How to raise turtles?

Landlord, what is your daily breeding environment and water level? You didn't make the mistake of not going into the water every day or the water level was very low, so keep it dry, right? ~! Then this situation is certain ~ the tortoise can't eat normally because it is often hung in the water every day, or the water level is very shallow or even has not passed.

Landlord, if you want to raise a turtle well and let it take the initiative to eat, you must master some necessary common sense and adjust the feeding environment. First of all, the tortoise must be in the water to eat ~! Otherwise, you can't eat normally. Daily mistakes low water level feeding and dry feeding, can not eat normally at all ~! This is also a feeding mistake and common sense misunderstanding that novices love to make. The daily dry feeding or feeding water level is very shallow, even if the feeding water level is lower than 5cm, then the tortoise can't eat normally even if it is starved to death ~! Except for a few half-jersey turtles and tortoises that you can't see every day, you can eat them on land ~! All other turtles must be in the water to eat normally. The daily feeding water level is very low or wrong, and it is impossible to eat normally.

The following is a summary of my original experience in raising turtles for many years, without any reprinting and plagiarism ~! Let's be specific. I hope you can raise the turtle well and let it grow healthily and sturdily ~!

After buying back the turtle, I want the turtle to eat and move normally as soon as possible. Correct feeding environment and water level are the most critical factors ~! All dry feeding or low water feeding every day will have a great impact on its normal activities, emotions and eating, and its body resistance will be reduced, making it easy to get sick. After buying a turtle, be sure to let it eat normally as soon as possible. If you don't eat for more than 1 week, you will become more and more anorexic and have a worse appetite. The longer it takes, the harder it is to feed. And began to metabolize the body's fat and muscle tissue, and gradually died of consumption. You can't starve a turtle just because it is hungry, which is very wrong ~! The longer it takes, the harder it is to feed, and the greater the damage to the body ~! !

There are only three kinds of ordinary turtles sold on the street every day, followed by Chinese grass turtles and flower turtles, and there is no other choice ~! ! They are very common every day, sold everywhere, and the price is also very approachable, a few dollars, dozens of dollars will do. Are standard aquatic turtles ~! Daily high water ~! It must also be in the water, and the water level is enough for normal eating. Their own habit is to like water very much and hate dry. If they are put in deeper aquariums, turtles will swim actively in deep water, which is much more cheerful than keeping them in shallow water by mistake. Many vendors don't even sell grass turtles and flower turtles in China, but only Brazilian turtles, so Brazilian turtles are also the most common and sold turtles. Although grass turtles and flower turtles in China are also very cheap, generally around 20 yuan, while Brazilian turtles are only a few dollars, only a dozen dollars, which is cheaper than those in China. Therefore, it is also the most commonly sold turtle. They are sold everywhere in the street and are very popular everywhere. Usually, the correct water level for raising soft-shelled turtles should be at least 10- 15cm, and the correct feeding environment is also the most basic condition for soft-shelled turtles to eat and live normally ~! Avoid feeding in circular containers such as washbasins. If the water level is too low to be completely submerged, even less than 5cm, the water level feeding environment is very wrong. Turtles don't like it very much, and they are in a negative mood every day. They are sleepy with their eyes closed most of the day and can't eat normally. After daily low-level feeding and dry feeding, its mental state and activity ability will decline, especially if it is not in the water for a few days. This is also a typical physiological habit.

Even if the musk turtle and the hairy turtle are a little better, the mid-range turtle of 200-300 yuan is rare at ordinary times, which is rare at ordinary times and cannot be bought easily. Tortoises and half-jersey tortoises that can eat in dry land or shallow water are even less at ordinary times ~! ! The price of tortoises and semi-tortoises is much higher than that of ordinary tortoises, such as radial tortoises, red-legged tortoises, Sukada tortoises, etc. They are all representatives of tortoises, and now all kinds of tortoises are very popular breeding varieties, and the price is at least 1000-3000 yuan ~! ! Compared with all kinds of aquatic turtles with dozens or hundreds of dollars a day, it is much less, and you can't buy it casually at ordinary times ~! It is rare to meet them.

