The technique of breeding Wang Jinshe

Wang Jinshe is one of the large species of wild snakes. Because of its fast growth, more meat, strong cold tolerance and large seasonal price difference, it is the main object of domestic development and utilization at present. However, no wild animal can withstand unlimited predatory hunting. It is suggested that development and utilization should be combined with breeding in order to be more and better utilized by human beings.

What are the local aliases of ⒈ king snake? Where is the main distribution? Wang Jinhe is aliased as King Snake, Snake King, cauliflower Snake, King Snake, smelly Yellow Snake, Prince head Snake, Sesame Snake, rape cauliflower, Golden Snake, Huang python, vegetable python and so on.

Wang Jinhe is a typical non-venomous snake, mainly distributed in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Fujian, Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Henan, Gansu and Taiwan. its growth is second only to pythons.

What are the characteristics and habits of ⒉ king snake? The main feature of Wang Jinhe is that his head has black markings with the word "Wang", so it is known as "King Snake". Its head and back scale edge is black, the center is yellow, like rape pattern, the front part of the body has more than 30 yellow transverse oblique markings, and gradually disappears at the back of the body. The ventral side is yellow with black markings. The tail is slender, with a total length of more than 2.5 meters. Adult snakes and young snakes have very different color spots, and there are no "king" markings on the head, so they are often mistaken for other snake species.

The body of Wang Jinshe is cylindrical, and its size can reach more than 5 kilograms. Mainly live in hills and mountains, in the plain riverside, reservoir areas and fields are inhabited. It is quick in action, ferocious in temperament, fast in crawling, and able to climb rocks and trees. It mainly feeds on rodents, frogs, birds and eggs, and even cannibalizes the same kind when food is scarce. The snake has a strange stench. After holding the snake body, you have to wash it with strong-scented soap several times before you can get rid of it. The snake lays eggs and lays eggs from June to July each year. The number of eggs varies from 8 to 15, and the incubation period is about 40 to 45 days.

What is the difference between ⒊ King Snake and other snakes? At present, there are not too many non-venomous snakes that are completely suitable for artificial breeding in China, and Wang Jinhe is one of them. Because of its large body, cold tolerance, wide feeding habits, strong adaptability, fast growth, short breeding cycle, easy breeding and hatching, high market price and many other advantages, many snake farms or snake farmers, especially in the provinces (regions) north of the Yangtze River. Most of them take it as the first choice for raising non-venomous snakes. From 1996 to 2001, Wang Jinshe's price has been the highest among many non-venomous snakes, which is the main reason why people keep it.

Although the king snake is the fastest growing and larger snake among the non-venomous snakes (except pythons), it is ferocious, dares to compete with the five-step snake and cobra among the venomous snakes, and has the habit of eating the same kind or other snakes, so snakes can only be bred alone, not mixed with other non-venomous snakes. When raising this snake, no matter how adequate and diversified the bait is, it is necessary to irregularly put in a certain amount of feed snakes, such as red spot snake, double spotted brocade snake, water snake, etc., in order to satisfy its snake-eating "hobby" and avoid the phenomenon of mutual ingestion between snakes and snakes. This is the main place that distinguishes it from other snakes.

How does ⒋ King Kam Snake look? Wang Jinhe grows very fast under suitable conditions and eats more than any other snake. Take the king snake in our snake garden as an example: in the spring of 1994, we put in a batch of king snake weighing about 700 grams, and one of them grew so fast that it attracted the special attention of the breeders. Before the beginning of winter, I caught and weighed and recorded that the weight at that time was 1500 grams, and the net weight gain that year was 800g; the weight gain in the second year was 1200 grams; the weight gain in the third year was 1500 grams; and the weight gain in the fourth year was only about 700g. The snake gained an average of 1100 grams in 4 years. Although this is only an isolated phenomenon, it is an indisputable fact that Wang Jinshe has gained weight faster, is easier to feed and has higher returns than other snakes.

Because the snake was too big and fierce, it mainly ate other snakes in the later period, and was not interested in the bait at all, seriously endangering the snakes in the same field, and became the real "snake king" in the snake garden. He had no choice but to sell it at a price of 880 yuan in the early winter of 1998. For this reason, the author suggests: if you raise Wang Jinshe, it is not necessary to feed it so big, as long as the weight reaches about 700 to 1000 grams, it is appropriate to sell it. Because Wang Jinshe, like other snakes, grows in stages, and once it reaches a certain weight section, it grows slowly, as can be seen from the introduction of the above growth trend.

