Maintenance of the medicinal leeches

Clear water free from chlorine is necessary for mantaining leeches.

The attitude of the leech takes place in clean containers from glass, clay/tone or food-genuine plastic. For the short term attitude of up to 100 leeches are sufficient for container in the size of 4 litres of volume. The container must be filled up to the half with water. As water are suitable pond water, tap water free from chlorine or quiet mineral water. The container must be well lockable, since otherwise the leech look for width; however the leech need fresh air. It is to be made necessarily vents into the cover. These may not be larger however than 0.5 mm (with metal covers the holes should will absolutely from the inside outward break through, so that the burr at the exterior of the cover, dangerous for the leech, is. A further variant is the catch with a linen material and a taut rubber band.

The container should be kept at a darkened and cool place.

The leech strips its skin every 2 to 3 days. Stones at the bottom of the container are recommended in order to facilitate the skin stripping ot the medicinal leech.

The water should be changed every 2 to 3 days. Mucus from the skin swimming in the water is normal and indicate that the leeches are healthy and in a good condition to bite.