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Practical experience sharing on high-yield muskrat farming
The muskrat is a herbivorous animal valued both for its fur and meat and for its high medicinal value. In developing muskrat farming, doing a good job of breeding and raising the survival rate is the key. The following is an introduction: 1. Selecting excellent breeding muskrats. March to October is the breeding season for muskrats. During this period, select robust, alert
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What preparatory work is needed in the early stages of muskrat farming?
One, site preparation: At present, the vast majority of artificially raised muskrats are kept in outdoor pen-style housing. The pens used for artificially raising muskrats in various places include flat pens, vertical pens, multi-tier pens, young muskrat pens and simple pens, etc. A few are also kept indoors in cages.
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Three key points to master in muskrat farming
1. Pen construction The pen consists of three parts: a nest chamber, an exercise area and a pool. The pen is about 1.5 x 1 x 0.5 m in length, width and height, and can house a pair. The floor of the pen (including the nest chamber, exercise area and pool) can be built with cement to prevent muskrats from digging into the soil and burrowing, the surrounding walls are built with bricks
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Diseases in Muskrat Farming
1. Common Cold [Diagnosis] Listlessness, unwillingness to move, reduced appetite or even complete loss of appetite, often lying in a corner of the enclosure. In severe cases, nasal discharge, labored breathing, elevated body temperature, damp and foul-smelling fur, and some lie motionless in the water pool. [Treatment] Inject penicillin, inject analgin.
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What are the methods for choosing a site for black guinea pig farming?
There are many different raising methods, adapted to local conditions. The commonly used methods are: cage raising, flat pool-style pen raising, and three-dimensional large-scale factory farming. Farmers can choose a farming model that suits their own conditions. Some farming models require high investment costs
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Methods for Controlling Natural Enemies During Gecko Farming
The main natural enemies of geckos are ants, snakes, rats, birds, cats, etc. Although ants are small, they can bite geckos, affecting their molting, to the point that the wounds fester and break open. Snakes, rats, birds, cats, etc. prey on geckos, posing a direct threat. 1) Control of ants There are many methods for controlling ants
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Key Technical Points for Egg Incubation in Gecko Farming
Currently there are two methods: natural incubation and artificial incubation. Small-scale breeders generally use the natural incubation method, while large-scale farms generally use the artificial incubation method. 1. Natural incubation: Select the collected gecko eggs, remove the damaged, deformed, and infertile ones, and place them in a mesh box made of fine gauze. Keep the indoor temperature at 30-33°C and the relative humidity at 70%-80%. After about 90 days, young geckos will hatch. Eggs laid before July 15 of the same year should be incubated promptly in batches as they are collected, so they hatch as soon as possible and still have some time to grow while the temperature is suitable. Eggs laid in the second half of the year should be collected and stored at 12-13°C, then incubated the following year when the natural temperature reaches 30°C.</p><p>2. Artificial heated incubation: There are two methods. One is to place the mesh box containing fertilized eggs into a small room and heat the room, keeping the indoor temperature at 30-33°C and the relative humidity at 70%-80%. If a coal stove plus an electric heater is used for heating, the incubation temperature can also be controlled at 33-35°C. The method is to use a coal stove to provide the base temperature for the incubation room, and use an electric heater to supply the temperature the coal stove cannot reach. The electric heater must be connected to a thermostat controller to keep the indoor temperature constant.</p><p>The other artificial incubation method is incubation using an incubator. The incubator is a large box made of wood or metal materials, equipped with a device that can control temperature and humidity. The incubation temperature can be controlled at 36°C and the relative humidity at 75%. Be careful to keep the air inside the incubator fresh. When artificial incubation is adopted, eggs in autumn can also be incubated. The hatched young geckos are raised indoors with heating, and when the outdoor temperature reaches above 25°C, they are moved out of the greenhouse for rearing, which is more favorable for their growth.</p><p>Rearing of Juveniles</p><p>Newly hatched young geckos are 0.5-0.6 cm in body length and 3.5-5.3 g in weight. They cannot be released freely or allowed to run around at will; otherwise, because they are weak and cannot catch feed insects, long-term starvation and reduced resistance will cause death. Therefore, newly hatched young geckos should be kept in mesh boxes for concentrated rearing for a period. When they grow to have a certain ability to catch food, release them to move freely.</p><p>For young geckos kept in mesh boxes, sufficient small live feed insects should be provided, such as yellow mealworms, silkworms, flies, etc., so that they can catch them easily. Eggs incubated in spring hatch into juveniles in August, when the temperature is exactly suitable for growth and development, so heating need not be considered; only attention should be paid to providing sufficient feed insects and adequate clean drinking water. However, eggs incubated in autumn hatch into juveniles by late October, when the temperature is already low and unsuitable for growth. To ensure the survival rate of the juveniles, the room should be heated, keeping the rearing room temperature at 26-30°C and the humidity at 70%-80%, so that they can safely overwinter in such an environment.</p><p>Young geckos hatched in October should not be allowed to hibernate during their first hibernation period, because such juveniles are not strong in vitality. If they enter hibernation without storing more nutrients in their bodies, and then consume part of their body nutrients during overwintering, their constitution will be even weaker after emerging from dormancy the following year, causing mass death.</p>
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What are the methods for selective breeding of superior varieties in gecko farming?
Once breeding stock is available, an excellent breeding population should be gradually established, so adult geckos and eggs should be further selected, with superior individuals forming the population, continuously increasing the body weight and egg production of breeding geckos, thereby improving the economic benefits of gecko farming. 1. Selection standards
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How to solve the feed problem in gecko farming
1 Light trapping: This is one of the most effective methods. The insect season basically coincides with the gecko's main active feeding period, and with the breeding period when it needs the largest amount of food. In addition to hanging lights to attract insects in the rearing house, black-light lamps and ordinary oil lamps powered by batteries can also be used to collect insects.
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What are the hygiene problems at gecko farms?
Geckos like to inhabit quiet, clean and hygienic environments, and are relatively sensitive to filthy, moldy and foul-smelling environments. If the rearing environment is unclean, unhygienic, has a bad smell or stale air, it will at best affect reproduction, and at worst cause disease or even death.
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