What is the feeding density and feeding condition of ⒌ king snake? The average breeding density of Wang Jinshe should be about 710 pieces per square meter and about 500g. If the body size is larger, it can be reduced by 2 to 4 per square meter, and under the condition of three-dimensional culture, 15 per square meter can be stocked. Wang Chin-she, who has just entered the snake farm, is not familiar with the new environment, so it is difficult to adapt to it in a short period of time, so he will become very timid. some even hide in their nests during the day and come out to look for food only at night. They don't dare to come out during the day for a long time (about 510 days or so). But the vast majority of Wang Jinshe is bold and not afraid of people, even if someone is nearby does not prevent it from swallowing. Wang Jinhe eats more than other snakes. A snake that weighs about 1000 to 1400 grams can swallow one toad or two or three chicks at a time. After eating once, it crawls back to the snake's nest to lie down. It takes about 7 to 15 days to digest. If there are conditions, it is best to regularly put some feed snakes to meet their snake-eating preferences and avoid cannibalism of the same kind. In addition, Wang Jinshe also eats eggs or quail eggs. You might as well feed some when there is a shortage of food to meet your urgent needs.

What are the breeding characteristics of ⒍ king snake? Wang Jinshe is a twin breed. The peak period of spawning is from the end of June to the middle of July every year, and the number of eggs per spawning varies from 5 to 15 eggs. There is mucus on the surface of newly laid eggs, and several of them often stick together. Break open the egg will find that there is no yolk and egg white, are yellowish gelatinous substance. The eggs of the king snake are large, round or oval in shape, and the eggs are milky white. Each egg weighs about 40-55 grams, and the small eggs also have 30-38 grams. The incubation period is about 40-45 days. It is observed that the king snake lies on the egg after spawning and seems to have the behavior of protecting eggs. However, artificial breeding of Wang Jinshe still attaches importance to artificial hatching. Wang Jinshe hatches eggs just like other snakes, except for different incubation days. The artificial hatching of King Snake eggs is mostly done by the method of cylinder incubation. The best temperature for snake eggs to hatch is 20-30 ℃. If the temperature is too low, the incubation time will be prolonged; high temperature can shorten the incubation period, but it is easy to form deformed young snakes.

What is the difference between a young ⒎ snake and an adult snake? The young snakes that have just come out of their shells are between 25cm and 35cm long, and some of them can reach 35cm to 45cm. They are lighter in color and have no "king" markings on the head, which is often mistaken for other species of snakes. The baby snake has two short black longitudinal stripes on the pillow, light tea brown on the back of the body, and irregular small black markings on the back of the tail; there are two fine black longitudinal stripes on the back of the tail and one black spot on each side of the back of the body and on both sides of the tail; the ventral side is light red and there are black spots on both sides of the abdominal scale. From the above introduction, it is not difficult to see that there is no adult snake in the pattern and color of the baby snake. the difference is so great that it is very difficult for beginners to believe that this is the king snake baby snake, and this phenomenon is also very rare among many snakes.

How does ⒏ raise baby snakes? The baby snakes shed their skin for the first time 7 or 10 days after they came out of their shell. For the artificial feeding of young snakes, conditional snake farmers (farms) can adopt the cross way of early feeding and later feeding of live bait. In artificial feeding, only fresh eggs were fed at first, and then some small insects mashed into meat were added to the egg liquid, such as crickets, grasshoppers, yellow powder insects, fly maggots, and so on, so as to lay a foundation for young snakes to take the initiative to prey on live animal feed. During this period, you can also feed some live small water snakes, Loach, crickets, locusts, grasshoppers, etc., and the young snakes hunt automatically. The feeding time is based on the fact that the baby snake has eaten within 24 hours, and all the food that has not been eaten or bitten to death by the baby snake will be removed. Do not put it sporadically at ordinary times, so as to lose the appetite of the baby snake, cultivate its good habit of feeding on time, stimulate its desire to hunt actively, and lay the foundation for normal feeding in the future.

How to calculate the feeding period of ⒐ baby snake? Under normal circumstances, once the young snakes take the initiative to hunt and have a good meal, they do not need to re-bait within 5 days, but should start feeding after 5-7 days, and then every other week or so. The feeding frequency can remain unchanged until the period before hibernation. However, the number of bait individuals can be gradually increased, and the number of bait must reach 4 to 5 times the number of baby snakes, and feed snakes smaller than baby snakes should be put on a regular basis to make them develop the good habit of not cannibalizing the same kind from an early age.

How to control the temperature needed by the ⒑ baby snake? In general, the suitable temperature for young snakes is basically the same as that for adult snakes, but the temperature adaptation range of young snakes should be slightly higher. When the baby snake comes out of its shell, it is from August to September, and the temperature of the surrounding natural environment can meet the requirements of its life and growth. If the temperature is lower than 20 ℃, measures should be taken to keep warm or warm up; if the temperature is higher than 35 ℃ or more than 32 ℃ for several consecutive days, shading or cooling measures should be taken. As the most suitable environmental temperature for raising young snakes is 23-28 ℃, a short period of low or high temperature will not hinder the young snakes, but they should not be taken lightly.

