Flower-faced beaver, alias white-faced beaver, white-nosed dog, green fan. It is a special economic animal with both skin and meat, its plush is fine, the warmth is extremely strong, and it is the superior fur of watchmaking; Its meat tastes delicious. It is distributed in north China and south of the Yangtze River. The flower-faced tanuki is about 5 cm long, weighs 4 to 4.6 kg, the head and neck, limbs and tail ends are black, the head surface has nearly white markings, and the tail does not see rings. Flower-faced beavers tend to inhabit tree brakes, caverns or earthen cavities in subtropical circumferents or woody cavities, often in dense caves in the thick shrublands on both sides of the more hidden valleys. Flower-faced beavers are diurnal and nocturnal, alone or in groups, clever, more tame, easy to domesticate, and their key breeding techniques are introduced below.
(1) Site construction requirements
Choose to sit in the north facing south, relatively quiet, higher terrain, conducive to drainage sites to build a farm according to the number of breeding to determine the area of the enclosure. A 1.6-meter-high wall is built on all sides, and the inside of the wall is smeared with cement mortar to form a smooth wall to prevent it from climbing and running. The walls are made of stone to form multiple caves, and the bottom surface of the cave is covered with straw or dead leaves for its habitat and calving; The upper end of the cave is covered with two layers of linoleum (to prevent water leakage from the roof of the cave), and then piled with dirt and planted with flowers and plants to shade and protect it from the sun and cold. Trees can be planted in the enclosure for climbing activities. There are eating troughs and drinking fountains in the pen. The pen doors for the breeders to choose should be smooth and seamless to prevent biting the door panels and escaping.
(2) Artificial breeding
Select a young flower-faced beaver with a strong physique and bright coat as a breeding beaver. The feed can be all kinds of melon fruits, wild vegetables, young leaves, young sprouts, etc., or cornmeal, wheat bran, rice noodles mixed with a little mashed fresh fish or light striped fish to feed, the total daily feed is 150 to 200 grams, in the evening feeding. The beaver also eats rats, birds, earthworms, insects, etc.
(3) Breeding and reproduction
Artificial breeding of flower-faced beavers, male and female ratio of 1:4 is appropriate. February to April estrus mating, estrus period of 3 to 5 days. During this period, the activity of female beavers increased greatly, actively looking for males, males are also very active, when mating, female and male beavers first face each other, each mating is about 2 minutes, mating up to 10 times a day. After successful mating, the male and female beavers are separated. The gestation period is about 60 days, and the litter is born in May to June, and 3 to 5 litters are born per litter. After 9 to 10 days of birth, the pups open their eyes, and after 15 to 20 days, the facial patterns of the young beaver begin to become clear, the coat color becomes darker, and the lactation period is 80 to 90 days. At this time, the juvenile beaver is similar in size to the adult tanuki, and after 1 year of sexual maturity, it can be bred.
(4) Disease prevention and control
(1) The disinfection of the enclosure can be used to kill hundreds of enemies, and the enclosure is disinfected regularly.
(2) Gastroenteritis flower face beaver normal feces are cylindrical, coarse like index fingers, and multinode. If the stool is irregular, black paste-like and thin,it indicates that the flower-faced beaver suffers from gastrointestinal inflammation. One piece of diarrhea and one piece of mother-eater can be added to the feed. For individual diseased beavers with severe strain and mental atrophy, they should be isolated and raised, and injected subcutaneously with gentamicin 25,000 units mixed with dysenterycin net 1 ml neck, twice a day for 3 days. If it still does not work, it can be injected with viral spirit.
(3) Skin diseases try to avoid water leakage at the top of the enclosure, replace the mat grass regularly (except during lactation), and keep the passage and the enclosure hygienic. For hair removal or scabies on the surface, toes, and body surface of the tanuki, the double doxyta is mixed with water according to the instructions, and the affected part is rubbed twice a day until it is healed.