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Feeding Cottonmouths
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by dpedwards08 on November 29, 2009
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My friend from South Carolina sent me a shipment of snakes not too long ago that included two young cottonmouths. I have been trying to feed them both live and prekilled mice with no luck. Has anyone had success with any particluar prey item?
Drew
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RE: Feeding Cottonmouths
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by FSB on August 3, 2010
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Judging from the date of your post, it could be that they have just knocked off feeding for the winter, as both cottonmouths and copperheads will spontaneously do. I have collected A. piscivorus in late August that would steadfastly refuse food until March. Once they begin eating though, they are not a problem - I have yet to see a cottonmouth that wouldn't eventually take frozen/thawed rodents. I have noticed that you can sometimes get a slow starter going on fish. It's great fun to watch them catch their own too. When I had the luxury of keeping two of them in an elaborate, filtered semi-aquatic setup, I would let chubs live in the water until they got caught.
Sorry about the late (and by now, probably moot) reply - I just now blundered into this forum.
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