CATDOLL : CATDOLL:How to raise snails?

1. How to raise snails?

Generally, they are fed with cabbage, green vegetables, lettuce and other plants in spring; various melon and fruit peels, sugar cane, sunflower leaves, etc. can be fed in summer; and vegetable leaves, potato chips, carrots, etc. can be fed in autumn and winter. White jade snails do not eat grass, weeds, and refuse to eat foods with peculiar smells such as onions, ginger, garlic, leeks, and mustard. Melons, fruits, and tubers must be cut into thin strips or slices before feeding, and attention should be paid to the diversity of food to prevent partiality. In order to speed up growth and increase egg-laying rate, it is best to add crushed wheat bran, rice bran, tofu dregs, yeast powder, soybean powder, fish meal, bone meal, shell powder or stone powder to the feed. Common feed formula: 50% rice bran and bran, 40% shell powder, 8% yeast powder. Others (fish meal, soybean meal, flour) and trace elements and special additives 2%. The amount of concentrate added accounts for 10% to 15% of the total feed. Feeding should be around 6 pm, and feeding activity peaks at 20 to 24 hours, and stop feeding at 6 am the next day.

2. How to raise snails at home

Take some unpolluted soil and sand, mix them evenly to make hatching soil. Pay attention to the humidity of the soil when stirring. Generally, you can knead the soil into a ball with your hands, loosen your hands and shake it gently, and the soil ball will be scattered. Spread the mixed hatching soil in a plastic basin or canning bottle. Then use a small spoon to gently dig out the eggs and place them on the hatching soil. After the eggs are placed, cover them with a layer of wet gauze, and it is better not to drip water. Finally, press the glass plate, write the hatching date, and keep production records. The suitable air humidity in the white jade snail hatching room is: 80%⑼0%; suitable temperature: 25⑶2 degrees Celsius. If the relative humidity of the air is insufficient, or when you find that the gauze in the basin is dry, you should remove the gauze in time and soak it in water, and it is better not to drip water. Otherwise, if the wet cloth is too wet, or water is dripped on the eggs, it will cause the death of the eggs. In order to ensure the humidity required for the hatching of the eggs, it is required to soak the gauze once a day. Under suitable temperature and humidity conditions, the little snails will hatch one after another in 7-12 days. After the young snails are hatched, they should be taken out in time and placed in a breeding basin for breeding. At this time, because its shell is very tender and easy to break, be careful not to grab it with your hands. The simple and easy way is to spread the leaves on the hatching soil, and the little snails will actively climb onto the leaves. In this way, we can safely take out the young snails.

3. How to raise a snail?

Problems that should be paid attention to when feeding snails artificially

Snails are omnivorous animals that need a variety of nutrients during their growth and reproduction. Experiments have shown that it takes 210 days for a one-month-old snail to grow to 50 grams when fed with a single feed, while it only takes 150 days when fed with a compound feed, a difference of two months. Therefore, to feed snails well, the first thing is to scientifically formulate the feed, and the second is to pay attention to the scientific feeding method.

1. Common feed types and characteristics

1. Green feed, such as tender branches and leaves of green plants, is the basic feed for snails, which is rich in chlorophyll, plant protein, inorganic salts and vitamins.

2. Melon and potato feeds such as pumpkin, wax gourd, potato, sweet potato, etc. are rich in starch, sugar, minerals and water, are crispy and juicy, and have good palatability.

3. Bran feeds such as wheat bran, rice bran, corn husks, bean husks, etc. are rich in starch, phosphorus, sulfur and vitamin E.

4. Oil meal feeds such as soybean meal, sesame meal, bean cake, rice bran cake, etc. can provide rich protein, oil, and vitamin B.

5. Animal feeds such as fish meal, bone meal, earthworm meal, etc. are high in protein, calcium, and phosphorus, and contain a full range of essential amino acids.

6. Inorganic feed includes bone meal, shell meal, silkworm shell meal, shrimp shell meal, etc. which can provide rich calcium.

It should be pointed out that snails do not eat irritating foods such as onions, garlic, leeks, peppers, etc. When feeding, poisonous plants such as euphorbia, aconite, hypericum, celery, and arisaema should not be mixed in.

