A breeding farm in Changsha: the large yellow snakes have no appetite and escape every day

On the morning of August 18, the reporter came to Peng Zhengke's breeding farm in Yuchangping Town, Yuelu District, Changsha. The farm is built beside a country road, with endless rice fields next to it. Peng Zhengke said, "My son and I set up a breeding farm near our home and raised more than 200 non-venomous large yellow snakes."

Speaking of the snakes escaping yesterday, Peng Zhengke was very troubled. "The snakes keep running out lately. If they bite someone, it will be terrible."

As a novice breeder, Peng Zhengke was also at a loss in the face of the snakes' abnormal behavior. While asking the media for help, he also sent his son by car to Guangxi to seek advice from an experienced master.

This newspaper immediately invited a specialist named Zhong Lei with 4 years of snake-breeding experience. Zhong Lei raises various snakes with a market value of millions of yuan in Xiangtan and has rich breeding experience. When Zhong Lei walked into Peng Zhengke's breeding farm, he spotted the problem at a glance. "The insulation and cold-proof foam boards of the breeding farm should be fixed on the outer wall; only then is the effect obvious."

Zhong Lei walked to a corner and caught a few snakes. After carefully examining them, he said, "The snakes have pneumonia and feel short of breath, so they keep running outside. Some medicine will fix it. Fill the 90° corner into a curved shape, and you can prevent the snakes from climbing out."

At the same time, Zhong Lei noticed that some snakes were rather small, so he turned on a flashlight to check. "These snakes have skin disease and cannot shed their skin naturally. The tight skin keeps them from eating, so they are stunted."

The repeated suggestions made Peng Zhengke keep nodding in praise. Zhong Lei then walked all over the breeding farm. When he saw that more than 2,000 snake eggs in the farm had not yet hatched, he immediately became excited. "How come they still haven't hatched? The air-conditioning temperature must be too low. It needs to be maintained at around 28℃."

Zhong Lei explained, "By the end of October, the snakes will enter hibernation. So if hatching is delayed now, they will not eat enough, and after hibernation they will lack strength and the survival rate will be low. Fortunately, I came to look at this breeding farm now, otherwise the losses would be even greater.