Really sorry to hear that. The boulder where they sun themselves has a copperhead birthing rookery under it. The sun warms the rock and the den under it, where, at this time of the year, 3 to 10 copperheads are born live to each female. During the past week, several newborn young have been seen near the rock where the two (now one) females hang out.Crankmas wrote:heard one of the pair of copperheads at Bruisebrothers in Muir was found uh, unalive sunday, that truly sucks, its buddy was there hanging out by itself where they used to be together
In the past we have tried unsuccessfully to relocate the snakes that frequent this rock. Kristen, with the Kentucky Reptile Zoo explains that moving the copperheads or simply killing them will not solve the problem. Since it has been a successful rookery site, new copperheads will continue to visit this spot for birthing.
Our plans are to modify the terrain, in an attempt to make it unattractive to copperheads. In the meantime, please bear with us and don't disturb the wildlife in MV.