Artificial culture technology of scorpion

Scorpion is an arachnid carnivore, which is not only a valuable medicine, but also can make high-grade dishes. at present, the market demand is also increasing, which has a high breeding value, but artificial scorpion breeding is a careful and patient work. The quality of scorpion farm management has a lot to do with the possibility of success in raising scorpion. Let's take a look at the artificial breeding technology of scorpion.

Construction of scorpion farm

1. Pond culture: scorpion pond can be built indoors or outdoors. The size of the common pool is 0.5 meters high and 1 meter wide, and its length depends on the actual situation. A small amount of mortar can be used to block the brick cracks on the outer wall of the pool to prevent scorpions from escaping from the cracks. On the inside of the pool near the top, before the mortar is dried, glass, porcelain and other smooth materials can be inlaid to prevent the scorpion from escaping from the top. In the center of the pool about 15 cm away from the four sides with bricks and stones to build a multi-layer stack with a gap of about 1.5 cm for scorpions to inhabit.

2. Box cultivation: made of wooden boards or directly using waste wooden boxes and plastic boxes, a circle of plastic film or glass strips around the mouth of the box to prevent scorpions from escaping. The bottom of the box is covered with 2 centimeters of sand, and some bricks and cinders are placed on the soil for scorpion activity and habitat.

Introduction techniques of Scorpion

1. Introduction time: the introduction time of scorpion raised at room temperature should be arranged in late spring and early summer or autumn, among which the introduction in late spring and early summer is the best, because the hibernating scorpion has been stung and passed the "spring death pass", and the adult female scorpion has entered the pregnancy period and can give birth in the same year. Introduction can benefit from the same year.

2. the source of scorpion: one is to catch wild scorpion or buy back wild scorpion as seed scorpion, and the other is to buy it from artificial scorpion breeding units or individuals. it is not advisable for beginners to use wild scorpion as seed scorpion.

3. Scorpion selection: young scorpion, adult scorpion or pregnant scorpion should be selected and purchased according to the need. Male scorpions should choose strong physique, bright body color, lively and powerful, strong sexual desire to do scorpion. The female scorpion should choose a large, body length of more than 4.8 cm, no limb disability, strong, agile movement, static hindquarters curled up, foreabdomen hypertrophy, shiny skin to do scorpion.

4. Male and female matching: it is wrong for some farmers to choose only female scorpions rather than male scorpions in order to get more baby scorpions. According to the mating rule of scorpion, the proportion of female and male scorpion should be 2: 3 ∶ 1.

5. Scorpion transportation: the general introduction tools are cartons and non-toxic woven bags, and the suitable density is 500 per bag. During transportation, the scorpion is first packed into a clean, undamaged woven bag and then pierced, and then put into a cardboard box with sponges or cardboard balls at the bottom. Then put a few pieces of wet sponge in the carton to adjust the humidity in the box. In addition, there should be several vents around the upper part of the carton for ventilation. Violent vibrations should be avoided during transportation. Transport should pay attention to high temperature in summer and cold in winter.

Culture techniques of Scorpion

1. Light control: the scorpion shed should be built in a place with high foundation and plenty of sunshine. Where there is sunshine, scorpions have few diseases, and mites cannot survive.

2. Humidity control: during the long rainy and dry season, water can be added to the reservoir above the scorpion stack to make the nest soil moist, and the scorpion shed is covered with plastic sheeting in heavy rain to prevent stagnant water in the shed from washing out the scorpion stack. Scorpions rely on moisture absorption to replenish water, it is not suitable to drink water directly, the activity site should be slightly humid, and the air relative humidity should be 80%. The humidity of the nest should not be too high, hibernation should avoid frost injury, and the humidity should be 10-12%.

3. Temperature control: the suitable temperature for the growth and development of scorpion is between 20 and 39 ℃. When the temperature is between 20 and 39 ℃, the scorpion has the strongest appetite, grows fast and molts smoothly, and is the optimum temperature for mating and reproduction. Natural scorpion breeding should be heated with plastic sheeting in late spring and late autumn to shorten the hibernation time. When the temperature is below 10 ℃, the scorpion stops growing and goes into hibernation. If the temperature is between 8 and 15 ℃, the scorpion seems to be asleep and sometimes active. After stinging in spring, most scorpions have dry hair and tail, slow activity, lack of appetite and high mortality. 3-6 ℃ is the best temperature for hibernation.

