question about baby copperheads

[Animalia]

hello i have a young copperhead (about 6-7 inches) was wondering if anyone has any good information about care?? links to info or care sheets would be nice too

(yes i am aware of the risk and responsibility of hot snakes)

 

[Matt K]

hello i have a young copperhead (about 6-7 inches) was wondering if anyone has any good information about care?? links to info or care sheets would be nice too

(yes i am aware of the risk and responsibility of hot snakes)

They are easy. How did you plan to set it up enclosure wise? Is it wild caught? If it is the problem may be in getting it to eat- in the wild they normaly eat frogs and some lizards, so you will have to acclimate it to the idea of consuming pre-killed mice of appropriate size. Once you get beyond that though, keep it around 80-85 degrees or so and feed it once a week. They can live very comfortably in something the size of a ten gallon tank. Put newspaper on the bottom, a water dish, and a hide box. That's it. I have kept most snakes in the Agkistrodon complex for many, many years.
By the way, babies are much smaller than what you listed, so you have a juvenile.

 

[Animalia]

They are easy. How did you plan to set it up enclosure wise? Is it wild caught? If it is the problem may be in getting it to eat- in the wild they normaly eat frogs and some lizards, so you will have to acclimate it to the idea of consuming pre-killed mice of appropriate size. Once you get beyond that though, keep it around 80-85 degrees or so and feed it once a week. They can live very comfortably in something the size of a ten gallon tank. Put newspaper on the bottom, a water dish, and a hide box. That's it. I have kept most snakes in the Agkistrodon complex for many, many years.
By the way, babies are much smaller than what you listed, so you have a juvenile.

ok man thanks

 

[loxoscelesfear]

Any pics? I haven't had much luck with wild copperheads. Never tried baby copperheads. Have had some success with cottonmouths. But, yes, what Matt K said. Sounds like ideal advice for keeping a young Agkistrodon.

 

[reverendsterlin]

southern, northern, trans-pecos, other? http://www.copperhead-snake.com/