Most Docile?

[HavocovaH]

Originally Posted by Kobi Baby

My BP is a doll. She's never hissed, tagged me, or even attempted to strike at me. She has even let me remove a piece of aspen from her mouth without using tweezers. I just open her mouth (its like she knows exactly what to do...doesn't fight me at all) and remove it. This has only happened a few times from her burrowing, but she 's really sweet about it. She can be shy though sometimes around new people, but she opens up after a little while. And I've never had a problem with her feeding. She is a little pig. Overall I couldn't ask for a better snake!

Did you get her from a private breeder or pet store, Kobi? And if it was a breeder, who was it?

[Kobi Baby]

The guy that works at our local pet co breeds them...kinda sucks for petco, but good for me. His name was Jake....dunno much else though. He helped me buy all the supplies from petco but I got Kobi from him.

Edit: Our petco doesn't carry captive bred, and that was what I was wanting. He mentioned that he breeds them so we got all my supplies, I went home and set everything up, and then picked her up the next day.

[HavocovaH]

My bad! I thought Kobi was your name. I didn't realize it was one of your pets!

[Kobi Baby]

Haha, no big deal, I'm pretty sure everyone on here calls me Kobi. I just used it as my user name cause its a snakie website and that's my snakie's name

[lloyd]

my two boas are extremely docile. the bcc suriname is friendly. and my bci being the most docile. they have never even hissed at me. my burm hisses at me all the time. 99 per cent bluff. in my opinion i find the boas the friendliest of the lot.........most of the time

	Boa Constrictor Constrictor Red Tail Boa Constrictor (Boa constictor constrictor). Refers to "true" red tail boas such as the Guyana and Suriname locales.

	Boa Constrictor Imperator Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor imperator). Most common is the Colombian Boa.

[MegF]

The only snake I've ever had strike at my face was a ball python! I'd say in general though, balls and corns are for the most part the most docile. Now in my collection, I would have to say hands down, that my Sorong type green tree python is the most docile. I can take her out and she'll just lay her head on your arm and you can scratch her neck. She'd lay there for hours if you let her.

[HavocovaH]

Now that so many folks have chimed in about species, which seems to be the more docile between male and female when it comes to snakes? Anyone noticed differences in temperament between sexes?

[Kobi Baby]

Hmm, you got me! All of the reptiles I have ever had have been female. My beardie used to get kinda mean when she layed eggs (un-fertilized) but that was it. After a few days she was fine. Dunno about snakes though. So far so good with Kobi.

[John_E_Dove]

I never really thought about it much but now that you bring it up all of the snakes in my collection who ever lash out defensively are males. I have not had any of my females strike at me.
LOL, I guess males are just more insecure.