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Breeding Copperheads
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by emtnurse on February 17, 2005
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I have 2 copperheads I purchased in October at the Columbia show, Male and female. My male eats 1 mice every 2 weeks, and the female has never eaten since I have had her. But she is not loosing wt, and she still drinks water. I am assuming she is in a hibernation phase. I keep a heat lamp on them during the day, and off at night. What are my chances of them breeding since I have not really cooled them down?? Thanks to all who reply. Bryan
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by bush_viper17 on February 18, 2005
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Ive never breeded but Ive had copperheads that have gave birth after I captured them. My copperheads wouldnt eat for a long time so I cooled them down for a bout two weeks and then after the two weeks warmed them back up. They started eating again. You should try this and see what happens. I guess its instinctive for them to quit eating at a certain part of the year. If you cool them down they may start breeding. Again, Ive never had experience breeding any snakes but its just a thought.
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by crotalusatrox42o on February 18, 2005
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im not sure on the gestation period for coppers but if your female is not eating but not loosing weight and is still drinking she may very well be gravid already..
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by agkistrodude on February 19, 2005
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I have 2 that haven't eaten since Sept.But they do that every year.I keep an eye on them and as long as they look healthy I don't worry about it.They will start up again when they're ready.Copperheads are strange about eating. Some eat like pigs and some don't.As long as it appears healthy I wouldn't worry yet. Keep offering food, leave it alone or cover the cage for awhile.If it dosen't eat try again in a day or 2.I also have one that wouldn't eat to the point that it got REAL skinny and I knew it wouldn't survive a winter cool down.I tried a different food instead of a mouse.I offered a frog and it ate it immediately.Now its healthy, but it still won't eat anything but frogs, which can be a pain but fortunately they're easy to catch on my property.One other time on another one I tried "brainig" a hopper and it worked great.I've heard other people have had good luck with that also. Good luck, Marty
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by jared on February 23, 2005
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Copperheads are the corn snake of the hot snake world. I have successfully bred northerns, southerns, osage, and pecos with little or no effort. They are cooled and a regular basis (50 -55 degrees from the end of november to first of may, they are also kept without any light which seems to work well). All of my coppers pound mice, on a weekly basis, and for stubborn feeders just give them a little time to come around. Sometimes I will not offer stubborn ones food for a couple weeks, drop a mouse in 3weeks later and boom they take it. Hope it helps, they are an exceptional genus,
Jared Watts
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