4. Feed feeding: scorpions like to eat insects that are high in protein, low in fat and soft and juicy, but not foul-smelling, odorous, dead and dull insects. Tenebrio Molitor is the best feed for scorpion, which has the advantages of fast reproduction, short growth cycle, low requirement of feeding equipment, simple feeding method and rich nutrition, and can only be used as supplementary feed.

Control of scorpion diseases and insect pests

1. Spot mildew

[symptoms] spot mildew, also known as scorpion lice disease, mostly occurs from June to August, often caused by humid environment, high air humidity, and mildew of food, and most of the pathogens are green mold fungi. In the infected scorpion, yellow-brown or reddish-brown spot mildew spots often appeared in the thoracic and ventral plate and anterior abdomen in the early stage, and then the scorpion lost appetite, stopped growing, dull action in the later stage, and finally died because of refusing to eat. Dissection shows that the body is full of green moldy hyphae gathered into a mass.

[prevention and treatment] give priority to prevention, and properly regulate air humidity to eradicate pathogens. ① food plates and water plates are often washed to eliminate moldy food, ② disinfects the culture area with 1% formalin or 0.1% potassium permanganate aqueous solution, ③ scorpions should be isolated and treated, dead scorpions should be picked up and burned in time, and ④ scorpions should be fed with oxytetracycline 18 or chloramphenicol 1 g or long-acting sulfonamide 1 g 1.5 g mixed with 1000 grams of compound feed until cured.

2. Black rot

[symptoms] Black rot, also known as body rot, generally occurs throughout the year, with a short course of disease and high mortality. The disease is mainly caused by feeding rotten feed, polluted drinking water or accidentally eating black rot scorpion corpses infected with black mold fungi. Scorpion early abdominal swelling, black, little activity, loss of appetite, followed by black rot ulcer in the front abdomen, hand pressure can flow out black mucus, and eventually die.

[prevention and treatment] ① keep feed and drinking water fresh, ② regularly disinfects the breeding area with 1: 2% formalin aqueous solution, ③ scorpion should be isolated and treated, dead scorpion can be picked up and burned. ④ scorpion can be fed with 1g of mother diet, 0.5g of erythromycin or 2.5g of baking soda, 0.5g of sulfonamide tablets or 2.5g of rhubarb soda, 0.5g of oxytetracycline and 500g of compound feed. ⑤ can be fed with Chinese nutgall. The daily dosage of 0.2 to 0.5 grams per kilogram of body weight was used to treat the scorpion.

3. Hemiplegia

[symptoms] hemiplegia, also known as tailing disease, often occurs in late summer and early autumn when the air is wet. Due to long-term feeding of high-fat feed, scorpion body fat accumulates a lot. The body of the scorpion was bright, the segments enlarged, the movement was difficult and slow, and there was red fatty mucus in the mouthparts, which began to die 5 or 10 days after the onset of the disease.

[prevention and treatment] ① does not or less feed with high fat content, and ② properly adjusts ambient temperature and humidity. ③ can be treated by fasting for 3 to 5 days or with rhubarb soda tablets, 50 grams of wheat bran and 60 grams of water, and mix well until cured.

4. Abdominal distension

[symptoms] abdominal distension often occurs in the early spring and autumn periods of continuous rain, due to low temperature, scorpion body caught cold, resulting in indigestion. The scorpion had large blue veins, slow response and loss of appetite, and began to die 10-15 days after onset.

[prevention and treatment] the culture temperature of ① was kept at 2539 ℃. The scorpion with ② disease could be fed with multi-enzyme tablets, mother-born tablets, sulfonamide tablets and compound feed until cured.

5. Ant damage

[symptoms] ants not only compete with scorpions for feed, but also eat young, weak, sick and disabled individuals.

[prevention and treatment] ① crushed and fried the eggshell and scattered it around the partition wall of the breeding area. After ② was seduced with bones and sugars, it was scalded to death with boiling water.

Note: practice has proved that the cycle of raising scorpion takes two years, and the benefit can be seen year by year. In order to save daily expenses, new scorpions can feed scorpions in their spare time. According to some advertisements, scorpions can reproduce 3 to 5 babies a year, each giving birth to more than 50, bags successfully recycled, scorpions can grow into sales after half a year, can make a lot of money, quick benefits, these are exaggerated publicity. No matter what kind of breeding methods are used for raising scorpions, they should be carried out according to the survival characteristics and life laws of scorpions. Only by studying breeding techniques assiduously, constantly innovating, striving for perfection and perseverance can great gains be achieved.