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| Alex Earl |
Posted - 10/12/2010 : 17:44:24
we all know that hognose snakes can play dead, but would it count as being cruel if i tried to make it play dead by winding it up? and would it remember me annoying it and hold a grudge?
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| LouiseB |
Posted - 11/12/2010 : 14:41:16
I think how easily they do it depends on whether or not they are captive bred. My hoggy is, and has never played dead - he doesn't even hiss very much so I assume that if I wanted to provoke him into doing the playing dead thing, I would have to frighten him quite badly. Which of course I would not want to do.
Other hoggies may be different, but I think that any snake which has been in captivity for a while will have had the instinct tamed out of it. |
| Alex Earl |
Posted - 10/12/2010 : 22:21:09
would i be asking if i wasnt serious? ofcourse i wouldnt want to distress it but some hognoses play dead from the slightest touch so i was just wondering. and your comparison is absolutely ridiculous because i never said i wanted to hurt it did i? |
| LouiseB |
Posted - 10/12/2010 : 19:09:25
Are you being serious? I mean, I'm sorry if I've misread your tone, but this looks a bit like trolling to me...
If you're really asking though - I don't know if you would call it cruel exactly, but it would be unkind, and anyway, why would you want to cause distress to your pet?
As for remembering, a snake probably doesn't have a complex enough mind to "hold a grudge", but assuming you want a pet that you can handle calmly in the future, I don't see what you would hope to gain from upsetting him.
Would you poke a dog with a sharp stick just to see if you could make it bark at you? |
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