How to control the temperature needed by ⒒ baby snakes? For young snakes, it is appropriate to keep the relative temperature of the breeding ground at 40%-50%. When young snakes enter the molting stage, the demand for environmental humidity is higher and should be kept at 50%-70%. If the environmental humidity is too low, the dry climate is not conducive to young snakes molting, often caused by molting and death. However, the environmental humidity should not be too large, generally not more than 75%. Although the high temperature for a short time has little effect on the baby snakes, the young snakes are prone to mildew spot disease after a long time. In the case of poor ventilation, young snakes are prone to pneumonia, so it is necessary to strengthen ventilation and keep the air in the breeding ground fresh.

What should ⒓ young snakes pay attention to in winter? In order to obtain greater economic benefits or to master the new technology of raising young snakes out of season, and to further lay the foundation for large-scale breeding of snakes, conditional snake farms often break the hibernation period of young snakes and make them grow as soon as possible. Because of its strong cold resistance, wide food sources, strong breeding plasticity and high winter price, Wang Jinshe is one of the main snakes that people first put the young snakes in the scope of winter breeding. But it should be noted that it is safe to break the hibernation period of young snakes. The specific method of operation is that the temperature of the baby snake can be cooled on the 10th day of the late autumn night of the same year, so that the baby snake will go into hibernation on the 10th day late in the same year, and the baby snake will be heated up 10-15 days early next spring to force the baby snake to sting early. Do not break the hibernating habit of young snakes at once. After all, young snakes are different from adult snakes, and their tolerance is not ideal. Blindly limit its hibernation time, it is easy to make its normal growth law into temporary confusion, not conducive to the normal needs of young snakes. If we shorten the hibernation time of young snakes year by year and let them have certain adaptability, we can safely break the hibernation of young snakes, prolong their growth time and shorten the breeding cycle. The snake farm (household) located in the south of the Yangtze River has little impact on it because of its short hibernation time. If you can meet the feeding conditions, you might as well simply let the baby snakes not hibernate.

How to solve the food raised by ⒔ baby snakes in winter? Some people think that the young snakes in the first year can be raised directly because they do not have the adaptability to hibernate. That is to say, under the condition that the temperature and humidity needed by the baby snake can be achieved and the food source can be guaranteed, the young snake can be raised in winter. At the same time, in order to get enough live animals at the right time, you might as well cultivate or temporarily raise (store) earthworms, crickets, mice, Loach, small miscellaneous fish and other live bait, and you can also feed young snakes with self-raised quail and partridge eggs. If necessary, some highly nutritious fluid feed can be fed manually. The mouse has a strong reproductive ability and is easy to raise, so it can be properly introduced and fed to the young snake after breeding. In addition, breeding crickets in the greenhouse is also a good way. Put some bran, peel and vegetable leaves in the idle greenhouse, pile up some bricks or tiles, and put in the "home crickets" that often appear in the corner of the kitchen, which will breed in large numbers after a while, and then you can regularly catch and feed the young snakes.

What should ⒕ pay attention to when raising young snakes in snake boxes in winter? If you want to use a small number of snake boxes to test winter-raised young snakes, you can use the method of hanging 1'3 60 '100-watt incandescent bulbs on the top of the snake box to increase the temperature. However, the outside of the light bulb must be covered so that the baby snakes cannot touch the light bulb directly. For the adoption of box feeding pool in the snake room with a smaller area, earth heating, heating, electric stove Jiawen and other ways can be adopted. It is of course ideal for those who have conditions to use air conditioning to control the temperature, but it is not appropriate to use open fire (furnace or firewood) to directly bake and heat it. Beware of choking the baby snake to death by thick smoke.

During the winter breeding period of the baby snakes, in addition to maintaining the normal temperature and humidity, the health or diseases of the young snakes should be checked regularly to find out the problems and solve them as soon as possible. In case of unexpected circumstances that can not maintain normal breeding, the winter breeding of baby snakes should be terminated as soon as possible and let them go into hibernation.

What should be paid attention to when raising young snakes in ⒖? In the vast area south of the Yangtze River in China, due to the suitable climate, humid environment, much more abundant bait than the north, and the hibernation of young snakes is much later than that in the north, it is more suitable for free or semi-free breeding. For young snakes in the form of free or semi-free breeding, it is best to focus on the fixed-point feeding method in the playground or fixed place, so that over time, the baby snakes will get used to this way. Especially for dead feeding, such as Loach, small mixed fish or quail eggs, we should pay more attention to the feeding place. At that time, the feeding materials should be thoroughly removed to prevent spoilage from causing bacteria to spread and directly endanger the health of young snakes. If the young snakes are scattered indoors with good lighting conditions, in addition to the escape prevention work, the nests and caves of the baby snakes should also be built, so that the young snakes can have an ideal and safe habitat.