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Has anyone ever raised a stone frog? How should stone frogs be raised artificially?

The stone frog is a kind of frog that lives in the deep mountain streams of Hunan. It is fatter than a frog, and the larger ones weigh 350-400 grams. Its back is dark brown, and its belly is white. It is photophobic and likes to move at night. People often catch it with flashlights or torches when it comes out to cool off on hot summer nights. According to medical analysis, the stone frog is cold in nature, and has the functions of clearing heat, improving eyesight, and nourishing the body. It also has a low fat content and a very high protein content, making it a delicious food and medicine.

1. Key points for artificial breeding of stone frogs

1. Site selection: It is divided into indoor stone frog breeding and indoor stone frog breeding.

(1) Outdoors, choose a place with a mountain spring water source, good water quality, sufficient water source, relatively stable water temperature, quiet environment, warm winter and cool summer, open terrain, and good vegetation. The key is to prevent escape and damage.

(2) Indoors, the breeding pond must be well ventilated, not too hot, and out of direct sunlight.

2. Area: The area of ​​the parent frog pond should be 300~400 square meters, the area of ​​the spawning pond is generally 50~60 square meters, and the hatching pond should be a specially designed cement pond with an area of ​​1~2 square meters.

3. Temperature control and breeding:

Stone frogs hibernate, and after hibernation, the follicles quickly develop and mature. Usually in April, when the water temperature is controlled at 15℃ and the air temperature is above 20℃, they begin to breed and lay eggs, and the breeding ends at the end of September. The ratio of female to male breeding is 1:1. Breeding female frogs usually ovulate between 4 and 7 in the morning, and some may delay until 9 or 10 in the morning. The eggs produced usually adhere to the wall of the stone pool. Generally, about 600 eggs are laid each time, and the highest can reach 1,000 to 2,000 eggs.

4. Guide the domestication of artificial food

The natural diet of stone frogs is to eat live bait instead of dead bait. It is difficult to meet the needs of large-scale artificial breeding of stone frogs with live bait, so stone frogs should be fed with artificial compound feed. The earlier the artificial feed is fed, the more obvious the effect will be. Generally, it is required to start feeding within 5 to 7 days after the young frogs metamorphose. The method can be used as a reference: for the first 10 days, feed the stone frogs with 1/3 compound feed mixed with 2/3 mealworms, and then gradually increase the proportion of compound feed as the stone frogs adapt to the compound feed until the stone frogs can get used to eating artificial compound feed.

II. Daily Management and Disease Prevention and Control

An important task in stone frog breeding is to patrol the pond twice a day, at dawn and at night. Carefully observe the frog's dynamics to decide whether to change the water or use medicine, etc. Pay special attention to hot and rainy weather conditions and strengthen patrols. A diary should be established to measure water temperature, record the amount of bait, water inlet and outlet conditions, etc. In daily management, we must also ensure the cleanliness of the frog pond, remove residual bait every day, and clean the frog pond regularly every 7 days.

Remember: Stone frogs have strong disease resistance, but are susceptible to red leg disease or skin rot in hot weather.

In short, when breeding stone frogs, you should adapt to local conditions and find a model that suits you based on actual conditions.

The main bait for stone frogs is earthworms, mealworms, and maggots. Artificial domestication of stone frogs has changed dramatically from wild to domesticated, and the living environment and other aspects have undergone tremendous changes. For artificial breeding of stone frogs, a reasonable design of the frog pond must be adopted, so that the frog pond is close to the natural environment and easy to manage. Artificial breeding of stone frogs generally adopts intensive breeding. When building the pond, attention should be paid to the living habits of frogs as much as possible, providing water, land, stone caves, feeding and other conditions, creating a good living environment, and facilitating breeding and management. When breeding stone frogs, you should understand the growth habits of stone frogs to achieve better results in breeding, and scientific breeding will definitely produce better economic benefits.

From the videos on the Internet, we can see that many people are breeding this kind of frog, and it is very convenient to breed it, and novices can also breed it. First, you need to provide a breeding tank, and then you can put some water plants in the tank, you can also put some stones, you can put some shelter, put some gravel or sand on the bottom of the tank, and then pour some water in.

Stone frogs, like crabs, prefer quietness and should not be too noisy, otherwise it will affect the growth and reproduction of stone frogs. The quality of the frog's body can directly affect the quality of the spawning larvae, so we choose frogs with large individuals, smooth skin and strong bodies.

How to raise stone frogs How to raise stone frogs

1. After building a breeding pond suitable for the growth of stone frogs, learn the breeding techniques on the Stone Frog Network. After learning a certain basic, you can introduce small stone frogs, tadpoles, and breeding frogs for breeding.

2. Pay special attention to the details of feeding tadpoles after the frogs lay eggs and hatch. The feeding must be reasonable to promote the metamorphosis of tadpoles into young frogs. During the young frog period, they should be fed with compound vitamins, cod liver oil and other nutrients. It should be noted that cod liver oil cannot be fed for a long time, otherwise it will lead to excessive intake of vitamin D and poisoning. Reasonable feeding management must be implemented, and measures such as preventing tadpoles from escaping and preventing rodents should be taken.