The price and culture method of cauliflower snake

Cauliflower snake is a typical non-venomous snake, also known as king snake, smelly king snake, pine snake, king python, etc., is a snake belonging to the family of snake, fierce and non-toxic, a wide range of recipes, wild prey rats, birds, bird eggs and other small animals, food shortage even swallow similar, let's take a look at cauliflower snake prices and breeding methods!

How much is a cauliflower snake?

Cauliflower snake is a kind of meat snake species at present. The price varies from place to place, but it is generally about 50~80 yuan per catty. It is worth noting that cauliflower snake has been listed in the List of Land Wildlife Protected by the State or of Important Economic and Scientific Research Value issued by the State Forestry Administration on August 1,2000. Capture and purchase are restricted. Any illegal capture and sale of wild protected animals will be punished by law.

Life Habits of Cauliflower Snake

1. Environment: cauliflower snake inhabits in mountainous, plain and hilly areas, and is active in riverside, pond edge, reservoir area and other places near water.

2. Feeding habits: cauliflower snakes feed on frogs, birds, rodents and various bird eggs. When food is scarce, they even swallow their own young snakes or their own kind.

3, toxicity: cauliflower snake is non-toxic, relying on its own strong body and strong winding force to prey.

4, reproduction: cauliflower snake every year in June to July spawning, each production of 8 to 15 different, incubation period of about 40 to 45 days.

Breeding method of cauliflower snake

1. Mating management: male and female snakes should be kept separately during artificial reproduction of cauliflower snake. In the breeding season, male snakes should be released into female snake groups. Generally, one male snake can mate with 10 female snakes. After mating, they should be kept separately.

2. Laying time: The reproduction mode of cauliflower snake is oviposition. Female snake generally lays eggs at the peak from the end of June to the middle of July. Each time, 8~12 eggs are laid. After 1 female snake mates once, sperm can survive in the female snake for many years.

3. Incubation method: The incubation period of cauliflower snake eggs is 40~45 days, most of them are incubated in tanks or barrels indoors, the best temperature is 20~30℃, the relative humidity is 50~70%, and the female and male snakes account for almost half of the temperature and humidity range.

4. Management of young snake: The young snake of cauliflower snake is 25~35 cm in length, light in body color, and there is no "king"-shaped stripe on the front scale of the head. It is not necessary to feed. It is artificially induced to eat 7 days after hatching. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the care of the young snake.

Cultivation method of cauliflower snake

1, breeding density: cauliflower snake the most suitable density is 7~10 per square meter, density is too low to affect the breeding scale, breeding snake 5~7 per square meter is appropriate, three-dimensional breeding density can be larger, about 20 per square meter can be raised.

2, breeding environment: cauliflower snake breeding environment should be quiet, but compared with other snakes, cauliflower snake is still a relatively bold snake, many cauliflower snakes familiar with the environment after even if there are people around will eat food.

3. Feeding management: cauliflower snake has a large appetite. A snake of 1500 grams can swallow 1~2 frogs or 2~3 young chickens at a time. After eating enough, it climbs back to the nest and lies still. The digestion time takes about 2 weeks.

4, feeding miscellaneous snakes: cauliflower snakes have the habit of eating snakes, even if the feed is sufficient and diverse, but also from time to time to put a few other miscellaneous snakes (can be artificially raised), in order to avoid snakes and snakes between each other.

5. Disease prevention

① Mildew spot disease: Apply 1~2% iodine tincture to the affected area 1~2 times a day, and take clotrimazole tablets orally 3 times a day, 2 tablets each time.

② Skin rot: amikacin was injected intramuscularly into the tail at a weight of 15 mg/kg once a day for 3.5 days.

③ Parasites: 0.1% trichlorfon solution for two minutes to drive out external parasites, tetraimidazole hydrochloride to drive out internal parasites.