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I moved my four baby copperheads out of the cage i had built for them and into seperate sterilite shoe boxes for the time being. I threw together this small rack to accomidate the tubs. The tub on top has a mama mouse with her babies I moved out of my breeding colony. I dont have any heat run to it as i keep the temps in the room pretty warm.

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0.1.0 albino burmese
1.0.0 normal burmese
1.0.0 redtail boa
1.0.0 albino corn
0.1.0 creamsicle corn
1.1.0 leopard geckos
2.0.4 copperheads
0.0.1 timber rattler
1.0.0 green iguana
0.0.1 veiled chameleon
2.1.0 ball pythons
0.0.1 mexican red knee tarantula
0.0.1 emperor scorpion

I also have some 2 week old baby copperheads. I was wondering if yours ate yet. Mine haven't. I'm going to try again in a day or two. I read your other post and I will try rubbing the pinky with a newt and see if that works. If not, I'll leave it in for two days. If that doesn't work I'll try the pinky in the bag trick. NOW if that doesn't work, do you have any more suggestions? Thanks for these and any other tips you guys might share. Brian

If they are only two weeks old, I wouldn't worry at all that they haven't ate yet. Mine didn't eat until they were a little over 3 weeks old. There are a few other things you can try like slicing the head of the pinkie open with a razor blade and smearing some of the brain matter on the face of the pinkie. I have also had luck in the past by taking a bar of ivory soap and making suds in your hand and washing the pinkie with the suds. I guess that just gets rid of any smells that might be there. Also if you haven't tried it yet, try leaving the thawed pinkie in with the baby copperhead for 2 days or so. Sometimes when they begin to rot, they really start to appeal to the snake. But back to what I was saying at first, I'd wait another week to try and feed again. They will still be absorbing the yolk from the sac for a while. Give them some time to get hungry. Hope this helps some.
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0.1.0 albino burmese
1.0.0 normal burmese
1.0.0 redtail boa
1.0.0 albino corn
0.1.0 creamsicle corn
1.1.0 leopard geckos
2.0.4 copperheads
0.0.1 timber rattler
1.0.0 green iguana
0.0.1 veiled chameleon
2.1.0 ball pythons
0.0.1 mexican red knee tarantula
0.0.1 emperor scorpion

I must have gone through 5 pinkies (all "went bad" before my baby copperhead finally ate a pinkie.....and it ate it within the first couple of minutes after I placed it in there (which really surprised my, because I was expecting it to rot again).

I have found that it helps if you warm up the pinkie in hot water jsut before feeding (let those pits do some work). It should strike at the pinkie....also think a strike helps get them into a feeding mode. The just set the pinkie in there. I think mine went about 3-4 weeks until it ate first (and believe me there is no better feeling than realizing their meal has disappeared for thr first time).

Good Luck!