prefer to take some animal as pet . animal like dog, cat are mostly seen in many home today.
There are many other animal that people kept which are for making money. Example of such animals are Cow, goat ,Chicken , and sheep, all these animal mentioned are highly profitable but they requires more money to start such animal business.
But in this post I will discuss about an animal which many people don't use to put their attention on, this animal am talking about is "SNAIL".
Snail is a kind of animal that is more profitable and less capital base to begin , you spent less on doing snail farming than doing other animal farming , the reason for this is because snail feeding is everywhere, its easy to get snail food and is also easy to get snail , even if you don't have money.
HOW TO BEGIN YOUR OWN SNAIL FARMING .
To start snail farming. 1. You need a house where to keep your snail, this house for snail is called, SNAIL PENS
Snail pens most be build under a shaded tree or environment. Snail love to live in a cool environment or where there is no direct sun light. They love hiding and they are very active in the evening or night, so you should provide a hidden place for them in their pens. To do this, you can put rags and dry woods on the floor of their house, so that they will be able to feel as if they are in their natural habitant.
The house can be build by using breaks or planks and pens most be cover with net so as to prevent the snails from escaping from the house.
2. How to get your snail. You can get your snail from other snail farmers or directly from forest, but is preferable to get your snails directly from the forest as a beginner for best results.
African giant snail is the best snail for snail business. This kind of snail, I mean African giant snails is the biggest kind of snail , and is the best and profitable snail for business.
3. Snail foods. Snail is one of the easiest animal to feed, because it food are easy to get. Snail feeds on any fruit , some kinds of leaves , like water leaves , moringa leaves and vegetable leaves, they also feed on dry maize and Millet powder. Just put these food in a place and u will be amazed how these wonderful creation will eat them all. Sand must be added in their food, snail use the sands to build their cells.
Snail also need water, because they also drink water like any other animal.
4. BEHAVIOR AND CARE FOR SNAILFISH.
Snail are wonderful creature, they are the shy kind of animal, they like hidden in dark and cool area, they are more active at night than in the day light.
Snail use the slime on their body to hold on to any object and this help them to be able to climb. Snail can Lays up to 15 to 30 eggs at ones, imagine having hundreds of snail and each lays 30 eggs. That is a big money. It took up to a year before a baby snail canal to grown to market size.
CARES FOR SNAIL. All care snails needs is protection from direct sun light and millipedes. Millipedes are the enemy of snails.
4. BUSINESS AND MEDICINAL BENEFIT OF SNAILS.
Snail is another such of protein for human , many people who has one health issues or the other love to eat snail, snail is also one of sweetest animal meet on earth.
BUSINESS AND MEDICINAL BENEFIT OF SNAIL. The slime coming from the body of the snail is use to treat skin problems, put the snail slime on the affected area on till you can notice a result. Snail SLIME, are those water coming out of the body of snail.
Remember, snail farming didn't need huge amounts of money to start, even if not for business you can do it to provide meet for your family.
