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ectimaeus
at Fri Nov 5 14:43:42 2010 [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by ectimaeus ]
A common mistake a lot of people make is undersizing the meal. Unexperienced people believe that since it is a baby snake it has to eat baby food items. A new born copperhead is designed and able to kill and eat a hopper mouse. A live hopper is more of what their instincts will tell them to eat. I would not think it very likely that a wild baby copperhead would ever find a new born frozen thawed pinky to eat.
To put it a nutshell, anyone that keeps critters should know about the critter and have the ability to provide for the needs of the critter before ever keeping the critter. Do your homework prior to keeping the critter or give it to someone who has and can take care of it. Your being unprepared may prove to be the death of your baby copperheads.
ECTimaeus
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RE: Getting baby copperheads to eat - ectimaeus, Fri Nov 5 14:43:42 2010