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by CottonmouthKyle on December 8, 2004
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My copperhead only eats brown mice. I thought it would never eat but when we through a brown and white mouse in there with it, it killed the white one and ate the brown one. I think it only eats brown ones because its wild caught.
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by new2hots on December 8, 2004
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That seems really weird to me. My copperhead eats like a beast. I have never heard of a picky or finicky copper.
Best of luck
Garry
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by challenger on December 9, 2004
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Somehow I think this is a natural thing. I have seen on TV where an albino animal was shunned from the "family". Try food coloring on the smelly little critter. My neo copper head is not a great eater either but we are making progress. I got it to eat a fuzzy that I raised from a 2 white females and a brown male. All 21 babies are brown!
He eats anoles and tree frogs but the mice have been a challenge. I think if yo let it go long enough w/o food it will eat anything IMO it would eat a white one before starving???
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by bush_viper17 on December 9, 2004
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I see the same thing also sometimes with copperheads. But after I feed it a brown one or two, they usually start to take white ones. By the way Kyle, when do the snakes and alligators start to come back out down there?
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by agkistrodude on December 9, 2004
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Ya, coppers can be problem eaters. Right now I've got 3 that eat with no problems, live or F/T, one that won't eat anything but frogs, and one that wouldn't eat anything at all until I tried "braining" a hopper. I've read and heard about that but had never tried it until about 2 months ago.Amazed me at how well it worked. Marty
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by emtnurse on December 9, 2004
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Thats a funny thing.. I used to have a Nile monitor that would only eat brown mice.. Very odd, espically for a predator lizard. Every copperhead I have ever owned, even the ones I own now are picky eaters.. I am assuming because it is hibernation time cause they are wild caught.
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by thenewdisciple on December 10, 2004
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my coppers are all pains in the back, they quit eating late summer if they are wild caught and even cb ones give me hell and a half sometimes.
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by challenger on December 10, 2004
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Mine was (and may continue to be)a pia but recently ate two fuzzies. One of which it killed and ate about 36 hrs later. It was still digesting a fuzzy fed about 4 days prior and-w-the 2 in it it looked like a cigar. I was happy because if there is a problem I'm sure he is good for the winter months. Anyway it is still small (born in Aug) so it will be fun to watch him grow.
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