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Hey everybody,

I have a question for anyone that keeps broad banded copperheads. I recently took in a cb04 male broad banded copperhead.
When I first got him, I had him in a glass aquarium for about a week so i could get his cage set up in the snake room.
Every time I would even move near his cage, He would start vibrating his tail, and coil up in a striking position.
If I walked by his cage, he would strike.

All of my northern and southern copperheads have never struck at me, or even noticed I was in the room.

I was just wondering if broad bandeds just naturally had a nastier disposition.

This is the first time I had ever been around or owned a broad banded, so I have nothing to compare him with.

The guy I got him from, said he had been like that since he was born.

Thanks for any input

I hope everyone has a great day!!!
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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
0.1.0 okeetee corn
1.0.0 black rat snake
1.1.0 leopard geckos
0.0.7 northern copperheads
1.0.0 southern copperhead
0.0.1 broadband copperhead
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
0.0.3 emperor scorpion
0.0.1 cobalt blue tarantula
0.0.1 orange baboon tarantula
and a bunch of breeder mice and rats

I have 1.1 Broadbands. They use to vibrate there tail and strike but have settled down. Do you have a hide for him? Is the temperature too high? I had a Blacktail Rattlesnake that was really agro. Kept the cage covered and tried not to disturb him too much .He settled down after a few months

>>I have 1.1 Broadbands. They use to vibrate there tail and strike but have settled down. Do you have a hide for him? Is the temperature too high? I had a Blacktail Rattlesnake that was really agro. Kept the cage covered and tried not to disturb him too much .He settled down after a few months

yes he has a hide that he uses alot, I heat my snake room along with belly heat for each snake. The temps in his cage stay at a pretty constant 80 degrees.
I was watching him today and i did notice that since i moved him into a cage with only one open side instead of the aquarium with all the sides open, hes settled down a little.
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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
0.1.0 okeetee corn
1.0.0 black rat snake
1.1.0 leopard geckos
0.0.7 northern copperheads
1.0.0 southern copperhead
0.0.1 broadband copperhead
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
0.0.3 emperor scorpion
0.0.1 cobalt blue tarantula
0.0.1 orange baboon tarantula
and a bunch of breeder mice and rats

I have a pictigaster that is several years captive that never calms down.
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It is also the individual a lot. I have Trans-Pecos, Broad-banded and a Southern. The southern is the most aggressive and also the one I've had the longest. The Broad-banded vibrates his tail a lot but doesn't strike that much and sits on a hook well. The Trans-Pecos is very mellow.