The feeding technique of masked palm civet

Masked palm civet is a precious wild animal belonging to the cat family, also known as the striped beaver, which is now widely distributed in our country. Although the wild masked palm civet is not allowed to be caught privately, but it can be farmed artificially, the breeding area of masked palm civet in the southern region is still relatively large. So how to raise fruit beavers when raising them? The following editor brings you masked palm civet's feeding technology, let's have a look!

1. Build a house

The construction of masked palm civet's room is a key measure to raise masked palm civet. We should build the beaver house in a dry, well-ventilated place with clean and adequate water according to masked palm civet's growth habits. And also to ensure that the raccoon house has a good performance of shelter from light and rain. Prepare the lounge and playground to imitate the wild environment. Then prepare bedpans, water troughs and other feeding utensils, and make adequate preparations before raising. Finally, it is necessary to ensure that there is a large enough playground to facilitate masked palm civet to have sufficient local sports chase after estrus.

2. Feed

When raising masked palm civet, masked palm civet's behavior will change with the change of season. Therefore, we have to adjust the feed according to the season, for example, spring is masked palm civet's estrus mating season and hair changing period, so we should mainly use feed with high protein content in spring. In autumn, it is necessary to increase the proportion of energy in feed, so that masked palm civet can accumulate sufficient overwintering nutrition. In winter, fruit raccoons will enter a hibernating state, activity and their own nutritional consumption will be reduced, so the nutritional level can be reduced appropriately.

3. Environment

Masked palm civet is very timid and easily frightened, so he should pay attention to reduce stimulation as much as possible when raising. For example, the influence of all kinds of sounds, people, livestock and so on. Control the change of light intensity to avoid sudden changes in external factors, otherwise masked palm civet is very easy to produce a variety of stress reactions. For example, loss of appetite, restless spirit, reduced resistance, and so on. Therefore, when we raise masked palm civet, we must pay attention to reducing masked palm civet's environmental stress. When masked palm civet is frightened, we should pay attention to pacifying in time and let masked palm civet restore calm as soon as possible.

4. Feeding

When masked palm civet is about to give birth, we should pay attention to providing sufficient drinking water for masked palm civet. If it is not a special case, we should be careful not to catch masked palm civet casually. Otherwise, after giving birth, masked palm civet is easy to eat civets if he is frightened. Then it is necessary to do a good job of group feeding according to masked palm civet's ontogeny. To keep the beaver house dry and hygienic, the summer temperature should be controlled at about 25 degrees to avoid causing the basic. In order to deal with the peculiar smell in the beaver house, the fixed feeding method should be given priority to, and the feeding should be based on the principle of timing and quantity.

The above is a brief introduction of masked palm civet's feeding techniques. That's all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. I hope it can help you all.