Copperheads are tremendously adaptable creatures, as evidenced by the fact that they've been able to persist even in suburban neighborhoods in the eastern part of the US...I applaud you for relocating these creatures rather than killing them, and can understand your concern with having them so close to your home and family.

The best things you can do to prevent running into them so often on your property is to make your property as unappealing for them as you can...Keep flowering or fruit producing vegetation well pruned...when the fruit falls off, this can attract copperhead prey if it is allowed to sit there...keep bushes well pruned as well...if you have woodpiles around the home, these are great places for copperheads and copperhead prey to retreat to...you might consider moving your woodpile indoors...

Young copperheads will eat amphibians...even adults will do this...part of what has made them so adaptable is the fact that they will eat a large variety of prey (i.e. amphibians, lizards, rodents, etc.)

Wish I could stop by and take a few off your hands but alas, I am in Az and don't want to violate any laws... Anyway, good luck!

-AzAtrox

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