Our copperhead at work recently passed away in January. WC in 1984. Time in captivity was 25 years 5 months. Estimated age at time of capture was 3-5 years. Estimated age at death 28-30 years. He could have been older as most copperheads in the wild typically reach around 2 feet in length at 4 years of age.. he was 26" at capture.. at death was about 45-46"



I currently have an amel corn that I got in 2002 from a friend and he was ~3 years of age at the time of adoption... so he's going on 11 years. I had one okeetee corn snake at work die at 21 years of age, a normal corn at work die at 12 years, and an amel corn of mine die at 11 years.



I have an emory rat snake that is currently pushing 19-20 years of age (maybe older). Got her in 1994 and she was already at full size... so was probably 4-5 years old at the time of purchase. She's been gradually developing cataracts on her eyes the past 2 years.



I have a ball python I took in as a rescue in 2006. She was previously owned for 10 years before I got her. The previous owners had bought her from a pet store and was NOT a baby. Most likely she was originally wild caught as back then not many sub adult cb's available in pet stores. She did put on a lot of growth/weight after coming into my care as previous owners underfed. Possible guess is that she's around 18 years of age. Currently pushing 8.5 lbs on an empty stomach... but being full of eggs at the moment is probably closer to 10 lbs.... BIG ovulation the other day.. gonna be a large clutch.



And just for fun... I have a cb eastern hognose that will be 6 years old this July...never once ate a toad.. strictly a mouse/rat eater from the start. Pretty good age for the naysayers who think hogs can't live long term on a straight rodent diet and claim they will die in a couple of years if you try to attempt it.

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