Except for a few semi-ze turtles and tortoises that can't be seen in daily life, which can be eaten dry on land or in shallow water, all other turtles must be eaten in water! Because tortoises and semi-tortoises have specific oral structure and flexible tongue and palate, they are significantly different from most other tortoises ~! It is this characteristic that enables them to eat normally on low water level or waterless land without the help of water impulse to assist swallowing ~! It is this that gives them the ability to eat on land and at low water levels.

Landlord, it's a big mistake to raise a turtle when the water level is shallow or not in the water after you buy it. Unless the basic conditions such as feeding environment and water level are well done, turtles will never eat. The correct feeding environment is the biggest factor that determines whether it can eat normally. The lowest water level for correct feeding at ordinary times is 10- 15cm.

First of all, we should pay attention to the basic environment of raising turtles. First, don't choose round containers to raise turtles. Round containers are not suitable for keeping turtles. It will cause it to want to climb out every day, and there is visual impairment. It is inevitable to always want to climb out ~! If the daily feeding container is a circular washbasin, or a circular container such as a circular water tank and fish tank ~! And if the water level is below 10cm, the ultra-low water level will make many turtles want to climb out of this environment, and they don't like this environment very much ~! To solve the impatience of the Brazilian tortoise and make its daily life happier and healthier, a spacious rectangular feeding container is essential ~! Moreover, the most basic necessary conditions, such as water level and feeding environment, must be correct and reasonable.

There are many rumors and incorrect statements on the internet, and even more people make rumors through hearsay. Some people will say that the water level should be at least at the bottom of the back and the tortoise should be completely submerged, which is basically in line with reality. Some people will say that the feeding method is very wrong, such as putting the water level at the end of the turtle, or even raising it several times a day. There are different opinions about right and wrong, which has caused great doubts to the novice breeders who don't know how to raise turtles.

Many novice breeders will have a very unrealistic misunderstanding after being misled, fearing that turtles will drown easily. Therefore, I dare not raise the water level for fear of drowning. Gradually, this vicious circle will continue, and if it continues to be wrongly raised at the low water level, it will become weaker and weaker. It won't eat normally, and gradually the tortoise will die.

Don't worry about water level. Turtles are natural aquatic animals, and both young and adult turtles can swim in rivers and lakes. They live in lakes and rivers in the natural environment every day, and the water level is 3-4m deep, so the water level is easy for them, and it is also an ideal environment for daily breeding and habitat. There is no need to worry about the water level in artificial breeding, which will not pose any threat to turtles. Even in aquariums with fish culture depth and shallow ponds with outdoor water depth of 1-2 meters, turtle ponds can adapt well without any problems. This is much shallower than lakes and rivers in the natural environment. It is necessary to set up a floating island or floating platform for sunbathing and rest in daily life. Wild turtles in normal natural environment will use natural driftwood, stone platforms, banks of rivers and lakes as places to sunbathe and rest. The wrong environment, such as shallow water level, will lead to its refusal to eat, slow activity, poor mental state, loss of appetite and so on. Very unfavorable. Too low water level is not good, turtles usually live in the water, eating and excreting, which will cause a large number of bacteria to breed and do great harm ~!

There is no need to spread some opinions on the internet, just use the water that has been dry for a few days or overnight ~! That's meaningless, and it's not a good choice to solve the problem. Chemical additives and chlorine in tap water can be mixed and exchanged with chlorine removal solution or water quality stabilizer necessary for aquarium, and the problem is solved in an instant. It is also an essential aquarium product for raising turtles. Convenient and practical, Taobao, flower and bird market and aquarium market are all sold. Buying Debon or Aoshen brand water stabilizer works well. Don't let the water hang overnight or for a few days, especially in this hot summer. If the water is left hanging overnight or for a few days, and the water quality is not fresh for a long time, the bacteria in the water will multiply and the water will go bad. This is much more harmful than chlorine in tap water, and it does more harm than good. It's like picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelon, and you can't tell your priorities, not to mention the water quality in many places is not that bad.

