They only naturally hiss if they feel threatened, to scare away a preditor, to show dominance to a rival male or to attract a female. This video appears that it hissed becaused you moved and handled them too much, which made them scared or uncomfortable. Pleas
@jleer1 I understand what you are saying, however they can also hiss when they are just slightly startled or surprised - one of ours used to hiss at the slightest thing, even coming across an unfamiliar branch in their vivarium. This wasn't distressing to the animal in any way. I would agree that roughly treating them just to get them to hiss would be unethical, but clearly we don't do that.
They only naturally hiss if they feel threatened, to scare away a preditor, to show dominance to a rival male or to attract a female. This video appears that it hissed becaused you moved and handled them too much, which made them scared or uncomfortable. Pleas
jleer1 6 months ago
@jleer1 I understand what you are saying, however they can also hiss when they are just slightly startled or surprised - one of ours used to hiss at the slightest thing, even coming across an unfamiliar branch in their vivarium. This wasn't distressing to the animal in any way. I would agree that roughly treating them just to get them to hiss would be unethical, but clearly we don't do that.
hencam1 6 months ago