What are the technical methods suitable for crocodile farming in Thailand?

Thai crocodiles have successfully bred in China and are often kept as pets. The following are the crocodile farming techniques I have carefully arranged for you in Thailand. Let's have a look.

Technical preparation for crocodile farming in Thailand:

Crocodile is a fierce animal, and it will become more and more violent and difficult to control with age. If you want to raise, you must first be mentally prepared. Crocodiles have a strong bite force and can crush human bones. You need to be very careful when raising them!

If the ideological work is done, you can start preparing the feeding box. There are generally three choices: sorting box, aquarium and reptile box.

The advantage of sorting boxes is that the price is low, crocodiles grow quickly, and it is more convenient to change boxes frequently. The disadvantage is poor appreciation.

The advantage of aquarium is ornamental. Crocodiles can be seen through the glass. The disadvantage is that crocodiles over 60cm will break the glass and hurt themselves. Moreover, it is expensive and inconvenient to change.

The advantages and disadvantages of reptile box and aquarium are basically the same, but the price is more expensive. Moreover, the wooden reptile box is not suitable for raising semi-aquatic animals such as crocodiles, and it will be moldy!

I personally recommend the sorting box here.

Open food/daily food

Don't play with crocodiles who have just arrived home, it will cause fright and lead to refusal to eat for 2-3 days, which will disturb the growth and development of crocodiles. Put a few loaches in a quiet environment, and then put some meltable electrolyte in the water. 12 hours later, check again. Ordinary crocodiles can start eating within 12 hours, if not, continue to wait. Don't disturb the crocodile too much during the period. Usually start eating within 3 days at the latest.

Food is usually diverse. Eating pork alone will lead to calcium deficiency, and eating fish alone will lead to vitamin D deficiency. Generally, mice can be fed at the crocodile 60-70cm. Bones and tissues are good for crocodiles, so try to feed the whole animal. Small crocodiles can feed suckling mice, but try to give priority to insects, supplemented by small fish.

Feeding facilities

UVA/UVB lamp: UVA lamp can provide heat for crocodiles, but sunbathing is much better. In fact, there are debates at home and abroad about whether crocodiles are needed. In fact, most people think that crocodiles can get enough nutrition through the whole animal and do not need UVB (similar to snakes). But it doesn't hurt to add one! One day 10 hour, hot spot 30 degrees Celsius, keep a certain distance from crocodiles to prevent burns. If the water temperature is 20-25 degrees Celsius, there is no need to use a heating rod.

Filtering: Actually, crocodiles don't need too strong filtering, just change the water.

Land: Land is very important! Crocodiles need to bask in the sun, and the kind of water turtles can be used on land, as far as possible around hot spots.

Daily nursing

Sunbathing is good for crocodiles. Feed it every 2-3 days. Before crocodiles arrive home 1 month, don't disturb crocodiles too much, and don't play too much to avoid mental stress. Change the water when it is dirty.

Distinguish between men and women

Squeeze the tail near the cloaca, and the action must be light. If a genitalia is squeezed out, it means it is male, if not, it means it is female.

disease

The common disease is white eye disease, which is mainly caused by newcomers playing with crocodiles, which leads to crocodile tension, decreased immunity and bacterial infection. Drop eye drops 2-3 times a day until you are cured.

Skin diseases are mainly caused by dirty water.

More sun exposure is very helpful for the above two diseases.

Breeding/hatching

At present, private players do not have the technology to breed crocodiles.

To hatch, you need to make sure that the eggs have been fertilized (generally not fertilized), and then put them in an incubator at a constant temperature of about 25-32℃ to hatch. It should be noted that the higher the incubation temperature of female crocodiles, the lower the incubation temperature of male crocodiles.

tame

Domesticating crocodiles is one of the most important links in raising crocodiles. The general method is to put it on your hand for a long time to produce conditioned reflex so that it is not afraid of human beings and try to make it tolerate human existence. Generally speaking, the correct way is to grab its neck, hold it with one hand (not to hurt the crocodile), and hold its position or tail in front of its hind legs with the other hand. In order to avoid sudden struggle, always be vigilant but not too hard. Generally, crocodiles stop struggling when they are not too nervous. At this time, it can touch the crocodile's body (except sensitive parts such as teeth and neck). The more times, the better.

Get along with big crocodiles

Domesticated to a certain extent, crocodiles will get used to the existence of people and will not care too much about your gameplay. However, this is just a habit, which doesn't mean it is willing to associate with you. So when crocodiles grow up, they can't play as they did when they were children. We should keep a certain distance from them. Big crocodiles bite fast and bite hard, and can crush human bones, so we must not treat them lightly.

