Is there a market for breeding squirrels now? How to build the yard? What are the techniques of feeding, management and reproduction?

According to the different living environment, the squirrel family is divided into tree squirrel, ground squirrel and stone squirrel. The food is mainly seeds and fruits, and squirrels can also be raised on a large scale. Is there a market for breeding squirrels now? How to build the yard? What are the techniques of feeding, management and reproduction?

Is there a market for breeding squirrels now?

1. Squirrels are famous fur animals. The wholesale price of a squirrel skin is as high as 60 or 70 yuan. Squirrels are also popular in pet markets and ecological parks in many large and medium-sized cities. But because wild resources are protected, few people raise them, and many people don't know about it, squirrels on the market often have a price but no market.

2. Squirrels give birth once a year, with 7-8 more squirrels and 3-4 less squirrels. The highest price is more than 10 US dollars, generally 4-5 US dollars, the lowest will not be less than 1-2 US dollars, more than 10 yuan. At present, the domestic squirrel consumer market is not quite formed, and the farmed squirrels are mainly exported to Japan and some European countries as pets, while this kind of squirrel is mainly raised in the suburbs of Tianjin and Kuancheng County in Chengde, with an annual production of more than 20,000 squirrels. The annual output value is about more than 1 million yuan.

How to build a squirrel house?

Squirrels live alone in the wild, so the environmental conditions should be provided so that they can live alone and come into contact with each other to facilitate reproduction.

1. Enclosure conditions: an open three-wall type, facing south, with brick walls on three sides, with an area of 5 meters long and 3 meters wide, and a room height of 3 meters. On the surface of Sanhe soil, there is a gate (1.8 meters high and 7 meters wide) to the north, but there should be a small partition outside the door, about 2 square meters, and a side door leads to the corridor, mainly to prevent animals from running directly out. Several rows of small wooden boxes are nailed on the three walls of the room, and the first row can be nailed more than 1 meter from the ground. The specification of the wooden case is 25cm long and 25cm wide, with an opening on one side (15cm high and 12cm wide). The distance between the box and the box is 30cm. The distance between the row and the row (the top of the lower row and the bottom of the upper row) is 30cm, and the two rows of wooden cases can be staggered. But all the way up to the top. After breeding, it can be adjusted according to the actual situation. In the middle of the room, there is a large withered tree with many branches or 2 or 3 medium-sized withered branches for them to move.

2. Playground conditions: it is directly connected with the open enclosure, with an area of 36 meters long, 3 meters wide and 3 meters high. The three sides and the ceiling should be made of fine barbed wire and the mesh should not exceed 1.5 cm. The net is 20 centimeters above the ground surrounded by a brick wall. Also appropriate to put 1 or 2 withered tree branches, concrete ground.

What are the feeding, management and breeding techniques of squirrels?

1, feed: can feed pine nuts, hazelnuts, melon seeds, sunflowers, pears, apples and so on, according to the season and different regions, as far as possible to provide a variety of feed as they choose. Feed can be divided into several places to prevent them from competing, dry materials can be added once every 2 to 3 days, fruits are supplied every day, and it is better to eat them on the same day. The basin should have clear water at all times.

2. Management: when it is hot in summer, the performance of animals can be observed. If necessary, grass mats or bamboo mats are temporarily added to the roof of the sports ground, and water is sprayed to cool down. There is no need to take heat preservation measures in winter.

3. Key points of reproductive technology: when introducing animals, strong ones must be selected for reproduction, and the female-to-male ratio can be 3-4 ∶ 1. Singling out frail males, especially frail males, may be attacked by other males. In the breeding season, you can give some animal food, such as cooked eggs, bread and so on, to see if they like it. In addition, put some clean dead leaves, broken hemp, twigs and so on in the circle for them to cushion or build nests.

Cubs born for half a year should be separated from monoculture to avoid excessive density.

4. prevention and control of diseases and natural enemies: due to the small number of squirrels in captivity, not much attention, and inconvenient to observe, so there are no reports of suffering from a disease. But they belong to dental rodents and may spread plague on the beam, so they must be sanitary every day and disinfected regularly. In addition, enclosures and playgrounds must strictly prevent wild and domestic rats from entering, causing forage grabs, harming squirrels and spreading diseases.