What are the requirements for building breeding cages for masked palm civets?
Perhaps everyone is not very familiar with the masked palm civet. In fact, the masked palm civet was originally a precious wild animal, but because every part of it is valuable, its value is very rich, and market demand is also great. Therefore, many people have started to breed masked palm civets.
Requirements for building breeding cages for masked palm civets
1. It must be able to control the microclimate inside the house
The masked palm civet is a burrowing animal and spends a relatively long time active in burrows, so it requires relatively stable microclimate conditions. Masked palm civets are afraid of cold in winter and heat in summer, and they like dryness. Therefore, the civet house is required to be warm in winter and cool in summer, well ventilated, with a smooth floor that is easy to wash and disinfect.
2. Set up perches inside the cage
Masked palm civets love to climb and are good at climbing trees, so setting up perches can accommodate their climbing habits. When perches of different heights are installed in the cage, they all like to stand at the highest point. Therefore, the perches should be set as high as possible, and some forked perches should be set on the perches, which can increase their interest in activity and increase the intensity of exercise.
3. The cage must have suitable activity space
A certain amount of activity space must be provided in the cage for masked palm civets. Under intensive high-density breeding conditions, the activity space in the cage must reach at least 2.4 cubic meters, that is, the cage is 150 cm long, 80 cm wide, and 200 cm high.
4. The cage must be provided with a dark room
For newly captured masked palm civets, setting up a dark room in the cage can replace burrows under wild conditions, and it plays an important role in helping masked palm civets get through the stress period. After masked palm civets have established an affinity relationship with the managers, the dark room can be removed to facilitate cleaning the cage sanitation, disinfection, and ventilation of the cage.
5. The cage must adapt to the social structure of masked palm civets
Masked palm civets are social animals, but their group structure has patterns of change during the annual cycle. In summer, they form pure family groups and exclude individuals from other families. In autumn and winter, they form multi-family groups, with multiple families living together in 1 burrow and getting along harmoniously. In spring, they form mating groups. The form and structure of the cage must adapt to the patterns of group change in order to reduce fights and injuries.
Is breeding masked palm civets profitable
Qingyao fur is a traditional export commodity of our country and sells well on the international market. Fur occupies a special position in the world and is a raw material for making fur garments, fur hats, gloves, and so on. Its guard hairs are hard and tough and are mostly used to make high-grade brushes and writing brushes. Masked palm civets can also serve as precious animal exhibits in zoos. Masked palm civet meat has always been a traditional fine game delicacy in our country, and it has extremely high economic value in southern China and the Hong Kong and Macao regions, and is highly favored by people.
The masked palm civet is a rare “mountain delicacy” with a long history in our country. It has long had the reputation that “for mountain food, masked palm civet is delicious; for water food, white eel is delicious.” The masked palm civet is a fur-bearing animal, and its skin can be made into fur, and it is one of our country's traditional bulk export furs. The guard hairs of the masked palm civet are the raw material for making high-grade writing brushes and painting brushes. The fat of the masked palm civet is a rare high-grade raw material in cosmetics production, and it is also a good medicine for treating burns. Our country is the main producing area of masked palm civets. In the past, due to long-term excessive hunting, natural resources were greatly reduced, and not only was domestic market supply insufficient, but international market supply was also extremely scarce. In order to meet people's living needs and ensure the sustainable use of our country's wild animal resources, our country has invested a large amount of funds in artificial breeding of masked palm civets and product development and utilization. At present, in some areas of southern China, breeding masked palm civets has been made a good sideline for developing diversified operations.
Efficacy and effects of masked palm civet
The masked palm civet can provide the human body with rich nutritional components such as protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals. It has the effects of tonifying the middle and benefiting qi, strengthening the spleen and benefiting the stomach, nourishing yin and moistening dryness, and strengthening the kidneys and consolidating essence. It is suitable for consumption by patients with weak spleen and stomach, deficiency of both qi and blood, poor appetite, weakness of the limbs, lung-heat cough, dry cough, impotence, frequent urination, and other conditions. Healthy people who eat it are full of energy and become stronger with fewer illnesses.
Traditional Chinese medicine theory holds that its flavor is sweet and its nature is neutral; it tonifies the middle and benefits qi, treats various chronic infectious diseases, removes wandering wind, heals blood in the stool due to intestinal wind; it also treats hemorrhoids and fistula, scrofula, and so on, and has medicinal value. The fat of the masked palm civet is a rare high-grade raw material in cosmetics production, and it is also a good medicine for treating burns.
Market conditions for raising masked palm civets
Every part of the masked palm civet is valuable. Masked palm civet meat has traditionally been regarded in southern China and the Hong Kong and Macao regions as a traditional mountain delicacy and game meat and a rare tonic delicacy. Its meat is tender and its flavor is fragrant and delicious, and it has tonic effects, and it has always been praised by people as the top mountain delicacy. Because wild resources have sharply declined in recent years, and as people's living standards have continued to improve, the mountain delicacy masked palm civet has become a high-grade dish in hotels and restaurants and a fine winter tonic for citizens, and live masked palm civets are even more a scarce commodity on the market.
Research on artificial breeding of masked palm civets has achieved initial results, but since “SARS” there have not been many enterprises breeding masked palm civets, so to satisfy the current demand from the coast to the interior and from the south to the north for a surge in rare game delicacies, as well as the traditional consumer demand in our country's Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan regions and the Southeast Asian market, based on the existing domestic breeding quantity and reproduction speed, a relatively long period of development will be needed to reach a balance between supply and demand. Therefore, at present there are unlimited business opportunities in developing artificial breeding of masked palm civets, and the prospects for masked palm civet breeding are very broad.
The civet fur produced in southern China has smooth guard hairs, fine and soft underfur, and bright color, but the skin area is relatively small; while the civet fur produced in the north has thick and abundant fur and underwool, is mostly bluish-gray, and has a relatively large skin area. Made fur can be used for long and short fur garments, fur hats, fur collars, fur gloves, and so on. The tail hairs and guard hairs are long and elastic and can be made into brushes and painting brushes.
Every part of the masked palm civet is valuable. Its meat is a top-grade game delicacy in our country, and only in high-end hotels or when entertaining relatively important guests will people order it. The skin of the masked palm civet is a top-grade material for making various kinds of fur, and it not only sells well on the domestic market, but is even exported abroad.