CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What materials and food do you need to raise snails? (What materials and food do you need to raise snails?)

1. How to raise snails? What do snails eat?

1. Young snails are mostly saprophagous, mainly feeding on decaying plants; adult snails generally feed on green plants, including roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, etc. of various plants, especially young shoots and succulent plants, as well as various waste paper, pig manure, plant residues, etc. They will also cannibalize each other when hungry.

2. For indoor artificial breeding of snails, it is advisable to choose a leeward open space, 30 snails can be placed per square meter, feed once a day, and spray water 1-2 times. For indoor wooden box breeding, 10-15 cm thick humus soil is laid in the box, and vegetable leaves are placed on it. 20-30 snails are placed in two boxes, and water is poured once every two evenings with a watering can to make the inner wall of the box moist. Snails should be fed once every night, and vegetables, crops, green manure crops, weed roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruits of each season, melon peels, fruit peels, leftover residues and waste paper can be used, and some concentrated feed, protein feed and mineral feed can be added. It can also be fed once every two days, and snails can eat leftover rice and humus. Natural enemies such as chickens, ducks, sparrows, pigeons, and mice should be prevented during breeding. Key points for snail breeding: 1. Prevent dry wind and cold air from blowing in directly, and the entrance should adopt double doors, hanging cloths, and windshields. 2. Resolutely control the entry of odorous gases into the breeding site.

3. The breeding container must have good water permeability and air permeability.

4. Do not use strong light when not working. Darkness is best. Use 15W red bulbs for lighting at night to stimulate egg laying.

2. What do pet snails eat? How to keep them?

It is better to use a larger box, because a 6-8 cm thick breeding soil needs to be placed in the box as a habitat for snails. The breeding soil can be made of garden soil, sand, yellow sand, cinder ash, and stone powder. Mix them in a ratio of 3:3:2:1:5:0.5, expose them to the sun for several days for disinfection, then add water and the humidity reaches 40%. However, it needs to be replaced once after 1-2 months of breeding. It is advisable to start breeding from young snails. For 1-month-old young snails, fresh cucumbers, apples, tender cabbage, and green leaves can be fed once a day. The temperature should be controlled at 25-30 degrees, and the feeding amount is about 1/10 of the snail's body weight. In winter, the temperature drops, the breeding soil should be appropriately thickened, and a thicker layer of fallen leaves and cotton wool should be placed in the box for insulation. When the temperature drops to about 10 degrees, air conditioning or light bulbs should be used to keep warm around the box, but the light bulbs should be wrapped with black cloth to prevent strong light exposure. If you use a coal stove indoors, you need to move the breeding box to another place. Do not allow carbon monoxide to fumigate, otherwise the snails will be poisoned. Keep the box clean and hygienic. Remove any remaining food, feces and other dirt every day, and wash the food bowl. The top of the box should be covered with a wire mesh lid to provide adequate ventilation. It should also be protected from natural enemies such as rats and mosquitoes, especially its biggest natural enemy, mites. The breeding environment should be disinfected with diluted peracetic acid every week. Snails need moisture the most and are most afraid of dryness. If the box is relatively dry, it is important to spray water inside the box.

3. What should I do to breed snails?

Snail farming does not require animal quarantine, you only need to go to the Industry and Commerce Bureau to apply for a business license and a health permit.

In the process of snail breeding, attention should be paid to the combination of its feed. Some calcium, phosphorus and vitamin supplements can be appropriately provided, and attention should be paid to its feeding method. Attention should be paid to the freshness of its feed, and rotten and spoiled feed should not be fed. The most important thing in snail breeding is to control the temperature and humidity, which is the key to breeding snails. Therefore, the optimal growth temperature of snails is about 25°C, and the relative humidity of the breeding box and soil cannot be lower than 30% or greater than 50%, otherwise it will seriously affect the growth of snails. Only by doing a good job in snail breeding management can the economic benefits of snail breeding be effectively improved, and farmers should pay attention to it.

4. What do pet snails eat? How to raise them?

When raising snails, you can feed them cucumbers, cabbage, sweet potatoes, grapes, mushrooms, rotten leaves, lettuce, etc. When feeding them food, you must clean the food in advance to avoid it being contaminated with pesticides.

When raising snails, the environmental temperature must be kept between 16 and 40 degrees. However, the most suitable temperature for its survival is 25 degrees. After it finishes eating the food, the uneaten food must be cleaned up to prevent it from spoiling and producing odor.

When raising snails, it is also necessary to keep the environment moist, with the air humidity maintained at approximately 85% to 90%, and do not expose the snails to the wind to avoid affecting the humidity of the environment.

5. How to raise giant African snails?

To raise giant African snails, you need to prepare a dark and humid breeding box, which should be covered with garden soil and river sand. It is best to disinfect it before laying it to prevent bacteria or insect eggs from affecting its growth. The temperature should be controlled between 15-25℃ and the humidity should be around 70-85%. You can usually feed it with cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes, and juicy fruits. Clean regularly and keep the breeding box clean so that it can grow healthily.

6. What do snails eat and how to feed them?

There are many kinds of food, which can be roughly divided into three categories: