The king snake is a kind of colubrid snake. It is large, ferocious and non-venomous. It will kill each other when encountering the same kind. What are the ways to raise the King Elephant Snake artificially? The following is the content I compiled about the King Elephant Snake raising method. I hope you like it!
King King Snake Breeding Method
The king snake is the fastest growing and larger snake among non-venomous snakes (except pythons). However, it has a ferocious temperament and dares to compete with cobras among venomous snakes for food. It also has the habit of cannibalizing the same kind or other snakes. Therefore, snakes can only be bred alone and cannot be mixed with other non-venomous snakes. When breeding this snake, even if the feed is sufficient and diversified, a certain amount of feed snakes, such as red-spotted snake, double-spotted snake, water snake, etc., must be put in from time to time to satisfy its snake-eating habit. , to prevent snakes from eating each other. This is the main thing that sets it apart from other snakes.
The food intake of the king snake is larger than that of other snakes. One weighing about 1000~1400 grams can swallow 1~2 toads or 2~3 chicks at a time. After eating once, Then it crawls back to the snake's nest and lies down quietly. The digestion time takes about 7 to 15 days. If possible, it is best to put some feed snakes on a regular basis to satisfy their snake-eating preferences and avoid cannibalism of the same species. In addition, King Golden Snake also eats eggs or quail eggs. You may wish to feed some when food is scarce to meet your urgent needs.
King Golden Snake reproduces oviparously, and the peak spawning period is from the end of June to mid-July every year, with 5 to 15 eggs being laid each time. There is mucus on the surface of newly laid eggs, and several are often stuck together. When you break open the egg, you will find that there is no distinction between yolk and egg white inside the egg. They are all a light yellow gelatinous substance. The eggs of the king snake are larger, round or oval, milky white, each egg weighs about 40 to 55 grams, and the eggs are smaller, 30 to 38 grams, and the incubation period is about 40 to 45 days. It has been observed that after laying eggs, the golden snake lies on the eggs and seems to have egg-protecting behavior. However, in artificial breeding of golden snakes, the emphasis is on artificial incubation. The egg incubation technique of King Golden Snake is the same as that of other snakes, only the number of days of incubation is different. Artificial incubation of King snake eggs is mostly done using the tank incubation method. The optimal temperature for snake egg incubation is 20~30℃. If the temperature is too low, the incubation time will be prolonged; if the temperature is too high, although the incubation period can be shortened, deformed baby snakes will easily form.
The body length of newly hatched baby snakes is between 25 and 35 centimeters, with some larger ones reaching 35 and 45 centimeters. Their bodies are lighter in color and there are no king-shaped markings on their heads, which often confuses people. Thought to be another snake species. There are 2 short black vertical stripes on the occipital part of the young snake, and the back of the body is light brown with irregular small black markings; there are 2 thin black vertical stripes on the back of the tail going straight to the end of the tail; the back part of the body and both sides of the tail have 1 black dot-like stripe; the ventral surface is light red, and there are black dot-like spots on both sides of the abdominal scales. From the above introduction, it is not difficult to see that the patterns and colors of the young snakes do not look like the adult snakes at all. The differences are so big that it is difficult for first-time owners to believe that this is the baby snake. This phenomenon is common in many snake species. It is also very rare.
Young snakes shed their first skin 7 to 10 days after hatching. For the artificial breeding of young snakes, qualified snake farmers (farms) can adopt a cross-feeding method in the early stage and live bait in the later stage. When artificially feeding, only feed fresh egg liquid at first, and then add some small insects mashed into fleshy form into the egg liquid, such as crickets, grasshoppers, yellow mealworms, fly maggots, etc., so as to allow the young snakes to take the initiative in the future. Predator sexual live feed lays the foundation. During this period, you can also feed some live small water snakes, loaches, crickets, locusts, grasshoppers, etc. to ensure that the young snakes automatically prey on them. The feeding time is based on the baby snake eating it within 24 hours. At that time, all food that is not eaten or bitten by the baby snake will be removed. Do not put it in sporadically at ordinary times. This will whet the appetite of the young snake, cultivate its good habit of eating on time, stimulate its desire to actively hunt, and lay the foundation for normal rearing in the future.
Under normal circumstances, once a young snake takes the initiative to hunt for food and has a full meal, it does not need to be fed again within 5 days. Feeding should be started after the 5th to 7th day, and then every other week or so. This feeding frequency can remain unchanged until the period before hibernation. However, the size of the bait can be gradually increased, and the amount of bait must reach 4 to 5 times the number of young snakes. Feed snakes smaller than the size of the baby snakes must be regularly put in, so that they can develop a good habit of not cannibalizing the same species since childhood.
Under normal circumstances, the suitable temperature required by young snakes is basically the same as that of adult snakes, but the temperature adaptation range of young snakes should be slightly higher.
When baby snakes emerge from their shells, it is between August and September, and the surrounding natural environment temperature can meet their living and growth requirements. If the temperature is lower than 20°C, measures to keep warm or to raise the temperature should be taken; if the temperature is higher than 35°C or higher than 32°C for several consecutive days, measures to shade or cool down should be taken. Because the most suitable temperature for raising baby snakes is 23~28°C, short-term low or high temperatures will not cause much harm to baby snakes, but they cannot be taken lightly and left alone. Basic information about the King Snake
Other Chinese common names: Stinky king snake, yellow-throated snake, yellow-jawed snake, king snake (Sichuan), golden snake, yellow python, king python, rape flower, smelly yellow python , Elephant snake (Heilongjiang), Elephant snake (Fujian), vegetable snake, Wangzitou (Guizhou), cauliflower snake (Hunan, Hubei), pine flower snake (Guizhou, Sichuan), smelly green male\female (Taiwan) , Cauliflower Snake (Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Sichuan), Smelly Yellow Snake
Protection: This species has been included in the "Nationally Protected Beneficial or Beneficial Snake" issued by the State Forestry Administration of China on August 1, 2000. List of terrestrial wild animals with important economic and scientific research value.
The main feature of the King Snake is the black markings with the word "王" on its head, so it is also known as the "King Snake". The scales on its head and back are black, and the center is yellow, like a rapeseed pattern. There are more than 30 yellow transverse oblique stripes on the front part of the body, which gradually disappear in the back part of the body. The belly is yellow with black markings. The tail is slender and the total length can reach more than 2.5 meters. The color spots of adult snakes are very different from those of young snakes. There are no "king"-shaped markings on the head, so they are often mistaken for other snake species.
The body of the king snake is cylindrical, and the larger ones can weigh more than 5 to 10 kilograms. It mainly lives in hills and mountains, and inhabits plain riversides, reservoir areas and fields. It is agile in movement, has a fierce temperament, crawls quickly, and can climb rocks and trees. They mainly feed on rodents, frogs, birds and bird eggs, and even cannibalize their own species when food is scarce. The snake has a strange odor. After holding the snake, you need to wash it several times with strong-scented soap to remove the odor. This snake breeds by laying eggs. It lays eggs from June to July every year, ranging from 8 to 15 eggs each time. The incubation period is about 40 to 45 days. Morphological characteristics of the King's Golden Snake