It is an presentation on snake farming .Every points have been included that important to know about snake farming. here, you can get the basic knowledge about various snakes habits, destitution and it's care and management .

1. SNAKE FARMING
(Housing, Feeding, Breeding)
Prepared by
Ahanaf Tahmid Shobdo
Faculty of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences
Khulna Agricultural University

2. Introduction
• Snakes are a very large group of long reptiles.
• There are over 2,500-3000 different species of snakes on our planet.
• Snakes are found on every continent in the world except Antarctica.
• There are also no snakes native to Hawaii, Iceland, Ireland or New Zealand.
• Snakes live in a variety of land and water habitats(non-poisonous). The most
abundant snakes and the largest snakes are found in tropical climates such as
rainforests.
• About 15 venomous snakes found among 90 species in Bangladesh

3. Objective
• Taxonomic Classification.
• Natural habit, habitat, Distribution, Special character/
• appearance.
• Housing( captive): Floor space, Bedding materials, Cage
• system….
• Feeding
• Breeding Management

4. Taxonomic classification of snake

5. Naturalhabit,habitat,Distribution,Specialcharacter/appearance.
Habitat Distribution Special character
Indian python found in dense and open forests
with rocky outcrops.
India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal and
Indo-China.
able to breed at about five years
of age
Russell's viper They normally live in plains. India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indo-
China and Indo-Australian
archipelago.
a highly poisonous snake
life span is reported to be 10-15
years in captivity.
Indian cobra: deep forests, open cultivated
fields, near water bodies
in India, China, Nepal, Philippines,
Sri Lanka etc
The usual size varies from 1.3 m
to 1.6 m.
King cobra in dense forests, hills, plains,
grass lands and estuaries
in India, Pakistan, Philippines etc. In
India it
32-43 lighter bands round the
body and 11-13 bands round the
tail.
Nerodia sipedon just about anywhere near fresh
water - rivers, creeks, canals,
lakes, ponds, It also inhabits
brackish and saltwater habitats in
some locations.
the United States east of the
Mississippi River excluding parts of
Maine
Non-poisonous water snake

6. Housing Of Snake
❖Cage size Bedding materials, and Floor speech requirement-
• IN captive condition,Before you bring a snake into your home, you should consider how large it will grow, and
what its habitat requires in terms of size of cage.
• Garter snakes and grass snakes can be kept comfortably in a 10-gallon or 20-gallon aquarium.
• King snakes, rat snakes, milk snakes, gopher snakes and other colubrids (belonging to the zoological family
Colubridae) will be happy in 30-55 gallon tanks.
• Make hole on the surface of house according to its body shape.
• In the winter season can be used some straw .
• Ideally cages should be placed against an interior wall and out of direct sunlight.
I. These animals regulate body temperature behaviously.
II. Daytime temperatures should range between 80 and 85° F.
III. Nightime temperatures can fall between 70-75 F without creating problems for most
snake.
IV. Snake should not be able to contact with any bulbs.

7. Lighting-:
❖Humidity
i. . Excessive humidity (such as inadequate cage ventilation) leads to skin infections.
ii. Inadequate humidity (for example excessive air conditioning) leads to stress, dehydration
iii. A relative humidity of 50-70% is adequate for most species but some species have more specific
requirements.
iv. Desert species require 20-30% while a higher humidity is required for rainforest

9. Feeding Of Snake
• Some snake eat frogs, worms, fish, and other snakes eat mice, rats, and other small
mammals
• Some snake eat birds. Some eat eggs. Some eat nothing but insects.
• A snake may consume one or two mice at one feeding per week. It is advisable to breed
rats in the snake farm.
• some highly active snakes such as cobras, vine snakes and garter snakes should be fed
more than once weekly. Pythons should be fed once every four to six weeks.
• water snakes feed on fish, frogs, salamanders, and toads. When their body is not very
long, they will mainly feed on slow-moving fish. But, once they grow long enough (about
1.5 feet or 45 cm), they will start to eat bigger animals.
• There is also commercially available snake food, shaped like a sausage, that is made of
meat from more traditional farm animals.
❖ Milking
• One “milking “of a snake produces about 100 mg of liquid venom, which in turn produces
about 10 mg of dry venom.
• Snakes can be “milked” on average about 20 times each season.

10. Feeding ratio in cabtive contiditon
❖ How to feed a snake
• the food in their cage with a pair of tongs and snake hook
• If you have multiple snakes, they should be fed separately so that no fighting over
food occurs.
• You should remove any uneaten food in a snake’s enclosure after it has been there
for four hours
• After feeding, give your snake some time to digest their food before handling
them.

11. SHAKE BREEDING
• Reproduction in snakes varies between species –some lay eggs, just like the dinosaurs did, some give birth to
live young, just like mammals.
• A breeder must know the sex of the snakes, for example, corn snakes become sexually mature between 18
and 24 months.
• Before this time it is very difficult to tell what sex they are because their reproductive organs have not
developed enough to be noticeable.
• This is a very delicate procedure so that ,only experienced people should perform such a task.
• Snakes are believed to live for more than 20 years in the wild, however, in captivity, some species will live as
long as 50 years.
❖ Here’s a basic overview of the common process of reproduction(captive breeding) :
1..Build a hibernation chamber
2.Hibernation.
3. Preparing to breed.-temperatures of 85° to 100° F
4.Introduction the two- in springtime
5.The seasonal shift .
6.Getting ready of egg / During pregnancy-The gestation period is generally -: 28 to 45 days.
7.Careing for the Egg

12. Thank You