Feeding and management methods of Agkistrodon acutus

Feeding and management methods of Agkistrodon acutus

Agkistrodon acutus generally refers to Agkistrodon acutus, which is a poisonous monotype of Agkistrodon acutus. Below, I will share the management methods of Agkistrodon acutus for you, hoping to help you!

Daily management of Agkistrodon acutus

1. Group feeding

Agkistrodon acutus is a carnivore and has a bad habit of killing each other. When artificially raised, snakes of different sizes should be raised separately. Hermaphroditic snakes are best kept in groups during the non-reproductive period, especially pregnant snakes should be kept separately to reduce interference factors, which is conducive to the good development of follicles.

Thin and sick snakes also need to be kept in isolation. Therefore, we should pay attention to the development and health of snakes and group them in time.

2. Cleanliness and hygiene

Snake farms should be kept clean and hygienic to prevent the spread of diseases. Clean up the snake garden and snake nest 1-2 times a week, and remove the excrement in the snake nest in time, especially in summer and autumn, when snakes eat too much, they bite and spit out a lot of food residue, small animal carcasses and excrement, especially in Qin Ying.

The soil in the snake nest should be changed and disinfected regularly. The water in the swimming pool should be kept clean.

3. Summer management

Agkistrodon acutus is not resistant to high temperature. When the temperature exceeds 35℃, the snake farm must build a shade shed. The shade shed should not be too close to the wall, lest the snake climb over the wall and escape.

Hot weather can cool the snake farm by spraying tap water. Shrubs that are too high in the snake farm should be trimmed in time to prevent snakes from climbing and fleeing.

Feeding management of Agkistrodon acutus

(1) feed and feed

Agkistrodon acutus is an omnivorous snake with many kinds of feed, such as frogs, mice and insects. However, the types of feed fed at different growth and development stages are different, and the feeding amount in different seasons is also inconsistent. Young snakes have poor predation ability, and their food is mainly Rana zephyr, Rana spinosa, toad, and larvae of rats and suckling rats. Generally speaking, from 10 days after hatching to 1 year before hibernation, the food is mainly Rana zewalskii larvae with an average weight of about 1.6 grams, supplemented by suckling rats with an average weight of about 2 grams.

The second-year-old snake after waking up from the first 1 hibernation and before the second hibernation, the food is mainly adult forest frog, supplemented by mice (weight 2-8g); The 3-year-old snake that wakes up from the second hibernation to the third hibernation mainly feeds on mice, supplemented by frogs and frogs. The feed for adult snakes is mainly mice, rats, frogs, toads and so on.

Under the condition of artificial feeding, young snakes hatched within 1 week generally do not take the initiative to prey on small live animals, and can be fed with white mouse meat and internal organs, with an average of 0.3g per snake every 10 day and 8 times in two months before winter. Predatory snake larvae are fed live bait 1 time every week, with 0.5-0.8g each time. The second and third instar young snakes mainly prey on their own initiative, feeding live bait 2-3 times a month or once a week/kloc-0, with a monthly feeding amount of 200-300g g.

1 adult snakes weighing more than 0.5 kg are fed 250-750 grams of feed every month, with a slight increase or decrease in different seasons. Because Agkistrodon acutus lurks during the day and goes out at night, it should be fed at night every time, and a small amount can be fed in rainy days. Feed types should be diversified to ensure their normal growth and development.

Management of hibernation

The hibernation period of Agkistrodon acutus is 1 1 year1late October to early March of the following year. Wild Agkistrodon acutus mainly hibernates in abandoned animal holes, tree root holes or cracks in the sun, and the mortality rate is high. In the practice of artificial feeding, a set of overwintering management technology was explored, so that the overwintering survival rate reached 80%-90%.

1. Healthy physical condition is the premise for Agkistrodon acutus to overwinter safely.

The feeding experiment showed that Agkistrodon acutus with fatness (weight g/ body length cm) above 5 could safely overwinter, while Agkistrodon acutus with fatness below 4 was not easy to overwinter. Therefore, before hibernation 1 month or more, snakes should be well fed and fattened to improve their cold resistance and disease resistance. For Agkistrodon acutus, it is necessary to adjust the physical condition before hibernation, cure the disease, or sell it in the market to reduce the death in winter.

2. Building a simulated wintering snake nest is the guarantee for Agkistrodon acutus.

The optimum wintering temperature of Agkistrodon acutus is 5℃- 1 1℃, and the relative humidity is 50%-90%. In artificial breeding, simulated wintering snake nests are usually built in Lishui and Xiangyang to ensure their safe wintering. There are two main forms of wintering snake nests, namely pit snake nests and hill snake nests. The former is mainly used for adult snakes to overwinter, while the latter is mainly used for young snakes to overwinter.

3. Good management technology is a necessary condition for Agkistrodon acutus to overwinter safely.

(1) The temperature in the overwintering environment of Agkistrodon acutus affects its hibernation state. When the ambient temperature is below 4℃, it is easy to freeze to death. At 5℃-8℃, the head of Agkistrodon acutus leans on the crouching body and is in a deep sleep state. When it is touched by an object, it will rotate slightly in the same place. At the temperature of 8℃- 1 1℃, Agkistrodon acutus is still in the cave, so it can be seen that it rotates slowly when touched by an object. At 1 1℃- 14℃, Agkistrodon acutus was half asleep and half awake. When touched by an object, it can be seen that it crawls slowly in the cave, and some move slowly without touching.