2. How to prepare feed

When preparing snail feed, we should not only consider the snail's age, weight, physiological state, etc., but also pay attention to the following issues:

1. In compound feed, green feed should be more, and beans, cereals and bran feed should be less.

2. Choose feed that is cheap and has high nutritional value according to the region and season.

3. When preparing feed, at least three types of feed should be selected to ensure that the nutrients are complete.

4. The prepared feed should not contain toxic or moldy substances.

3. Feeding Method

1. Feeding amount Snails have a large food intake, and their daily food intake accounts for about 4% to 5% of their body weight. Generally speaking, the amount of food fed each time should be higher than 4%, but not too much, so that they can finish eating before the next feeding.

2. Feeding frequency In hot summer, feed once a day. In spring and autumn, feed once every 1-2 days. If there is no heating in winter, feed enough feed before hibernation, and feed enough feed after hibernation, so that it can recover its strength as soon as possible and grow and develop in time. If it is heated in winter, the feeding frequency can be controlled according to the temperature, usually feeding once every other day.

3. Feeding time: Snails are active at night, so feeding should be arranged in the evening and there is no need to feed them during the day.

4. Feeding method: It is best to choose a single variety of vegetables, fruit leaves, and green plant stems and leaves each time to avoid wasting the feed that the snails only eat. Green feed can be placed directly on the breeding soil or on a net woven from plastic ropes, allowing the snails to forage on their own. Rice bran, wheat bran, fish meal and other feeds should be placed in a porcelain basin and placed in the middle of the pool or box. Compound feed should be mixed with warm water in the basin first, and the amount of water should be such that it can be held in a ball by hand and will fall apart when released. Remember that feed cannot be placed in an iron basin to prevent the iron from rusting and poisoning the snails after eating.

4. What kind of breeding racks are needed for snail breeding?

The feeding rack can be built up to 7 to 8 layers, each of which is 1.2 meters long and 1 meter wide. The height of the feeding rack is determined according to its own height and convenience of operation.

5. How to raise and manage artificially bred snails?

After the snails are placed in the breeding box or pond, they must be well managed before they lay eggs to promote gonad development, early reproduction, and more eggs. The snails have high requirements for feed. In addition to feeding plant feed, they must also be fed animal feed with high protein. Plant feed should be green, juicy, and nutritious, such as pumpkin, melon peel, lettuce, etc.

When feeding, plant feed is usually placed on the soil, and concentrated feed and animal feed should be placed in a basin, allowing the snails to forage freely, so as to check their eating situation and remove leftover bait residues. Feeding should be done at regular times and in fixed quantities, so as not to make them hungry or full at random, which will affect their normal development. Generally, they are fed once a day in the evening, and the amount of each feeding should be enough to be eaten by the next feeding, so as not to waste feed by letting the old and the new take over.

Feed for snails must be fresh and clean. Feed that is moldy, spoiled, sprayed with pesticides or toxic should not be fed. Requirements of snails for breeding soil. According to the habit of snails to dig holes and lay eggs in loose soil with suitable humidity, fertile and soft garden soil should be laid in a special breeding box or pool to adapt to their habit of digging holes and laying eggs in the soil. The thickness of the soil laid at the bottom of the box should be 8 to 10 cm, and the soil humidity should be 30% to 35%.

If the soil is too dry, water should be sprayed in time to adjust the humidity. The humidity should be controlled so that it can be scattered by throwing it on the ground. In order to facilitate the snails to lay eggs in loose soil, a certain proportion of fine sand can be infiltrated into the soil. Generally, the ratio of mud to sand is 2:1. Temperature has a great relationship with the reproduction of snails. The optimum temperature for mating and laying eggs is 23℃~30℃. When the temperature is below 17℃, the snails stop mating and laying eggs and gradually enter a dormant state. When the temperature rises to above 35℃ to 40℃, they also stop mating and laying eggs. Once it reaches 45℃: they will die.

Therefore, in the hot summer season, the number of watering can be increased to reduce the temperature. For outdoor breeding, a shed can be built on the breeding pool, and vine crops such as loofah and winter melon can be planted to provide shade and cool down. When the temperature drops below 17℃ in autumn, the snails will be transferred to the greenhouse for breeding. If the room temperature is controlled at 20℃~25℃, the snails will continue to eat, grow, mate and lay eggs. Snails have high requirements for humidity, generally requiring a relative humidity of 85%.

In the cool seasons of spring and autumn, water can be sprayed once a day. When the temperature is higher from June to September, water should be sprayed once in the morning and evening every day.