Now is the time when turtles consume the most in a year, and it is also the most active season for them to eat normally (May-September every year). In a suitable feeding environment, turtles have no so-called adaptation period. When buying turtles from vendors, eating normally and taking the initiative is an important criterion for selecting turtles ~! At this time of year, if the tortoise doesn't eat for several days in a row, the tortoise's physical consumption is very large ~! In the same period, the proportion of physical consumption is also 2-3.5 times that of March in spring. Turtles don't enter the water for more than 3 days, or are raised at the wrong shallow water level, such as using the ultra-low wrong water level or even less than 5cm ~! The water of active cells in the body will be gradually consumed, and the physique and activity will be greatly reduced ~!

A cold-blooded reptile like a tortoise can't die even if it doesn't eat for a few days, so it is relatively hungry. But it doesn't mean that its metabolic mechanism is slow, it is hungry, and it can't eat normally on time every day ~! ! This feeding is extremely wrong ~! ! First of all, the turtle can't eat on time every day, and there is no energy-consuming food intake, so ketone bodies will appear in the body and gradually decompose the energy, fat and muscle tissue stored in the body. Long-term irregular feeding will do great harm to the liver and digestive system. It is impossible for turtles to grow well and be in good health, let alone raise a healthy and strong turtle. After ketone bodies appear in the body that can't eat on time in daily life, the body will gradually decompose its own fat and muscle tissue and convert it into energy, which will make the turtle's own weight lower, its constitution worse and its own weakness more and more. It also has a great influence on the normal metabolic mechanism, endocrine system and immune system of the body, making the body more prone to illness ~! Moreover, his own constitution is very weak and his posture is very poor. He is a typical sub-health turtle ~! In a vicious circle, the tortoise will die soon without a good constitution, let alone live to the ideal standard age ~! On the internet, there are many kinds of incorrect statements in society. I feel that the tortoise is hungry, so I can't die without a meal. I just fish for three days and dry the net for two days, and feed it irregularly. There is no guarantee that the tortoise will feed on time every day. There is no guarantee for the healthy growth of turtles. Feed it at least twice a day at 7: 00 a.m. and at night 17. In a good and correct feeding environment, healthy turtles will take the initiative to eat and control their food intake well ~! If you are full, you won't eat by yourself. The tortoise's overall intelligence is still good, and it won't die because of eating too much like goldfish and other invertebrates. It can control its food intake. Its own autonomic nerve also has the ability to control and adjust ~! Feeding on time and according to points every day, ensuring good and sufficient food is also the basis of raising turtles ~!

Feeding fresh fry, shrimp, live shrimp and live breadworm are the most suitable foods for soft-shelled turtles, who like to eat them very much. Don't choose to sell turtle food. Not every turtle can adapt to the tortoise food promoted by vendors, and the nutritional level is not good, which can not arouse the turtle's appetite ~! It is also very common for turtles to refuse to eat turtle food ~! All peddlers cheat people to make money.

Cut the small fish into several pieces, and cut them into appropriate sizes to eat. Put it in water with tweezers or toothpicks and feed it slowly and patiently in front of its nose and face ~! Or put it in water, put it in front of it and let it feed on its own. For some turtles, and the little turtle directly puts the whole fish into the water, it won't eat it. You need to cut it into several pieces and cut it into a size suitable for it to eat in one bite. The same is true for shrimp. Peel off the head and tail of the shrimp, cut it into small pieces, put it in water or feed it. Don't feed turtles with the meat of domestic animals such as pig lean meat, because there are many parasites inside, which are easy to get sick. There are also many shellfish parasites such as snails, and food parasites are very harmful to soft-shelled turtles.

Usually, we should give priority to fresh fish and shrimp food. Like cooked meat and ham sausage, you must never eat it indiscriminately ~! Be sure to pay attention to some necessary knowledge ~! First, don't feed the tortoise salty food, such as salty shrimp, dried fish sausage and so on ~! ! After sodium chloride (salt) is ingested, it will cause edema and renal function damage. Turtle should definitely avoid salt intake ~! It's a little salty ~! Similarly, the rice we usually eat, all kinds of cooked food, rice, steamed bread and bread are not suitable for turtles. Keeping a turtle is different from keeping a cat or a dog. It cannot adapt to what people eat every day.

