Motherload of copperheads

[MKHerps]

Well we own some private property with a huge pond lots of oak trees and sandy soil. In the past this has always yeilded a few copperheads per year. Tonight within one hour we found 22 in the front yard. All within 100 feet of eachother. Some were found eating frogs, one about a foot or so up in a tree, but most were chillin in the leaves at the base of the oak trees. There were 6 adults and the rest neonates. Appear that they were born in the front yard in the last week. I did not get pics while catching but did get some once i got them back to my house. If anyone is interested I will upload pics in the morning. It was a night so was unable to get good pics while herping. I am still in shock at the numbers we saw this year.

[DarkComeSoon]

wow i would of ran far away and i want 2 see pictures

[jkobylka]

That's quite a collection! I once found about 50 cottonmouth neonates in about 30 mins... but not as close together as that!

Justin

[MKHerps]

sorry busy day i just got all of them sexed well at least the adults, dewormed. It is 12 am and i just got home, but i promise pics tommorrow.

[MKHerps]

Here are the pics I ended up with 2 Males and 4 Females. I rereleased 2 of the neonates due to injuries they had. I got just the adults sexed last night, got them panacured and gave Droncit injections. I will do the same with the neonats when they get alittle more size on them. The adults have some of the white panacur around the mouth. They all appear dirty right now probably been doing alot of digging, cant wait to see what they look like when they shed. I am pretty excited one of the neonates really has some anery/ axanthic appereance to him. You can definetly spot him out from the rest of the neonates. Unfortinatly he will most likly turn out to be a normal with a lot of black. Either way he will be hot.

2 Males




Females and neonates

[ItsMichael805]

wow hopefully those dont get in ur house

[akaangela]

oh my. You are a LOT braver than I am. I would be afraid to pick up even one of the babies. They are pretty looking Good luck with them.

[ItsMichael805]

i heard the babies are worse when they bite becuase they dont know when to let go?

[MKHerps]

As far as I know that is a myth. They may not know when to let go, but they also are not capable of producing the amount of venom as the adults. What venom they do produce and release is plenty though to knock down their prey. They usually go for insects, small frogs, or baby mice if they happen to come across them. At that size they will easily feed on small insects. When i found them over half were in the pocess of eating frogs around our stock tank.


Also with venomous reptiles it takes a lot more resposibilty, the goal is to not get bit.

[ItsMichael805]

yeah lol, would suck if u got bit!