Are geckos poisonous and do they bite? Raise them this way in 2017 to make money

The gecko, also called Shougong or Tianlong, is a type of lizard with certain medicinal value, so many people make money from it, but many people do not know much about geckos and have always thought that geckos are not only poisonous but also bite people, so are geckos poisonous? Do they bite people? How to raise them in 2017 to make money?

Are geckos poisonous

The gecko itself is not poisonous, but the gecko's urine is poisonous.

Since ancient times, it has been said among the people that gecko urine is extremely poisonous: it blinds the eyes, deafens the ears, causes ulceration when dripped onto a person's body, and causes poisoning and death if one eats something a gecko has crawled over. Therefore, in ancient times it was listed among the "Five Poisons" (scorpion, snake, centipede, gecko, toad). If gecko urine comes into contact with the skin, it must be washed off immediately; otherwise, after being absorbed through the skin, in mild cases it causes subcutaneous tissue congestion, edema, bleeding, necrosis and neutrophil infiltration of the muscle layer; in severe cases it damages the brain and central nervous system, causing serious adverse changes in the spinal cord, respiratory paralysis, and finally respiratory failure and death. When catching them, one must be careful and take preventive measures.

Do geckos bite people

The geckos seen in daily life have flat bodies and short limbs and can crawl on walls. They mainly feed on living small insects and are beneficial insects that can help us eliminate mosquitoes and cockroaches, so under normal circumstances they do not bite people. However, do not attack them, otherwise the urine they spray contains toxins that can cause certain harm to the human body.

How to raise them in 2017 to make money?

Building the enclosure

The gecko house should be built in a dry, ventilated, cool and quiet place. The size depends on the scale of breeding; generally 4 m long, 2.5 m wide and 2.2 m high, and each room can house 400 geckos. Above the breeding room, a gecko activity area should be built, 1.2 m high, with the surroundings and top enclosed with wire mesh.

The breeding room and the activity area are connected to make it easy for the geckos to go in and out. A 20-watt black light lamp is installed at the top of the activity area; when the lamp is turned on it attracts insects, and a funnel for catching insects is installed below, so the insects fall through the funnel into the activity area for the geckos to eat. Clean water is placed in the room for the geckos to drink. A small water pool is provided for the geckos to bathe in. The four walls of the room are covered with a layer of straw paper, and several pieces of burlap are hung up, making it easy for the geckos to lay eggs and hide.

Feeding

Gecko feed comes from several sources: trapping, artificial feed and artificial compound feed. Normally, yellow mealworms, fly maggots and ground beetles are raised, and these nutrient-rich insects are placed in food trays on the ground for the geckos to eat. When live food is in short supply, the geckos should be trained to eat artificial feed. Cook corn, rice, pumpkin, winter melon and the like, make them into a paste, and put them in food trays. During the feeding period, do not feed insects and do not provide drinking water; when the geckos are hungry they will eat large amounts. The best time for feeding is in the evening.

Breeding

For breeding stock, geckos can be purchased from gecko farms at about 150 g each, or caught in the wild in the mountains. Geckos generally resume activity in April and carry out their first mating and egg-laying in early May. During breeding, females and males are mixed at a ratio of 5:1 and allowed to mate freely. Males and females can be identified by everting the cloaca; male geckos have a triangular protrusion at the cloaca. Two eggs are laid at a time, and 3 to 4 clutches are laid per year. When laid, gecko eggs are soft-shelled and only harden after being exposed to the air for half an hour. Gecko eggs hatch relying on natural temperatures above 30°C, with an incubation period of 50 to 60 days. When newly hatched, baby geckos are 7 to 8 mm long, and after 3 to 5 days they can find food on their own. Within the first week, feed them some rice water, sugar water and skimmed milk powder; after one week, feed them some cooked crushed egg yolk, small insects and the like, and move them in good time to a baby gecko house to prevent them from being harmed by male geckos. After one month they can be raised together as a group. After one year of growth, geckos reach 150 to 200 g in weight.

Management

Besides feeding in good time and supplying water, attention must also be paid to disease prevention, heat protection and cold resistance. Disinfectants must be highly effective ones with a mild odor, such as Baidusha. The breeding density is preferably 40 to 50 geckos per sq m. Handle them gently to avoid startling them and to minimize their stress. In summer, water can be sprayed inside and outside the house, wet gauze can be hung at the air inlet to dissipate heat, ventilation should be increased, and the roof should be covered with thick grass for shade and wetted.

In winter, geckos enter hibernation, so attention should be paid to cold resistance and warmth, such as tightly closing doors and windows, thickening the cloth pieces on the walls, and reducing water trays.

Processing

From April to August, adult geckos can be caught for processing. Strike the head with a heavy object to stun them to death, gouge out the eyes with a sharp blade, cut open from the abdomen to the chest, remove the internal organs, wipe away blood stains with a cloth, then immediately use bamboo strips boiled and disinfected in water to stretch the gecko open, and then use bamboo strips to straighten and fix the limbs, head and tail, and dry over a gentle fire to obtain the finished product.

Gecko farming is currently a fairly promising project. With environmental pollution, the incidence of disease in humans is also rising. In addition to the above medicinal uses of geckos, geckos can also play an anti-tumor role and are one of the raw materials for anti-tumor drugs; they are a precious animal-based medicinal material.