Don't feed the tortoise with domestic animals (cattle, sheep, pigs, animal livers and viscera) and poultry (chickens and ducks), which have a lot of parasites, which are very harmful to the tortoise and will cause intestinal infection ~ Fresh fish and shrimp are the most suitable ~! Remember not to eat any cooked meat and salty food ~!

The temperature of water temperature is the most critical reason that affects the turtle's eating ~! Turtles are stubborn. If the water temperature can't reach the feeding standard, it won't eat even if it starved to death! This is the physiological characteristic of all turtles. So there is no fixed food intake, according to the changes of temperature and physical condition. Try to feed it well.

Keep turtles and feed them every day. The water temperature of 22-25 degrees is the most suitable, and it feels neither too cold nor too hot, just like the water temperature when drinking boiled water in summer. The water temperature at this temperature is very suitable for turtles' daily activities and eating. It is forbidden to feed and wash turtles with warm water, hot water or extremely cold water, which will cause pneumonia, stress reaction and other diseases, and the temperature difference will kill the turtles. Change the water every day and scrub the feeding container carefully ~! Ensure the cleanliness of water quality. Also note that it should be equal to the previous water temperature, and there should be no temperature difference, otherwise it will get sick.

Landlord, there should be enough water level and volume to raise it at ordinary times, and the feeding container can at least let it swim. Don't use washbasin or goldfish bowl, which is not suitable. There should be a spacious and clean rectangular turtle tank as its daily residence, so that turtles can live happily. Round containers are not suitable for keeping turtles. It will cause it to want to climb out every day, and it will be visually impaired. Even if it is temporary, it is much better to go to the supermarket to buy a rectangular non-toxic plastic box than to use a round basin fish tank. The lowest water level should be 15-20cm. Buy a floating platform or floating island, which is a necessary tool in the turtle tank ~! So it can climb ashore to rest by itself. I won't stay in the water all the time. If I want to come up, I will go ashore to bask in the sun. Don't disturb it artificially, control it to go ashore to bask in the sun.

It is most suitable to put the turtle container in a place where the house can receive regular sunlight every day. Turtles can also receive mild sunlight regularly every day to ensure their healthy growth and enhance their physique. Avoid exposure to the sun in outdoor, balcony and other places with strong sunshine intensity. Too much sunshine is not good for turtles. Put the turtle breeding container indoors through the window, where there is appropriate and moderate sunshine every day. This sunshine intensity is just right.

Usually, clean water must be used to raise turtles, and the feeding containers must be disinfected and cleaned on time to change water, otherwise it will cause

All kinds of diseases. It is very important to ensure clean water quality and sanitation, so as to prevent various diseases.

Under the premise of normal water, no food residue and no excrement, change the water on time every day ~! And carefully scrub the feeding container ~! Especially this season, it is a period of high incidence of diseases, water quality problems, and water should be changed every day.

After eating, there are leftovers in the excreted water and feces. Clean it up in time and change the water ~! In summer, turtles sometimes excrete 2-3 times a day. Change the water immediately after discovery, and brush the feeding container. Can't be lazy. Otherwise, you will definitely get sick if you soak in dung. Even if it is not reflected at that time, it will happen after a long time. Water quality hygiene is the basis of preventing the recurrence and occurrence of diseases.

