King brocade snake is a kind of swimming snake family snakes, large and ferocious, and non-venomous, encountering the same kind will kill each other. The following is the breeding method of the king brocade snake, which I hope will be helpful to you.
King's Snake Breeding Methods: Temperature
Generally speaking, the temperature range of young king's snakes and adult snakes is basically not very different, but the young snakes should be a little narrower range of adaptation to temperature. When a young king snake emerges from its shell, like other species of young snakes, it requires that the surrounding environmental temperature meets its needs. However, due to the vastness of China's north and south, there is a large difference in temperature during the same period. Therefore, if the ambient temperature is lower than 20℃, warming and warming measures should be taken; and if the ambient temperature is higher than 35℃ or 32℃ for several consecutive days, shading or cooling measures should be taken. Generally speaking, the optimal environmental temperature for young King Snakes is 23～28℃. Short periods of low or high temperatures are not a big obstacle to young snakes, but they should not be taken lightly and left alone.
King's Snake Breeding Methods: Baiting
King's Snake hatchlings don't need to be baited for 5 days after the first active feeding, and should start baiting for the first time after feeding on the 5th to 7th day. After that, baiting should be done every 5 to 6 days, and the number of larger animals such as young frogs or chicks fed each time should be 1.5 to 2 times the number of young snakes. In the first year until hibernation, the amount of bait and the baiting cycle will remain unchanged, but the bait can be gradually increased individually. Young king kinsnakes prefer to feed on small water snakes, and the number of baits should generally be 4 to 7 times the number of young snakes.
For semi-dispersed or fully box-reared juvenile kingsnakes, it is also important to concentrate baiting in the exercise yard or on fixed food trays, so that the juveniles are accustomed to this method. In particular, the feeding of unopened eyes of small mice, more attention should be paid to the feeding location, and timely removal of uneaten live and dead mice, in order to prevent the dead mice from rotting and deteriorating on the environment of the snake field hazards.
Humidity
Generally speaking, the relative humidity of the environment is maintained at 30% to 50%, which is more suitable for the young king snake. When the young king snake enters the molting stage, the demand for environmental humidity should be higher, should be maintained at 50% to 70%. If the humidity is too low, it is not conducive to the molt of the young king snake, and often die due to the molt. The solution is: indirect water spraying around the snake box, snake room or snake field can meet the humidity requirements of the molt of the young king snake. In the state of high-density breeding, the use of spray humidification method is more appropriate. However, whatever the situation, the humidity should not be too high, generally not more than 75 9/6. A short period of high humidity does not have a big impact on the young snakes, but if the time is too long, the young king kamikins are susceptible to moldy spot disease. In the case of poor air circulation, the young king snake is prone to pneumonia, so it is necessary to strengthen the ventilation and keep the air in the breeding site fresh.
How to breed king kamakura: Young snake care
The body length of young king kamakura snakes that have just emerged from their shells ranges from 25 to 35 cm, and the individual large ones can reach 35 to 45 cm, with a lighter body color, and the head is not? Wang Jin juvenile snakes have two short black longitudinal stripes on the occipital part, the back of the body is light teal, with irregular fine black markings; the back of the tail has two fine black longitudinal stripes reaching the tail end; the back of the body and the tail on both sides have a black dotted spot; the ventral surface of the light pink, the ventral scales on both sides with black dotted spots. From the above introduction, it is not difficult to see, from the pattern and color of the young king kamikaze snake can not be found on the king kamikaze adult snake, the difference is so big that the first keeper is hard to believe that this is the king kamikaze young snake, this phenomenon in many snakes is also very rare.
The young king snake will shed its first layer of skin in 7 to 10 days after it emerges from its shell. For the artificial feeding of young king snakes, snake farmers (farms) with the necessary conditions can take the cross method of early feeding and later casting of live bait. In the artificial feeding, the beginning of only feeding to the fresh egg liquid, later in the egg liquid in the appropriate addition of some pounded into mushy small insects, such as crickets, grasshoppers, yellow mealworms, fly maggots, etc., for the future so that young snakes actively prey on live animal feed to lay the foundation. During the period can also feed some live small water snakes, small loaches, crickets, locusts, grasshoppers, etc., for young snakes to feed on their own. The baiting time is based on the fact that the young king snake will eat all the food within 24 h. By then, all the food that has not been eaten or has been bitten to death by the young king snake will be removed. Usually do not put sporadic, so as to provoke the appetite of the young king snake, to cultivate its good habit of eating on time, to stimulate it to take the initiative to hunt for food, to lay the foundation for the normal feeding in the future.
Expansion of knowledge points related to the king snake:
Economic value
The traditional theory of Chinese medicine is that the king snake can be used for eclampsia, laryngeal paralysis, sores, carbuncles and swellings, scrofula, cataracts, scabies and other diseases, and is therefore utilized.
Species introduction
The king snake is large, cold hardy, adaptable, fast growing, short feeding cycle, easy to feed and hatch, and many other advantages, many snake farms or snake farmers, especially in the northern provinces and districts, most of them to raise it as a non-venomous snake rearing. King snake, also known as cauliflower snake, king snake, king snake, stinky yellow jaw, etc.. It is a non-venomous snake (in addition to python) the fastest growing, larger snake. It inhabits mountains, plains and hilly areas, and is active near rivers, ponds, reservoirs and other near-water areas.
The king snake is agile, ferocious, crawls fast and climbs trees. It is a generalist snake that preys on frogs, birds, rodents and various bird eggs. When there is a lack of food, it even devours its own young or its own kind. Therefore, special attention should be paid to the breeding of the snake to ensure that its food bait is sufficient and diversified, which is also the main reason why the artificial culture of the king snake must be raised alone and cannot be mixed with other non-venomous snakes. The king snake's anal glands can emit a strange odor, so there is a stink of yellow jaw, hand holding the snake body should be scrubbed with slices of ginger or wash your hands with fragrant soap in order to wash away the stench.
Estimated Population: In the wild, it is second in number to the black-browed brocade snake, and is still a common species. It is currently subject to exploitation.
Further conservation measures should be taken: appropriate control of indiscriminate capture and acquisition. The snake is non-venomous and is also found in Beijing