Hello, I have two juvenile agkistrodon contortrix. One smells very bad, the other doesn´t. is it common? why does it smell so bad? Regards.
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My Copperhead smells very bad, why ?
angusticeps
Jan 08, 2006 04:46 PM
Replies (3)
Carmichael
Jan 09, 2006 10:40 AM
It sounds like one of them is musking when you approach it; it has a very distinctive (BAD) odor that takes quite a while to dissipate. You can ease this a bit by providing plenty of security and disturbing this snake as little as possible. When you do have to clean the cage, take it outside, or, in an area where it doesn't fumugate the house.
Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center
Lake Forest, IL
>Hello, I have two juvenile agkistrodon contortrix. One smells very bad, the other doesn´t. is it common? why does it smell so bad? Regards.
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Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm
Lake Forest, IL
angusticeps
Jan 09, 2006 03:51 PM
Sorry,I don´t understand your reply perfectly, because my English is very bad. However, I interpret you want to mean the snake expels this odor as a defense system ( like heterodon nasicus). is it ok? Thank you. Regards.
Carmichael
Jan 14, 2006 08:47 PM
Yes, that's exactly what I mean (and your English is pretty good!)
>>Sorry,I don´t understand your reply perfectly, because my English is very bad. However, I interpret you want to mean the snake expels this odor as a defense system ( like heterodon nasicus). is it ok? Thank you. Regards.
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Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm
Lake Forest, IL
