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Baby Copperhead Feeding
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by David_Eakin on October 18, 2005
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Hi all,
After feeding my baby copper 3 times with live food (small lizards) I just got him to eat his first frozen pinkie. I had planned for it to be a very difficult process but I was surprised when he devoured the pinkie in less than a minute! He's wild caught (my front yard), is it normal for them to take to frozen food so fast? He didn't have to strike it or anything, he just opened his mouth and swallowed it like he'd been doing it all his life.
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by Sal on October 18, 2005
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I didn't have any problem with mine switching to pinkies. After feeding her a few frogs then lizards, I scented the first live pinkie with a lizard and she ate both. After that I tried an unscented pinkie and she ate it right away. She took to defrosted pinkies then other mice pretty quickly.
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by ssshane on October 18, 2005
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Im curious as to what type of lizards you got your copperhead to eat. I too have just caught a wild baby copperhead. It refused the first pinky Sat. I have a green anole Im getting ready to try. The pinky was alive.
Thanks for your reply.
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by David_Eakin on October 18, 2005
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I fed mine the Green Anoles caught in the yard. All I can say is after watching what happened to the Anoles I really don't want to get bitten. It didn't look very pleasant at all. I'm glad I've got the snake switched to pinkies. I like the Anoles and didn't want to wipe out the population.
One thing I did with the pinkie, I put it in a glass of hot tap water for 10 minutes before putting it in the cage. The body temp was probably close to 90 or 95 which might be why the snake ate it so fast. I also drug it in front of him a second until he perked up. He never struck though, just calmly went over and swallowed it.
I'm really relieved this went so easy, I've had finicky eaters before and it's not fun. I have to say this has been one of the easiest snakes to keep I've had so far.
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by David_Eakin on October 19, 2005
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I know....I hated to do it but I knew from where I caught the snake that they were most likely what he'd been feeding on. He wouldn't touch any of the insects they'll supposedly eat so the Anoles were the obvious choice. Don't worry too much though, I have plenty more Anoles running around the yard. Of course I'm guessing that there at least a couple more baby copperheads too...:) I found an adult skin about 24" long and I think I know where she is, it's tempting to try and catch her. It's kinda neat, I have a pretty large hognose and Garter snake that I see several time a year that live in my yard as well.
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by Sal on October 20, 2005
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I've heard they eat locusts and cicadas...has anyone ever gotten a copperhead to eat an insect?
I fed mine brown anoles (after all, they are invasive).
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by David_Eakin on October 20, 2005
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Mine wouldn't even acknowledge insects other than it seemed to be irritated that they were in the tank. When I put the anole in there it was a whole new ball game. The strike on the Anole was well over 50% of his body length BTW.
Maybe once they get a taste of the good stuff they don't want to go back cruddy insects...:)
David
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