I talked to a few of my friends about how affectionate my garters were and they're convinced that snakes and reptiles in general aren't evolved enough to have any feeling other than hunger, pain and fear. I've read a bit into it and a more scientific reason they don't have the sort of feeling that I believe them to have is that they don't have the lobe that creates those feelings. What I don't get when if comes to that is, if they only have those few feelings, what would cause them to do what they do? For example, Steve's snakes seem to genuinely love him. Mama comes up to my hand, coils up and hangs out with me. If I'm having a bad day, something about the way she acts almost seems like she's worried about me and does things that make me smile. I might be thinking too much into it, but the way peoples snakes act and how mine act... It seems like too much to be a coincidence that they just "happen" to do these things right when something else happens. If the snakes only have those few feelings, how is it that they seem to enjoy having interaction, even having their necks rubbed?
If I don't hold and love on my snakes for a while, they seem to seek out the attention that they haven't gotten. Maybe it seems a bit stupid that I'm asking this, but I would truly like to know what your opinions are... I can't be the only one that notices this.

Do you think snakes have feelings other than the basic feelings?


If this doesn't make too much sense, don't blame me... I've been up for 24 hours and had a Monster energy drink and some pie.