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Southern Copperhead (Feeding)
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by Ophiachus on March 26, 2002
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I have had a southern copperhead for about 5 months now. I don't know its origin (c.b. or w.c.) but I do know that when I first had it it would eat like a pig. Over the last 3 months or so, however, it has developed the behaivor of either not eating at all, or killing its food (fuzzy mice) and then lying on top of them or otherwise hiding them. Yeah, that's weird to me too. It is still brumating season here, so could it be something with the barometric pressure? I keep the room he's in about 80/day 65 or so/night. Any advice?
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by bobby_neal on March 27, 2002
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Could be a number of things. Copperheads, as well as many other snakes (from my experience), have their own idea as of when they want to eat, breed, etc... We can manipulate them some in captivity, but sometimes we don't really know exactly why they are doing what they are doing. Just the fact that the animal is in capitivity can make an animal act differently under the same environmental conditions just because it has the stress of captivity.
If the snake is still healthy, don't worry about them going off feed. I have one copperhead that regardless what I do to her, she'll go off-feed for about 5 months out of the year. Just keep water with the snake and offer food occasionally, and keep an eye on the snake and make sure it doesn't get in bad health.
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by filthy on March 29, 2002
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Agree with Bobby.
One thing, I'd keep the snake a little cooler, perhaps 70 to 75 degrees, daytime and a bit cooler at night.
Coppers can be funny. Some will eat anything you give them all year 'round, others will shut down for months. I've brought mine up from brumation several weeks ago and still have a couple of erratic feeders.
Try your snake on a mouse once a week. Sooner or later, he'll accept one.
luck,
f
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by JWarren on April 1, 2002
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Try frog scenting. Preferably by using a chopped frog "cocktail" and dipping the head of the mouse in it. Let us know if it works.
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by cottonmouth on April 6, 2002
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Ophiachus,Being a raiser of Copperheads, believe me when I tell you that it is very normal. Most wild Pit Vipers brought into captivity take advantage of an abundance of easy food and become set for many months. Usually everything I catch eat a little to well at first and then don't eat for months. NO SWEAT Jeff Quarles Lynchburg Va
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