Landlord, you should pay attention to that young turtles whose shell length is less than 15cm and weight is less than 300g-500g can't survive the winter safely after the temperature drops from 1 1! No adult turtle can hibernate safely for the winter like an adult turtle ~! That will consume you to death ~! Every year165438+1the period from mid-October to mid-March is the normal hibernation time of turtles. Even adult turtles must bear weight to confirm whether their weight reaches the standard before hibernation. Never hibernate blindly. Therefore, in the winter when the weather is not very warm, if the water temperature can't be guaranteed, the special heating rod for aquarium is the most common necessary tool for raising turtles, and it is also an indispensable tool for wintering and after the temperature drops. The purpose of using heating rods is not to heat water into warm water or hot water, and turtles are also forbidden to use warm water or hot water. The purpose is to raise the cold water in winter to a temperature that does not freeze to the bone, which is the same as the water temperature of cold water, instead of 22-25 degrees of ice water. Many people don't have the concept of temperature, and there will be great misunderstandings, thinking that water at 25 degrees is warm water, which is absolutely wrong ~! The temperature of a normal person is between 36 and 37 degrees. Only when the water temperature is close to or equal to our body temperature will we feel warm. The water temperature of 25 degrees is the feeling of standard cold water, just like the water temperature of swimming pool when swimming, but it is definitely not warm water ~! Because the normal temperature and water temperature in winter are very cold, both at 13- 15 degrees. 13- 15 degree water temperature, it feels like ice water and iced coke in summer. Therefore, turtles can't eat and move normally. The tortoise's eating and moving are based on the change of temperature. It will fall into a state of consumption due to low temperature drowsiness, and adult turtles can still survive, while small turtles have little chance of survival and are in danger of death. Therefore, a heating rod should be used to raise the water temperature to the same level as that in spring and summer, so that turtles can take the initiative to eat normally. Aquarium heating rods and boiling water heating rods are completely different. Taobao, flower and bird market and aquarium market are all available, and they are easy to buy. Choose good quality and reliable quality, not cheap ones. Note that the heating rod must be completely immersed in deep water ~! ! No part of the whole body can be exposed to the water, otherwise it will leak, which is very dangerous ~! Therefore, the water level is too shallow, for example, the water level is lower than 10cm, so it cannot be used safely. The hot and cold water temperature is the most unfavorable to soft-shelled turtle, and it is very easy to get sick. But with a heating rod, you don't have to worry about this problem. Set the temperature at 22-23 degrees. Turn off the heating rod when it is not used, so there will be no constant temperature effect. Just leave the power on. When it reaches the temperature, it will automatically turn off the power, and when it reaches the specified temperature, it will automatically start the power-on heating. Must be completely immersed in water, in the deep water area, so as to ensure the temperature control and safe use of the heating rod. In the future, the body length will be about 15cm when it grows up. Eat strong, it's cold in winter, and you can hibernate. If the house has heating, forget it. Don't take it outdoors either, or you'll freeze to death.

Turtles need to hibernate in water. Humid environment is very important, so you can't hibernate dry. Winter is very dry, the humidity is not suitable, it is easy to dehydrate and die, which is very costly to the body. Hibernate in water, which is also their way in the natural environment, instead of hibernating on land. There may be some shit at first, so you need to change it immediately after you find it, or you will get sick. Pay attention to changing water and carefully scrub the feeding container. There should be no temperature difference between water temperatures, and constant temperature water is needed. Otherwise, it will wake the tortoise and break its hibernation environment, which is very harmful to its health. In winter, cold water at normal temperature is enough, which is just the water temperature at which turtles hibernate. Then change the water every 1-2 weeks to ensure that the water quality is sanitary and clean during hibernation and will not get sick.

Real hibernation if the room has heating, it won't work. Although it seems to hibernate with eyes closed, it is actually not a real hibernation state, but a shallow sleep state caused by a dry environment. It is essentially different from hibernation. If the air conditioner is often turned on at home or there is heating in the room, the tortoise will not hibernate at this temperature. Never take it outdoors, it will freeze to death. The temperature difference between day and night is huge. The tortoise is not cold-resistant and can't stand the cold in the north. Feeding should be done as usual, fresh fish and shrimp should be fed regularly, water should be changed as usual and feeding containers should be carefully scrubbed to ensure the sanitation of feeding environment and water quality and prevent turtles from getting sick.

If the landlord is in the south and there is no room with heating and air conditioning, the tortoise can hibernate. Don't put it outdoors either, it will freeze. You don't need to bask in the sun when you hibernate, it will wake you up. Hibernation requires a quiet environment without strong light. The landlord must pay attention to 1 week or more-stop feeding 2 weeks before hibernation and let it naturally excrete the remaining feces in the body. This is very important. If there is fecal residue in the intestine, it will cause obstruction and the consequences will be very serious.

I hope your turtle can grow up healthily ~!