How to raise white jade snails at home?

Indoor closed culture can use plastic pots, pottery pots, wooden boxes, cement pools, cylinders, barrels, cans and so on. Covered with gauze, sealed with wet cloth and film to keep warm and moist and prevent rodents. Indoor closed breeding is convenient for the adjustment of temperature and humidity, and with sufficient feed, it can not only relieve the hibernation of snails, but also achieve the purpose of breeding in winter. Indoor culture is best to use plastic film to seal the surroundings and keep the temperature and humidity. ?

2. Preparation of feeding soil

Compound vegetable garden soil

30% of unpolluted sandy soil, 30% of pastoral soil, 20% of yellow sand, 15% of cinder ash and 5% of stone powder are mixed and crushed, disinfected and sterilized by sun exposure for 3-5 days, sieved, and then water is added to make the humidity around 40%, that is, it is kneaded into a ball at one time and dispersed at one blow. The soil thickness in the basin is: adult snail 7 cm, adult snail 65,438+00 cm, young snail 3 cm, and it is fed 65,438+0 times from October to February.

Sponge substitution method

Lay 1 5 cm thick sponge on the bottom of pools and boxes. , and keep 4 times its own weight of water. Clean up the leftover food every day, and clean up the feces every 3 days 1 time.

3. Feeding methods

1 month-old young snails should be fed with fresh and tender leaves, and the concentrated feed should be boiled and softened on the leaves, once a day 1 time. The optimum temperature should be controlled at 25℃ ~ 30℃, and the temperature difference between day and night should not be large. Don't spray young snails directly when spraying water. In addition to green materials, more concentrated materials, trace elements and additives should be added to raise snails. The daily food intake is 7% ~ 10% of the snail's body weight.

Feed should be put into a food rack or basin to clean up the residue. The stocking density varies from dense to sparse with the increase of individuals, ranging from 400 to 200 per square meter. A 60×30×25 cm feeding box can feed 100 pigs. After 5 ~ 6 months, the shell can be harvested when it is 4 cm high and weighs more than 40 grams.

4. Overwintering management

Hibernation can be lifted under the condition of artificially controlling temperature and humidity. If the feeding conditions cannot be met, when the temperature drops to about 65438 05℃, heat preservation should be carried out according to local conditions. If it is transferred indoors, the feeding soil is thickened to 25 cm, and the outer cotton wool is insulated.

Extended data

White jade snails are hermaphroditic, cross-fertilized and usually mate at night or dawn. April-June and September-165438+1October are the seasons for snails to lay eggs, and they can lay eggs 6-7 times a year. Young white jade snails can hatch in about 8 days, with a general life span of 5-6 years.

Very sensitive to the environment, when the humidity and temperature are not suitable, the snail will retract its body into the shell, secrete mucus to form a protective film and seal the shell mouth to overcome the interference of bad environment. When the environment is suitable, it will automatically dissolve the protective film and start activities again.

Therefore, we should pay attention to the influence of temperature and humidity in the process of breeding. Suitable temperature 16℃~30℃, humidity 60%~85%, soil humidity about 40%, pH 5~7. When the temperature is lower than 15℃ and higher than 35℃, it sleeps and stops growing and reproducing.

White jade snails are hermaphroditic and cross. Artificial farming can breed all year round as long as the temperature and humidity are suitable. It usually takes 6 months from hatching to sexual maturity, and eggs can be laid in caves within 15~20 days after mating and fertilization. Eggs are the size of mung beans and covered with a shiny white film. Every time you lay eggs 1 egg, you can hatch about 150 eggs in 8~ 15 days, and the life span is generally 5~6 years.

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