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I received this wild caught female in early October. I put her with a male so that I could get a fall breeding out of them before I put them down for the winter.

On October 15 she dropped 4 babies. This would explain why she didn't want anything to do with the male. One of the babies died that night, and another died the next day, but the remaining 2 are just fine. The two that died had several areas of deformation of the belly scales.

The male is the thicker of the two animals, with part of his body at the bottom of the photo, and that is also his head. You can also see part of the lower 1/3 of the female.

Nice looking snakes.
Good luck with the babies

Congrats

Is it right, that copperhead neonates should be reallt tricky feeders

"Should be tricky eaters" No.

"Could be tricky eaters" Yes. But there are a host of different options like starting on frogs, or in my case, offering 3 day old rotten pinkies. This lasted about 2 months then they switched over to fresh pinkies.
With baby coppers, I wouldnt be as much at ease as you would with rat snakes, but its not as bad as pigmys either.
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Tom
TCJ Herps
"The more people I meet, the more I like my snakes"