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Back in June I picked up a northern copperhead from a virginian trailer park/ campground. Well yesterday to my suprise sitting in the corner were serveral neonates.
They are currently being housed seperatley in plastic enclosures. Since this was very unexpected and I have never had babies so young, I was hoping someone could send me in the right direction as for feeding them.
Thanks
Kevin

Congrats!!

Keep the neonates apart from one another, canabalism is possible. They will need to shed first before they would try to feed.

They are tough little buggers to get to feed. Will prefer small frogs, toads, & skinks but try them on pinks first.

Al
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If you light them on fire, They will be warm for the rest of their life.

After trying to get my baby laticinctus to eat for a long time, I finally got fed up, left a thawed pinky in the cage for a few days. Turns out the little boogers wouldnt touch the pinky UNTIL it was 3 days old and rotten, then they gobbled it right up. Gross, and hard to deal with for a few months (the smell in the room) but they outgrew it quickly after about 5 feedings. Then they voluntarily took freshly thawed out pinks.
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Tom
TCJ Herps
"The more people I meet, the more I like my snakes"

>>After trying to get my baby laticinctus to eat for a long time, I finally got fed up, left a thawed pinky in the cage for a few days. Turns out the little boogers wouldnt touch the pinky UNTIL it was 3 days old and rotten, then they gobbled it right up.

I experienced the EXACT same thing with a baby laticintus, a baby pictigaster, and also with a couple of newborn A. p. leucostoma. Very interesting to hear you've had the same thing happen. I thought maybe my snakes were just weirdos.

dg