If you are bitten by a crocodile, it's usually just a flesh wound. Just pay attention to bacterial infection. If you are bitten by a crocodile, you won't let go. If you are treated as food, you will throw it vigorously. At this time, your arm will be dislocated or broken. If you are bitten by a crocodile, attack its eyes, maybe it will let go.

Be sure to keep a certain distance from the crocodile. If you have to touch it, you can use tools instead. For example, you can make a pole and stick something soft in front of it that can push crocodiles.

Key points of crocodile breeding in Thailand 1, water temperature requirement 22? -32? Tap water needs to be left for more than one day before it can be used.

The fish tank should be two meters long and 80 centimeters wide. Of course, the bigger the better.

Crocodiles can feed small insects, small fish, goldfish, small frogs, and older ones can feed mice.

If there is no land and water conditions, it is suggested that the water level should not flood to the back.

5. Feeding tube is suitable to be placed in sunny place. Sunbathing is more important than anything else. The sun contains substances that uvb lamps can't match.

6. It is suggested that the alligator should be killed alive before feeding, which can reduce the ferocity of the alligator to some extent.

Thai crocodile farming knowledge is prepared in advance.

You need a bigger water tank, the width of which is preferably 0.5 times the length of 65438+ crocodile. Don't doubt the jumping ability of crocodiles. If the height is not enough, cover it. The land should be set in the water, and the land should be large enough. If conditions permit, establishing a good nitrification system means that frequent water change is not a small torture for crocodiles and people. Also prepare band-AIDS, purple potions, gauze, etc. Of course, these are all for myself.

Selection and selection of crocodiles

As a crocodile lover, it is generally known that there are two kinds of crocodiles that are more suitable for beginners and easy to use: Cayman-eyed crocodiles and Chinese alligators. Don't think about these two. If there is one this year, I won't buy Xiao Tai either. Thai crocodile, but if you have a choice, choose one you like better. Crocodiles should be more than 40CM, not more than 60CM. Although crocodiles are relatively easy to raise, their larvae are still relatively fragile. It will be much safer to choose crocodiles over 40CM, and there will be no problem in domestication. As for those over 60CM, the damage to people will be much greater, and the temper will be much grumpy, and it will be relatively difficult for novices to domesticate.

Just like selecting turtles, crocodiles in the same environment are always more energetic, fierce and bigger. You can ask to see the crocodile's eating situation and pay attention to the skin. It is best not to have scales falling off, which are generally the size of rice grains. This is the most common skin disease in Cayman. Although it is not a serious illness, it is good to be healthy after all.

The first thing you should do when you get home.

Let the crocodile rest! ! ! This is very important. Many people took crocodiles home and began to play with them. This is very very wrong! ! Doing this before the small crocodile adapts to the environment will greatly increase the time for the small crocodile to adapt to the environment, which will make it very, very nervous and reduce its immunity. So don't feed a few days in advance, but be sure to keep quiet! !

Open food problem

After rest, most crocodiles will eat normally when there is no problem in various objective environments such as water quality. You can choose to place suckling rats on land, which is almost the favorite food of crocodiles. The fish loach crocodile in the water will be happy to catch it, but its predation ability is really not very good.

Environment and water temperature

The sun is very important. Generally, once a week 1~2 times, UVB irradiation at other times can basically ensure the health of crocodiles. You can take it when you are in the sun ~ take it outdoors to enjoy the sunshine. It is very cold in winter in the north, so it is better to use UVB. Just keep the water temperature at 26-32 degrees. At this time, the crocodile's metabolism will be faster, making it grow rapidly. Remember, Thai crocodiles and most crocodiles do not hibernate. In fact, only Chinese alligators and Mississippi crocodiles hibernate.

Crocodile food

Generally speaking, beef is a better choice. Pork contains a lot of fat and is not suitable. Of course, if you can, you can always feed the whole animal: mice, hamsters, rabbits, chickens and birds are all good, and of course the cost is not bad. Usually, recipes like fish and loach are perfect. If you don't feed the flesh and blood for a long time, adding some calcium powder appropriately will play a considerable role. Young crocodiles can also eat insects such as crickets and grasshoppers.

Prevention and treatment of crocodile diseases

Crocodiles are survival experts with strong adaptability and resistance, but if the water quality is poor or they stay dirty for a long time, they will still get sick. The most common skin disease is that the skin will fall off the size of a grain of rice, but basically it will heal as long as it is exposed to more sun. If you really want to use medicine, just press it with potassium permanganate powder or oxytetracycline powder. There is also an eye disease, which is likely to be an eye disease when you buy it, and severe suppuration will be more serious. Treatment with ciprofloxacin eye drops, adding appropriate amount of salt to reclaimed water! So sunshine and water quality are the best weapons to prevent crocodiles from getting sick.

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