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I was just wondering if anyone knows if snakes get stressed if their environment is too loud? It's not like I live in a club or anything, I just like to rock out every once and a while . Will I need to change my ways?

From what Ive been told Ball Pythons are deaf but they do pick up vibrations from sound, and Ive been told that loud music can stres them out, I would imagine if you have a stereo thats crankin out a lot of bass that all the vibration from it would stres them for sure. I try not to do this since I was told that it would stres them, so I cant give you a answer based on experence.

no matter what you think...snakes can hear.......

......trust me.......

bass sux for them,,,,me,,,,and your neighbors........

turn it down...LOL

......(yes it will stress them)........

as will odd smells........odd lights........etc
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Any research I have done suggests to me that snakes are not in fact deaf. While they lack outer ear structures like lizards have, snakes do have inner ear structures which are linked to their lower jaw and other parts of their head. Some studies done suggest snakes may be able to pick up certain airborne sounds as well. If you really want to know details on it, you should research it. However for a quick reference I'll provide a couple of paragraphs and a link to the source. There is a good deal on this topic if you take the time and look for the information on the net.

"Snakes

When mechanical vibrations are applied to the body, they result in activation of the inner ear just as do airborne vibrations detected by the tympanic membrane and extrastapes do in eared reptiles. Responses to ground-borne vibrations are low in sensitivity and frequency, in the 50 to 1,000 Hz range; their peak sensitivity is at 200 to 300 Hz range, superior to cats. Like the crocodilians, and other reptiles with linkages of their inner ear structures to their jaw and other structures in the head and throat, snakes have another way to conduct sound to their ear. Vibrations picked up by mechanoreceptors in the skin of their bellies (and bodies?), and possibly their venter, are transmitted to the quadrate via the spinal nerves and from there into their inner ear structures. In other words, most snakes can hear a person speaking in a normal tone of voice in a quiet room at a distance of about 10 feet (3 m).

So, if you think your snakes recognize their names, you are probably right. Researchers debate whether the snake's receptors cannot tell the difference between airborne or ground-borne (somatic) stimuli, but that higher level processing could enable the snake to tell if the stimulus was airborne or ground-borne

http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&A=1376&S=4&SourceID=56

You know its amazing no mater what you learn or read there is always somebody on this forum that is ready to disagree with whatever you say,nine out of ten things you read will tell you that snakes are deaf,but hey who knows Im just going by what Ive learned here myself.

I'm just pointing out that snakes being deaf is being dispelled through research. Many people believe a lot of things about snakes that aren't true. If snakes aren't actually deaf wouldn't you rather know that? It's not about disagreeing.