What are the three main points to pay attention to in water snake breeding? What varieties do you have?

Cultured water snakes have the advantages of low cost, high survival rate and wide sources of prey. As the snake has a strong ability to adapt to temperature, humidity, feeding environment and other preliminary culture conditions, it can be introduced into the culture as long as it can meet the general conditions for raising snakes. So what are the three points to pay attention to in water snake breeding? What varieties do you have?

1. What are the three key points for water snake breeding?

1. Water source.

Water snake, as its name implies, is a snake with aquatic or semi-aquatic habits. Therefore, the arrangement of water sources in aquaculture is a key. In the water snake's active season, we must keep the water source adequate and clean, and thoroughly clean the pool and remove dirt every 7D15 day in the middle of summer, so as to avoid the occurrence of enteritis caused by drinking unclean water in the water snake helplessly, causing undue trouble.

2. Food source.

In addition to eating all kinds of freshwater mixed fish and Loach, water snakes especially like rice field eel and all kinds of frogs. They should be fed on time according to the season when it is easy to catch or the special fattening needs of water snakes, so as to diversify the types of bait as far as possible to meet the needs of their body growth. Most water snakes have a strong appetite and eat every 4D5 day. Generally speaking, water snakes weighing about 100D200 grams can swallow 1D2 small mixed fish each time, and as many as 3D4. In addition, the water snake is particularly daring, where there are people nearby in the process of swallowing does not affect eating. The snake has the same habit of lying still like other snakes after eating. Do not disturb it too much at this time, otherwise it will spit out the food swallowed into the belly, which is bound to delay the next eating time and reduce the amount of food it should eat. it is extremely disadvantageous to the growth of water snakes, so you should artificially reduce the number of times to enter or refuse strangers to visit.

3. Disinfection.

The breeding density of artificially cultured water snakes should be about 12D15 per square meter, and it can be larger in three-dimensional culture, but it should not exceed 2 times. Under normal feeding conditions, 2D3 should be disinfected every month, either by spraying or splashing water, and the best disinfection should be in the early morning or evening. Because most water snakes like to move during the day, they especially like to gather together to bask in the sun after eating. When the external temperature reaches more than 32 ℃, they especially like to soak in groups in the water, and they can stay in the water for a long time by exposing their heads. Therefore, disinfection should avoid the peak period of water snake activities, so as not to be unduly disturbed and frightened.

What are the species of water snakes?

1. Chinese water snake

Chinese water snakes, also known as Chinese water snakes, mud snakes, etc., are reptiles of the genus Ophiorhynchidae, which generally live in streams, ponds, paddy fields or canals in plains, hills or foothills, with an upper limit of about 320 meters above sea level, with a small head and a big belly, dark grayish brown on the back, irregular small black spots on the ventral side, yellowish yellow on the ventral side, black spots on the ventral side, a slightly flattened tail with a total length of 700 mm, yellowish on the back and yellow on the ventral side. There are black spots on the front edge of each abdominal scale. The torso is cylindrical with a short tail.

2. Lead water snake

The lead-colored water snake, commonly known as the blister snake, is a reptile of the genus Serpent family. It lives in rice fields, ponds, lakes, rivers and nearby waters in plain, hilly or low mountain areas, with an upper limit of 980 meters above sea level. China is mainly distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places, with a total length of 350 mm, olive on the back, lead luster on the back and white on the ventral side. The ventral scales are both outside and gray-black at the base, with fine black spots scattered in the center. The torso is cylindrical with a short tail.

3. Red dot serpent

The red spot golden snake, also known as the water worm and the white line snake, is a semi-aquatic nonvenomous snake, commonly found in and near river ditches, paddy fields, ponds and its vicinity, with a total length of less than 1000 mm, a weight of 100,200g, a smooth back scale, and three "^"-shaped black spots on the head, one on the back of the kiss, sideways and backward along the eyes, and the other two on the forehead along the pillow, continuing into four dark brown vertical lines on the back of the torso respectively, with four rows of reddish-brown black spots in front of the body. Gradually into a black vertical line to the back of the tail, the ventral side is densely covered with black and yellow checkerboard spots.

4. White-striped golden snake

White-striped serpent alias pillow-striped brocade snake, hemp snake, etc., widely distributed in northern China, strong vitality, hunger and thirst resistance, temperament is more gentle, slow to kill birds, lizards and small rodents for food, the head is slightly oval, the body tail is slender, the total length is about 1 meter, the nostrils are large and greeting, there are three black-brown markings on the top of the head, and three light vertical stripes on the back of the body, living in plains, hills or mountains and grasslands. Perched in fields, graves, grassy slopes, forests, riversides and nearby, but also common in vegetable gardens, farmers' chicken nests, livestock pens.

5. Double-spotted golden snake

The double-spotted golden snake is a reptile of the Genus of the family Serpidae, with a body length of 700-1200 mm, a grayish brown back, dark dumbbell-like stripes, a pair of black stripes on the back of the head and a black belt on the back of the head. Living in mountainous and hilly areas, preying on lizards, geckos and rats, laying eggs, distributed in the vast areas of North and East China.

6. Water red chain swimming snake

Water red chain swimming snake, also known as swimming snake, is active day and night, and is good at swimming. After catching its prey, it swallows on the water surface, feeding on Loach, eel, frogs and tadpoles, with red and black markings on its abdomen and black on its back. It likes to live with marshes and slow-flowing river root caves, rice field ridges, rat caves or eel caves, often coexisting with one hole in winter hibernation.

What are the effects and functions of water snakes?

1. Snake meat contains a variety of essential amino acids, including glutamic acid, which enhances the vitality of brain cells, and aspartic acid, which can relieve human fatigue. Snake meat is a good food for mental workers. Snake meat has the effect of strengthening nerves and prolonging life. Its protein contains eight essential amino acids, but its cholesterol content is very low, which plays a certain role in the prevention and treatment of vascular sclerosis, and has the function of nourishing skin and beauty and regulating human metabolism.

two。 The elements such as calcium and magnesium in snake meat exist in the form of protein fusion, so it is more convenient for human body to absorb and use, so it is very necessary to prevent cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis, inflammation or tuberculosis. Snake meat is rich in nutrients, fat contains linoleic acid and other ingredients, but the content of cholesterol is lower than pig liver and eggs, which plays a certain role in the prevention and treatment of vascular sclerosis.

3. Clinically, it is suitable for patients with rheumatic arthralgia, limb numbness, allergic dermatosis, spondylitis, bone tuberculosis, joint tuberculosis, lymphoid tuberculosis and terminal nerve paralysis.