Tricks?????

[Lumpy]

Well, it sure sounds like a Pavlovian thing.

I wonder how long she would wait before she got restless and started exploring?

Shanley, you may be the next great animal trainer! Hollywood might be looking you up! LOL

[Snake lover 3-25]

Perhaps she associates the cage with an extra feeding.
Hopefully my science fair project will shed some light on this...

yes Zephyr!!!! you MUST try this!!!

LOL maybe!!!

[infernalis]

I am leaning toward the association thing myself.

intelligence, inquisitiveness and curiosity are what makes garters so cool in the first place.

I have too many snakes that just sit there and do nothing, but not any garters that can even hold still, unless they are sleeping.

Wayne

[SpyrotheGartersnake]

one of my personal favorites my red sided Blake he loves to be handled if i don't handle him he will start to tap(which gets really annoyng) until i pick him up

[Snake lover 3-25]

lol meadow just looks up at the top of the clear part in her kritter keeper.... which i have to keep her in for now untill sooty has her babies!!! but she just moves her head and rubs on it every time i walk by until i let her out she's so cute!!! but really every time when she gets out and i start to look around.... she looks at me like i'm stupid then i give her a worm and hold her for a while

[KITKAT]

so... i'm REALLY bad about closing the cages..... but meadow... the adventurous one... no mater where i leave her... always ventures into my room..... even if she's downstairs!!! and every time i reward her with a worm... which is a special treat... is it posible to teach them a trick???? because if it is then she's learned it!!!

Sounds like she has YOU trained!

[Snake lover 3-25]

LOL maybe!!!!! but not very well if every time i clean or take out the little one i leave the cage open!!!!

[Zephyr]

Hmm... Perhaps they see this bonding as a way to get more food. Sort of like a first step in domestication through selection. IE: If I'm REALLY nice to whatever gives me food, I'll get more!

[Snake lover 3-25]

well that's all tricks are isn't it???? if i do this i get rewarded!!!

[Loren]

I say its just associating certain conditions or areas with food. But you can call it a trick if you want personally, I would try to quit letting it escape before she gets lost or hurt though.