How to raise a grass snake?
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[Tag: Xiaocao] I caught a small grass snake, but I don’t know how to care for and raise it. Please help me with a simple and easy method▄┻┳═ One answer: 4 Popularity: 16 Solved time: 2009-09-16 21:28
Satisfactory answer Snakes as pets are already very popular abroad and in Hong Kong and Taiwan, but they are just starting in China, and people don’t know much about snakes. There have been many misunderstandings about it. In fact, it is a beautiful and charming animal, with a cold and quiet attitude, full of charm and mysterious excitement. Keeping snakes at home has the advantages of being clean, easy to care for, and having no odor. Perhaps the most important task in caring for them is feeding them.
Most people raise nothing more than golden pythons, Burmese pythons, red-tailed anacondas, corn snakes, ball pythons, and various rat snakes. Most of them are small snakes because they are small and relatively small. Easy to take care of. Generally, snakes kept as pets must be non-venomous, have a peaceful temperament, and are not aggressive towards people. Most of them have been raised since childhood, making it easier for them to develop a relationship with their owners.
The food and behavior of various snakes are different, so before raising them, you should pool your funds to purchase some reference books and auxiliary reading materials, such as biological dictionaries, etc., and focus on learning the basic classification methods. Understand the system search table and become familiar with the habits and distribution of common crawlers; or collect information from relevant crawler websites in Hong Kong, Taiwan or abroad.
How to buy your pet snake?
1. Reptile pet shops with hygienic equipment. Unfortunately, there is a lack of professional reptile shops in China. Such pet shops can only be found in developed cities such as Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Nanjing, and Shanghai. They generally sell imported reptiles. High-end pet snake.
2. Snake wholesale market, most of the snakes there are first-hand snakes. Some shopkeepers will temporarily keep some beautiful, rare snakes that can be used as pets, so they are healthier and the types of snakes are relatively different. It is fully equipped, and many reptile shops and vegetable markets will come here to purchase goods.
3. Catch them from the wild. If you are skilled and bold, this is a good method. But it will destroy the local ecological balance. Family viewers should not imitate!
The snake box should be of moderate size, easy to clean, and well ventilated. It can be made of wood, with a glass door on the front, and covered with ventilated sand mesh above or on both sides; it can also be made of plastic box with thorns on both sides or above. Small holes for ventilation. The area of the breeding box should be equivalent to 3/4 of the square of the snake's body length. Of course, it can be as large as possible. The temperature of the breeding box should be kept between 25 and 30°C, and it must be lowered by about 5 degrees at night; a spotlight can be installed above the box for heating.
Water is very important to snakes, and a container large enough to hold water must be placed in the snake box for a long time. The water is easily contaminated by snake excrement, so it is best to change the water every day or every other day. Most snakes like to soak in water. If you soak your snake in water from time to time, your snake will feel very comfortable and will not be unable to shed its skin.
Placing newspapers, blankets, and pebbles in the box can make cleaning the box much easier; use a half-cut pot to give the snake a place to stay, or put some branches on it. Rocks, plants and other decorative objects are determined according to personal preferences, making the snake comfortable and visually attractive.
Different species of snakes have different food types, and for some wild species, do not play with them after taking them home. You must let them sit quietly for a few days before feeding them. For example, colubrids mainly feed on frogs and fish; elaphes eat small mice and eggs; pythons eat live bait such as mice, rabbits, and even poultry. One thing to note is that snakes are very quiet animals. Do not touch them or make big movements in front of them when eating, otherwise you will spoil their appetite and spit out the food, causing injuries to the esophagus and mouth. Usually feeding once or twice a week. Remember not to play with snakes after eating, otherwise they will easily vomit and cause internal injuries to the esophagus.
A detailed analysis of the food intake of snakes during the activity period from April to November shows that there is roughly the following feeding pattern: If the food intake of snakes in April is regarded as 1 portion, then In the early days when snakes just emerge from hibernation, that is, in May, the temperature is 1.5 to 2.5 parts; in June, it is basically the same as the previous month, maintaining at 2.5 parts; in July, the weather is the hottest, and the food intake of snakes has declined, falling to 2-2.3 parts; August is early autumn, the weather is still very hot, and the food intake is the same as in July; however, in September and October, the snake's food intake soars to 3-5 parts. As the saying goes: "When the autumn wind blows, three snakes will gain weight." This saying indeed reflects the actual situation of snake growth and fattening. In addition, winter is approaching, and snakes need to eat a lot to store rich fat in order to survive the long hibernation. The weather in November is getting colder, and snakes are still eating vigorously at the beginning of the month. However, about 20 days before hibernation, the snake's food intake has significantly reduced, and it even stops eating. Therefore, the food intake in November is only about 3 portions. . Warming is also the best way to encourage snakes to eat normally and survive the winter. However, generally speaking, from November to March next year, even if the temperature is increased, the number of snakes eating will be relatively small. However, this is only determined by the biological species, so there is no need to worry. On the contrary, frequent feeding will accelerate metabolism and cell wear, aggravate aging, and shorten lifespan.
Only by truly understanding and mastering the eating patterns of snakes in each month, we must try our best to feed them enough food. This is the basis and key to raising snakes well. Feeding personnel should fully follow the eating patterns of snakes and ensure reasonable, timely, sufficient and scientific feeding.
When handling a snake, try not to touch it suddenly, and do not wave your hands randomly in front of it. Snakes are sensitive and suspicious, and their natural enemies mainly come from the air and from the front. Otherwise, it will mistakenly If they think there is danger, they will attack you. When catching a snake, you should follow the scales of the snake's body, pick it up from its abdomen, and gently take it out, trying to give it as many support points as possible, so that it feels you are friendly and safe, and the snake will It will wrap around your hand. No matter how ferocious the snake is, it will treat you as a friend. Over time, the snake will adapt to these movements and your scent, and it will gradually become tamed