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How to breed snails?

1. Site selection

1. Wild breeding: Choose fertile and loose fields with green vegetation and plant vegetables. At the same time, choose vines and high poles for protection for three-dimensional cultivation to create an "ecological home" suitable for snails. The snails should be released when the temperature is above 18°C.

2. Indoor breeding: The room should be good for heat preservation and moisture retention. The size of the space depends on the scale, and there should be ventilation facilities. It is best to cover the walls with plastic foam boards to keep warm. Moisture retention facilities can be wooden boxes, foam boxes, and cement boards for layered breeding. The height should not exceed 30 cm. The specific method should be determined according to the scale of breeding. For breeding soil, choose fertile garden soil or fermented soil, which can keep moisture and will not clump.

2. Selection of snail species

1. White jade snails are large and grow fast, but they need to maintain a suitable temperature of more than 20℃ in winter. 2. Bright snails and loose snails are cold-resistant and do not need heating in winter. They spend the winter naturally indoors, but they need to hibernate in summer when the temperature is high. The specifications of white jade snails are 30-50 grams, bright snails are 15-30 grams per piece, and loose snails are 8-18 grams per piece. Beginners should take local conditions into consideration according to the local climate and should not blindly introduce species. They should understand the specifications of each species before considering the scale of breeding.

3. Feed preparation

Snails are omnivorous animals. Common feeds include: green feed, also called basic feed, which contains a lot of chlorophyll, various proteins, minerals and vitamins. Fresh and easy to digest, including various vegetables, certain leaves, small plants, etc. Snails like to eat lettuce leaves, dandelions, and various melon leaves and bean leaves. Juicy feeds include pumpkin, winter melon, watermelon rind, gourd, sweet potato, cucumber, etc. Bran feed includes cereal seeds and their processed by-products. It is rich in starch, phosphorus, sulfur and vitamin E, with a fragrant smell and good palatability. Such as wheat, rice bran, corn flour, beans, millet, etc. Animal feed has high protein content, rich calcium, phosphorus, vitamin B content, and relatively complete essential amino acids, such as fish meal, bone meal, silkworm pupa meal, earthworm meal, eggshell meal, shell meal, shrimp shell meal, etc. Feed combination: 80-90% green feed, 10-20% concentrated feed. The specific ratio can be adjusted at any time according to the different growth stages of the snails. The same formula cannot be used for a long time, otherwise dead snails will appear and the yield will be reduced.

4. Feeding and Management

Feed preparation and feeding

1. Prepared feed, concentrated feed and protein feed must be crushed, and fruits and tubers must be sliced ​​or drawn. The advantage of this is that the feed is fragrant and easy to digest. The concentrated feed is mixed with water and turned into a paste, and then attached to the green fodder for feeding. The feeding time should be regular, generally from 5 to 6 pm, once a day or once every two days. The amount of feeding should be controlled so that it is basically eaten by the next feeding.

2. Temperature control: Suitable temperature is the prerequisite for the normal growth of snails. The normal temperature is 16-33℃, and the best is 26-30℃. When the temperature drops to 15℃, it should be kept warm, so that there will be no hibernation period and the growth is good. But it should be noted that there is less air in the greenhouse during heat preservation, and the temperature should be within 20-25℃ and not exceed 30℃. In the hot summer, ventilation is required, and the number of water sprays should be increased indoors to meet the requirements of lowering the temperature. It is best for bright snails and loose snails to spend the summer in air-raid shelters.

3. Humidity control: Humidity directly affects the growth and reproduction of snails. When the surface soil temperature and air humidity are moderate, the snails are active and grow fast. When encountering a dry environment, snails will not move. If they are in a long-term overly dry environment, snails are likely to die. How to solve this kind of contradiction? The soil should contain organic garden soil and fermented soil. Such soil is easy to retain the original moisture. When keeping warm in winter, pay attention to the sealing of the box so that the moisture in the soil in the box does not escape. When feeding each time, the amount of water sprayed should be determined according to the actual situation to ensure that it is moist but not waterlogged.

4. Management of snails: For strong snails, attention should be paid to the ratio of green feed to concentrated feed, and high-protein feed should be added, such as 20% fish meal and silkworm pupae, 20% bone meal, old lime and concentrated feed, but the various proportions should be adjusted according to the feeding situation. The environment of snails is clean and the soil is loose. The breeding soil should be replaced in time. The soil with odor will affect the reproduction and hatching rate. The snails are weak after giving birth. During the spawning period, attention should be paid to feeding antibiotics, generally twice a week, at a ratio of 0.7%-1%, to promote postpartum recovery and take prevention as the main measure. The hatching method adopts natural hatching. The eggs are placed in the incubator in a shape that is basically the same as the original ecology. A layer of moist fine soil is covered on top. Be careful not to break the egg mass to prevent the mucous membrane layer on the surface of the egg from drying or damaging prematurely. Maintain a certain temperature and humidity. After a week, the snails will naturally hatch. Use spray to maintain humidity. The amount of water depends on the humidity.

5. Management of young snails: Feed the young snails three days after they hatch, and put a small amount of tender leaves or flowers. Do not feed too early, start feeding once every two days, and take it as the standard after eating. The humidity of young snails is relatively higher than that of seed snails and growing snails. When keeping warm, they can be placed near the flue. When spraying water every day, put the feed first and then spray water. Young snails do not need to be fed with concentrated feed within 2 weeks. After that, you can add concentrated feed but it should be fine, add old lime, and 5% yeast powder. Adjust the formula in time according to the growth situation.

5. Transportation Method

Before transporting the breeding snails, be careful not to sprinkle water, feed them or spray them with water on the way. After long-distance transportation, the snails themselves lose a lot of water, but this cannot be solved by spraying water. They should be fed more juicy feed such as fruits and vegetables, and a basin of water should be placed in the box to allow them to feed naturally to replenish water. Create a suitable environment before introducing the species, so that the snails will not have the "nest-loving" phenomenon, which can reduce unnecessary losses.

How to raise snails well???

Of course, put it in the garden, and it will live well without you having to worry about it.