When the temperature is above 14℃, rats often crawl in caves by themselves. Rats can take the initiative to attack, but generally do not prey. It can be seen that the optimum hibernation temperature of Agkistrodon acutus is 5℃-8℃, and 5℃- 1 1℃ is the suitable hibernation temperature range. During the hibernation of Agkistrodon acutus, the ambient temperature should be kept relatively stable, and excessive fluctuation is not good for the snake.

(2) During the overwintering of Agkistrodon acutus, 1 basin water should be put into the overwintering snake nest to adjust the environmental humidity. The phenomenon of Agkistrodon acutus drinking water in the wintering cellar has also appeared in artificial breeding.

(3) Agkistrodon acutus entering hibernation has poor anti-invasion ability, and is vulnerable to natural enemy attack and bacterial infection. Before hibernation, clean the snake nest, change the soil in the activity room and disinfect it with a little lime. Insect repellent should be carried out before hibernation, so that snakes can sleep deeply. The hibernating Agkistrodon acutus is easy to be killed or bitten by rats and ants, so it is necessary to do a good job of preventing rats and ants.

(4) Agkistrodon acutus has the habit of hibernating in groups, which can increase the snake's body temperature by about 65438 0℃. However, in artificial farms, due to the high density of Agkistrodon acutus, snakes are easy to die when they squeeze each other. Therefore, it is necessary to reduce the sleeping space and check it frequently.

(3) breeding period management

The reproduction of Agkistrodon acutus is a very complicated physiological process. In order to improve its reproductive rate, the management of breeding period should be strengthened.

1. Strengthen the management of feeding snakes.

Breeding snakes complete mating, spawning, hatching and other reproductive behaviors during the active period of one year. In different seasons, the focus of feeding management is different. From April to May every year, Agkistrodon acutus just came out of the sting activity, and after three months of hibernation, it consumed a lot of physical strength. At the same time, this season is also the mating and breeding period of Agkistrodon acutus, which needs a lot of nutritional compensation. We should ensure the supply of food. Feed rats or mice 1 time within 7- 10 days, and the feeding amount should be completely eaten within 3 days, and ensure the number and survival of fish frogs raised for many years. During this period, we should also ensure the supply of vitamins and minerals, which can be added to drinking water or fed to mice before feeding.

June-July is the key period for the development and maturity of female snake follicles, and female snakes should be fed mainly. On the one hand, ensure the supply of sufficient feed, so that it can lay snake eggs with good quality and have enough physical strength when laying eggs; On the other hand, the environment should be quiet, so that spawning can proceed smoothly. After laying eggs in August, the female snake crouches on or beside the eggs all day to protect them, and does not eat, which consumes a lot of physical strength. At this time, feed less bait to avoid disturbing the mother snake that protects the eggs or rotting and deteriorating.

After the young snake comes out of the shell, it is necessary to feed the mother snake a lot of bait to supplement nutrition and restore her physical strength. June 5438+ 10 is the preparation stage of Agkistrodon acutus overwintering and the second mating and breeding period. It is necessary to provide enough food to improve the fatness of snakes and maintain the normal consumption of abdominal fat storage during hibernation. On the other hand, it provides conditions for the development of yolk. We should also ensure the supply of vitamins and minerals during this period.

The hibernation period of Agkistrodon acutus is 1 1 to March of the following year. During this period, although the basal metabolism decreased to the lowest level, the yolk developed vigorously. The follicular diameter was 4.29 mm in June 5438+10 month, 6.9 1 mm in February 65438, and reached 10.57 mm in April of the following year. Therefore, during the wintering period, it is necessary to ensure the most suitable temperature and humidity range of the wintering environment and provide suitable conditions for the gonad development of Agkistrodon acutus.

Extended content: the efficacy of Agkistrodon acutus wine

The efficacy and function of Agkistrodon acutus wine can be summarized as follows:

Efficacy and function of Agkistrodon acutus wine 1 for treating various chronic diseases.

Agkistrodon acutus, a traditional Chinese medicine, is willing to enter the blood collaterals mainly with acute, salty and warm, which has the functions of expelling wind and dredging collaterals, stopping spasm and "searching wind and penetrating bones" and is an important drug for treating various wind diseases.

Efficacy and function of Agkistrodon acutus wine II. Treat rheumatism paralysis

Agkistrodon acutus, as a medicine, can be used to treat rheumatism paralysis, muscle and vein tension, mouth and eye deviation, hemiplegia, leprosy, scabies and other diseases.

Efficacy and function of Agkistrodon acutus wine. Treat tetanus

Traditional Chinese medicine can dispel wind and relieve spasm. It is used to treat tetanus and infantile convulsions. Agkistrodon acutus is often combined with Zaocys and Scolopendra, such as Dingding Powder.

Efficacy and function of Agkistrodon acutus wine. Lowering blood lipid

Agkistrodon acutus venom has the functions of anticoagulation and antithrombosis, removing fibrinogen, reducing blood viscosity, dilating blood vessels, improving microcirculation and reducing blood lipid.

Efficacy and function of Agkistrodon acutus wine. Treat cervical spondylosis

Agkistrodon acutus wine can relieve sciatica, hyperosteogeny, cervical spondylosis, scapulohumeral periarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, traumatic injury and other symptoms.

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