The shipment of snake species

1. Equipment for carrying snakes

In addition to catching snakes on their own, most of them go to other places to buy snakes. Equipment for holding snakes should be prepared in advance before the purchase, such as cloth bags, wire cages, bamboo baskets, snake boxes and so on. Transport a small number of snakes can be used cloth bag, easy to carry, requires that the cloth bag is unbreakable, appropriate length, diameter should not be too large. At the same time, the snake in the bag should hold the bag in the air, and the bottom of the bag should not be put on the ground to prevent the snake from landing and jumping on the body with the help of the support point to cause injury. When carrying snakes in wire cages, pay attention to ventilation and require convenient flushing. The snake cages should not be too deep, and the grid should be small to prevent each other from overstocking to death or snakes escaping from the cages. The transport of snakes in bamboo baskets is light and low in cost, but the transport volume is small and unstable, and it is easy to run away from snakes. It is better to transport snakes in wooden cases, which is not only firm and inescapable, but also contains more snakes. But the air permeability is worse than the wire cage, and it is not light. In order to prevent the wooden box snake from being damaged and escape, it is required that the wooden case is about 1.5 cm thick and the surrounding corners are covered with iron sheet. In order to avoid crushing each other, two partitions can be installed in the wooden case. There are breathable wire screen windows on the side and bottom.

two。 Shipment of snakes

The shipment of poisonous snakes must beware of snakebite and safety gloves should be worn in order to avoid being bitten by snakes. When you catch a kind of snake and find that the snake is in a "eight diagrams array", first hit the vessel with a stick or shake the snake cage first, and be ready to catch the snake through the box at any time when the position of the snake is disrupted. For the sake of safety, it is best to use simple snake-catching tools, such as catching snakes with snakes or catching snakes with nets. When catching snakes over the cage, you should first take out poisonous snakes, and then take non-poisonous snakes, so as to prevent confusion. When catching poisonous snakes, the force should not be too strong, and the position should be appropriate, otherwise it should be bitten by snakes. Generally, the middle and tail of the snake should be grasped, while for cobras, king cobras and pythons, their heads should be grasped. If you encounter a snake attack, such as cobra and king cobra with their heads held high, you can press any part of the snake with an elastic bamboo pole or tool above the snake's head, and then move the bamboo pole to press the snake's neck to catch it. It is better for the two to work together to make the snake oscillate and stop attacking, and then take the opportunity to quickly catch the snake over the cage. If the snake is taken from the cloth bag of the snake, the snake in the bag can be poured directly into the wire cage and let it dry before turning to the box. If there are only 1 or 2 strips in the bag, the cloth can be pinched at the back of the head and grabbed it out carefully.

Snakes should be caught in brightly lit places because most snakes are visually adapted to dark environments. For example, when catching individual ferocious snakes, in order to ensure safety, you can use medical tape to stick snake kisses around, so that the snake's tongue can only stick out of its mouth, without affecting its breathing, and can not hurt people. The snakes to be shipped should be packed according to type and size, and some particularly fierce and aggressive snakes should not be mixed casually, so as not to fight each other and raise them at a disadvantage. Generally, a wooden box with a length of 80 cm, a width of 50 cm and a height of 25 cm can hold about 20 snakes, while for short-distance transportation and snake body hours, it can be properly loaded with 5 or 10 more snakes. The snake should be allowed to rotate in the box, and should be transported in several large wooden cases if it is found to be too crowded.

3. Health and safety measures of snakes in transit

In order to ensure the safety and survival of snake shipments, in addition to minimizing the time of snakes in transit and striving to arrive at the destination as early as possible, they should also be regularly checked to prevent snakes from being crushed or bitten each other, and the shippers should be checked for damage. Once a problem is found, it must be modified or repaired in time.

Because the snake has the habit of being afraid of cold, heat and dirty, it is generally suitable to live in the environment of 20: 30 ℃, so the temperature in the transport box should be about 20 ℃. In summer, the transportation should not be exposed to the sun, it can be covered with branches, it is appropriate to keep the means of transport cool and ventilated, and cold water can be used to cool the temperature when it is hot. For long-distance transportation, it is advisable to turn the box once every 2-3 days and warm up when the temperature is low in winter. Add hay in the box to keep warm, cut the grass to prevent the snake from being entangled to death, and turn the box once every 6-7 days. If the snake body is found to be dirty during the rotating box inspection, it should be washed with clean water immediately. The rinsed snake should be put back into the shipping appliance after the snake body is dry to prevent the snake skin from festering due to moisture. When shipping snakes, you should be especially careful and make good protection to prevent injury accidents.

In addition, vehicles and vessels carrying snakes must not be mixed with chemicals that can damage the health of snakes, otherwise a large number of snakes will die and cause serious economic losses.