Every spring is the breeding season of squirrels, and this season is also the busiest time. The order was made before the squirrel gave birth. Ma Yuanyuan said that there are many people who keep pets now, and it is not limited to dogs and cats. In recent years, many people keep squirrels as pets.
The squirrel house breeds all the snow squirrels. After artificial domestication, the snow squirrel is obedient and obedient, and its life span can reach 10 years. Yili has unique natural conditions and is very suitable for breeding this kind of squirrel.
When talking about why she chose to keep squirrels, Ma Yuanyuan said that she loved animals since she was a child. A few years ago, she and her husband opened a pet shop. At that time, some mainland customers said that snow squirrels were kept as pets by many people and asked if they had ever kept them.
This aroused the interest of Ma Yuanyuan and her husband. So, they bought eight snow squirrels for trial reproduction. A year has passed, and eight squirrels have lost more than half their lives. It is a waste of water to hope to breed the next generation.
"Because of the lack of breeding materials, we can only explore the experience." On 20 16, the couple applied for the national domestication and breeding license for non-key protected wild animals. Liang Haifeng bought books on scientific squirrel breeding and went to Heilongjiang to learn squirrel breeding technology. After returning, he raised squirrels alone and gradually updated his feeding methods.
In the process of breeding, Liang Haifeng not only overcame the technical difficulties step by step, but also slowly explored a set of his own breeding methods. In order to create a suitable living environment for snow squirrels, the couple constantly improved their methods during the breeding process.
Ma Yuanyuan told reporters that squirrels are lively and active, like to climb trees, and their activity space is relatively three-dimensional. They are used to nesting in trees and living in "single-family houses".
So when nesting, according to these habits of squirrels, several rows of small wooden boxes are nailed on the wall of the house as a separate "bedroom" for each squirrel.
After repeated exploration, the reproductive rate and survival rate of squirrels have increased from 20% to about 60%. The price of each young rat is about 1000 yuan, and the annual sales can reach more than 300 thousand yuan.
Extended data:
Tips for raising squirrels:
Keeping squirrels should pay attention to the environmental temperature not exceeding 30 degrees. Although squirrels are hairy, they are still afraid of the cold, otherwise they don't have to hibernate. Of course, domestic squirrels don't need to hibernate, after all, their homes are so warm.
The suitable living temperature of squirrel is 20-28℃, and the maximum tolerance temperature of magic mouse is 30℃. The heat resistance and adaptability of chestnut are superior among squirrels, so you can rest assured when raising it.
Squirrels are not picky eaters, mainly pine nuts, walnuts and so on. Occasionally, they steal some eggs to start a meatless diet. Insects, larvae, and ant eggs are not exclusive and somewhat omnivorous, but insects should be fed as little as possible.
My favorite food is red pine nuts. Usually you can feed some melon seeds, mushrooms, walnuts, peanuts, corn and dried fruits. Recommend fruits to the general public, such as apples, pears, peaches and bananas. Vegetables are ok, but they must be fresh, clean and free of pesticide residues.
People's Daily Online-Little Squirrel Achieves the Dream of Entrepreneurship. Young couple squirrels in Yili, Xinjiang earn 300,000 yuan a year.
Baidu encyclopedia-squirrel