Copperheads don’t have the rattlesnake type fangs. The don’t move as fast as some other snakes, either. A copperhead sort of gnaws its venom into a bite wound. Cats move faster than copperheads.
Hi.
My male feline (Short hair domestic), kills Pigmy rattlesnakes with no problem. He is an outdoor rescue and small alligators don’t mess with him.
He also killed a cotton mouth.
They try to bite him and get close, but he hasn’t had a problem...although he is getting older.
5.56mm
Are you confusing copperheads with coral snakes? Coral snakes have to gnaw to inject venom. Copperheads, rattlesnakes, and water moccasins have long, retractable hypodermic fangs. Being pit vipers, all three of them have quick and accurate strikes. Coral snakes, on the other hand, being an elapid tend to have a relatively slow strike and have to gnaw to deliver venom, due in part to its short, non-retractable fangs.