of things but she's
being shy now today too
but one of the most important things for
you to know
is the difference between their
their moods and when they're in feed
mode especially that's the most
important mode to be aware of because if
you go in and grab a snake like today
if i just went in and grabbed ivy i'm
pretty sure i'd be fine
but if she was in feeding mode i would
have opened the drawer and she would
have come out
and struck it and it wouldn't be because
she's
scared of me or the flighty type of
thing it would have been
because she thought i had
food and often snakes are very reactive
so they'll react to certain things
but then there's some snakes that aren't
like that there's some snakes that i can
put food in there with them and they
won't even eat it
i have to wiggle it and get them to to
eat it so
that's fun there's also
some snakes that will be very curious so
they'll kind of come out looking at you
and leopard geckos will do this too like
they'll kind of it looks like they have
a smile
they're like food is there food
or it's like what's going on so some
sometimes they will come
towards you and they want to they want
to know what's going on
and other times they'll come towards you
and they think you have food
and those two modes the curious mode and
the feeding mode
almost look the same so you have to be
really careful
especially with the super dwarfs because
they
they'll just kind of look at you and you
might think they're saying oh hey
it wants to play it's play time let's
let's come out and play but
they could also just be looking at you
like is it food
and lunge out you so
if a snake is feeling a little bit more
defensive
you'll see them kind of coil back
because if they're stretched out
they can't come out at you as much but
if they're called back they can come out
at you
but this is a lot more true with like
other snakes
with retics they can just shoot out they
can just
shoot forward and you'll see them do it
just like the the blacktail crebo
so i think i'm going to open the video
with the blacktail crebo like flying out
and and that that's what some of these
snakes can do so
you have to
if you're not sure get the stick get the
hook
and make sure every single time that you
go towards your super dwarfs or retics
that you turn off that food response
that you make sure that they're not
in that food response because that's
where people are going to make the
biggest mistakes
they're going to get bit when they're
feeding if they're not careful
and they're going to bid if they're
going to get bit if they go in to grab
without letting them know that they're
going to grab out of all the animals
that i keep
these would be a lot more for people
that are more experienced
and they are my favorite snakes they're
very
you get more out of them you see them
kind of thinking but it's just
the the one thing that you really have
to watch out for
is their feeding mode you have to always
turn off that feeding response and let
them know they're not being fed
and even once you've turned off that
feeding response sometimes
they're uh they're ready to go so
another thing another thing to kind of
look for is
sometimes they'll move a lot and their
tongue will be flicking a lot and that's
usually
a better sign but what i find they'll do
is they'll kind of they'll stop
they'll kind of like look and when they
kind of do that
that's when you have to you know be
careful because it's just like they
might be like
is that food i'm gonna be quiet and whoo
bam
right it's almost like they're like
they're drugged or something it's like
they have like bloodshot eyes or
something they're like they kind of open
their eyes
and they're like is that food is that
food i'm gonna get it
it really is um it really is so special
to uh
no come on let's focus on your face yes
okay i wanted to show you
ivy a little bit better we got a better
camera now
coming to you in 4k
ivy is a 75 super dwarf
head for purple albino or white albino
we don't know yet so
hopefully white because it'd be really
cool to get some
lavenders and fun stuff
hopefully 2020 is the year that we end
up getting some super dwarf babies
because last year i got all excited i
thought we were gonna get some and we
didn't
but it's okay the snakes are bigger more
eggs more options
yes we got to focus on
is it coming back is it coming back
no it's focusing on my face
so now this is the next day
and you can see
she's had some food she's very aware
she's coming to see what's going on
she's curious
after they eat is another time that
you want to be careful we don't want to
mess with her today because
she will feel a little bit
more insecure after a meal but she is
she's a little bit calmer
calypso is calming down now let's look
at
nintendo and see if he comes flying out
at us
for the most part re-ticks are usually
pretty good
yeah see
see now he's not in feeding mode
as much he's just he might be a little
bit defensive because he just
ate but he's not coming out trying to
fly and get some food
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