Life habit: It is the fastest growing and larger snake (except pythons) among non-poisonous snakes. Habitat in mountainous, plain and hilly areas, activities in rivers, ponds, reservoir areas and other waters near. The snake king is agile, fierce, fast crawling and can climb trees. It is an omnivorous snake that preys on frogs, birds, mice and eggs. When food is scarce, it even devours its own young snakes or its own kind. The anal gland of the king snake can emit a strange smell, so it is called smelly yellow jaw.
The king snake is the fastest growing and larger snake (except pythons) among non-venomous snakes, but it is fierce, dares to compete with Agkistrodon acutus and cobra among poisonous snakes, and has the habit of cannibalizing the same kind or other snakes. Therefore, snakes can only be cultured alone and cannot be mixed with other non-poisonous snakes in the same place. When raising this kind of snake, even if the bait is rich and varied, a certain amount of feed snakes, such as red-spotted snake, double-spotted snake and water snake, are put in from time to time to satisfy their "hobby" of eating snakes and avoid the phenomenon that snakes devour each other. This is the main difference from other snakes.
The king snake eats more than other snakes. A snake weighing about 1, 000 ~ 1, 400g can swallow 1 ~ 2 toads or 2~3 chicks at a time. After a full meal, it will crawl back to the snake's nest and lie quietly, and the digestion time will take about 7 ~ 65,438+05 days. If possible, it is best to put some feed snakes on a regular basis to satisfy their preference for eating snakes and avoid cannibalism. In addition, Wang Jinshe also eats eggs or quail eggs, and it is better to feed some when food is scarce to solve the urgent need.
Agkistrodon halys are twins, and the peak spawning period is from the end of June to the middle of July every year, with 5~ 15 eggs each time. There is mucus on the surface of newly laid eggs, and several of them often stick together. When you open the egg, you will find that there is no difference between yolk and egg white in the egg, and they are all yellowish gelatinous substances. The eggs of Agkistrodon halys are large, round or oval, milky white, each egg weighs about 40-55g, and the eggs are 30-38g, and the incubation period is about 40-45 days. It is observed that the golden snake crouches on the egg after spawning, which seems to have the behavior of protecting the egg. However, artificial breeding of golden snakes pays attention to artificial incubation. The hatching technology of king snakes is the same as other snakes, but the hatching days are different. Most snake eggs are artificially hatched in the sink. The optimum temperature for hatching snake eggs is 20~30℃. If the temperature is too low, the incubation time will be prolonged; High temperature can shorten the incubation period, but it is easy to form deformed young snakes.
5. The newly hatched young snakes are 25 ~ 35cm long, and some can reach 35 ~ 45cm. They are lighter in color and have no "king" mark on their heads, which often makes people mistake them for other snakes. There are two short black stripes on the baby snake pillow, and the back is light brown with irregular small black stripes. There are two thin black longitudinal stripes from the back to the end of the tail; There are 1 black spots on both sides of back and tail; The ventral surface is reddish, and there are black spots on both sides of the abdominal scales. From the above introduction, it is not difficult to see that the patterns and colors of young snakes are not as different as those of adult snakes, and the difference is so great that it is hard for the first breeder to believe that this is a young snake of Wang Jin snake, which is also very rare among many snakes.
The young snake molts for the first time within 7~ 10 days after hatching. For the artificial feeding of young snakes, the hybrid mode of early irrigation and late live bait feeding can be adopted by snake farmers (farms) with conditions. When artificially feeding, only fresh egg liquid is fed at first, and then some small insects, such as SINONOVACULA constricta, grasshoppers, Tenebrio molitor and fly maggots, are fed. , as appropriate, added to the egg liquid, laying a foundation for young snakes to actively prey on live animal feed in the future. During the period, some living water snakes, loaches, crickets, locusts, grasshoppers and so on. It can also be fed, and the young snakes automatically prey. The feeding time is subject to the fact that the young snake eats within 24 hours, and then all the food that the young snake has not eaten or killed is removed. Don't put them sporadically at ordinary times, which can arouse the appetite of young snakes, cultivate their good habit of feeding on time, stimulate their desire to hunt actively, and lay the foundation for normal feeding in the future.
7. Under normal circumstances, once the young snake takes the initiative to have a full meal, it doesn't need to be fed for 5 days. It should start feeding after 5~7 days, and then feed every other week or so. The frequency of this feeding can remain the same until hibernation. However, the amount of bait can be gradually increased, and the amount of bait must reach 4~5 times of the number of young snakes. Feed snakes smaller than young snakes should be put in regularly, so that they can form a good habit of not eating the same kind from an early age.
8. In general, the suitable temperature for young snakes to become adults is basically the same, but the adaptive range of young snakes to temperature is slightly higher. Young snakes hatch from August to September, and the surrounding natural environment temperature can meet the requirements of their life and growth. If the temperature is lower than 20℃, measures should be taken to keep warm or raise the temperature; If the temperature is higher than 35℃ or 32℃ for several days, shading or cooling measures should be taken. Because the most suitable feeding environment temperature for young snakes is 23~28℃, short-term low temperature or high temperature will not cause much harm to young snakes, but we can't take it lightly and let it go.
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