by Bushviper » Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:50 am
Breeding this species is easy. Get a pair (at least) and put them together after winter. Winter should be cold and constant (I like to have then around 5 to 10 degrees). The winter is about 3 months with a 2 week period to cool down and a two week period to wake up.
If you are lucky enough to have multiple males allow them to combat first. Before there is a definate winner separate them, move them to a new cage and give them each a female. They then each assume that they won. Do this two or three times. I usually swop the males so that they all get a chance at all the females. This is assuming you have similar looking specimens. If you have different subspecies you can still induce male combat and then give each one his own female. Unlike Mole snakes or Green tree pythons, male combat with copperheads is like arm wrestling and does not cause injuries.
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