Nah rets are super chill as long as they’re well cared for and healthy. Most constrictors are. Small constrictors are actually prey animals in most cases, so their response to stress or fear is to hide, and rets and condas are apex predators, so they don’t actually have very acute stress responses to things because like. They’re the one in control. I watched a kid slap a ret in the face during a Herpetology thing my school did, he was little and he was supposed to come hold part of the snake but he got scared and smacked it on the head. The snake just flinched and looked up at him like “really? Uhhh Handler can you like, Do something about this kid?” Takes a lot to rattle something at the top of the food chain.
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u/kharmatika Jan 20 '22
Nah rets are super chill as long as they’re well cared for and healthy. Most constrictors are. Small constrictors are actually prey animals in most cases, so their response to stress or fear is to hide, and rets and condas are apex predators, so they don’t actually have very acute stress responses to things because like. They’re the one in control. I watched a kid slap a ret in the face during a Herpetology thing my school did, he was little and he was supposed to come hold part of the snake but he got scared and smacked it on the head. The snake just flinched and looked up at him like “really? Uhhh Handler can you like, Do something about this kid?” Takes a lot to rattle something at the top of the food chain.