I was reading up on copperhead anitivenom as i was unsure which they used and wiki said this

Although technically the antivenin CroFab could be used to treat an envenomation, it is usually not administered for copperheads, as the risk of complications of an allergic reaction to the treatment are greater than the risk from the snakebite itself in most cases. The very few reported deaths from copperhead bites all involved multiple snakes. Pain management, antibiotics, and medical supervision in the case of complications is usually the course of action

so do they gernerally not use antivenom for this species???

NBN

If need be, it would be and has been used.

A very much underestimated species by venomous keepers, yes generally envenomation has considerable fewer effects than other NA species, still not to be taken lightly.

Deaths have been reported.


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The thing with copper heads thay arn't overly agressive untill you pick one up or try to pick one up So bites are few.....And yes people do underestimate this snake


Mine is so docile you wouldent beleave it But I was reading sometime back I think it was siuk who has one was saying his is more agressive .......

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A Copperhead will just generally sit there untill you start agrivating it.

Copperhead venom isnt reletavely toxic to humans, although deaths have been reported. so you should never take the chance of taking a bite.

I've seen many in the wild and they are variable with some siting still and other striking freely so I feel that you statement is slightly inaccurate unless you are purely taking about experience in captive critters.......over to you for comment!

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It bit me! Now thats going to hurt!!

my copperhead was very aggressive, striking at anything that moved.

People read that not many people die and think they are a "safe" snake but no one really sees the statistics of people that are in a bad way from them, loosing a finger after a bite is not that uncommon, and thats a pretty serious thing to happen.

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mines a ct wont sit on the hook-, i had to put him in a floor level viv not overly agressive just hates being moved. I still got all me fingers though and i plan to keep it that way . MIDWEST TONGS RULE

Maybe I'm just getting overly suspicious, but just as a pair of bullsh*tters are called out, a "new" member starts in the section with the same type of spelling errors..................

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