The basic method is: 1, the depth of the water, let it float on the water surface and tiptoe to the bottom.
2, water temperature, about 20 degrees, when changing water, the temperature difference does not exceed 5 degrees (temperature change will lead to turtle pneumonia-the most deadly disease) 3, environment, keep the water clean (unclear water quality will lead to turtle white eye disease) 4, food, lean meat (meat needs less fat, turtle's ability to metabolize fat is limited, and overweight meat will lead to turtle fat metabolism disorder), shrimp, small fish, bananas and cucumbers. There should be small islands, such as living in water, so that they can bask in their shells. 6. Turtles should have enough time to dry their shells every day, otherwise they will suffer from diseases such as soft shell disease and parasites, and drying their shells will also help turtles digest.
2. Common sense of raising turtles
Landlord, if you want to keep your turtle well every day, let it actively eat and grow sturdily, 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, I can't swallow it at all ~! This is a feeding mistake and common sense blind spot that novices love to make ~! Feed with low water or no water every day, so it is impossible for turtles to eat ~! The dry feeding or feeding water level is very shallow every day. Even if the feeding water level is lower than 5cm, turtles can't eat normally even if they starve to death ~! ! Except for a few semi-ze turtles and tortoises that are not common at ordinary times, they can be eaten at low water level and on land ~! All other turtles must be in the water, relying on the resistance of the water to swallow and eat normally.
Daily wrong dry feeding or wrong low-level feeding is the most common and extremely wrong feeding method among novice turtles! It is also the most common mistake and blind spot for beginners ~! Usually, turtles can't eat normally if they are raised at low water level or in dry conditions. Even if you put food in front of it and put it on its mouth, the turtle will be completely indifferent ~! I don't eat at all ~ After buying back the turtle, I want the turtle to eat well as soon as possible every day.
Correct feeding environment and water level are the most critical factors for turtles to eat normally every day. ! Daily mistakes do not enter the water, or the water level is very shallow or even has not passed. Turtles will not eat normally even if they starve to death, and their mental state and activity will be poor every day ~! My body is getting weaker every day, and I pretend to sleep with my eyes closed most of the time every day to minimize my consumption. There is no healthy activity in daily life until the final consumption and death ~! Daily wrong dry feeding or low-level feeding will have a great impact on their normal activities, emotions and eating, and the body's resistance will drop, making them prone to illness and death.
The following is a summary of my original experience in raising turtles for many years ~! No copy. Please take a closer look, I hope you can raise the turtle and let it grow healthily and sturdily ~! 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. ! The most basic and necessary conditions, such as feeding environment and water level, are not done well, and the turtle can't eat normally at all ~! ! My own state will never get better ~! The correct feeding environment and water level are the biggest factors that determine whether it can eat normally. The lowest water level for proper feeding should be 10- 15cm.
After buying a soft-shelled turtle, we should first raise it correctly and let it eat normally as soon as possible, which is also the most basic condition for it to survive well. If you can't eat normally for a few days, it will become more and more anorexia and poor appetite. The longer it takes, the harder it is to feed.
If you can't eat normally every day, the fat and muscle tissue stored in your body will start to metabolize and then die. 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 ~! ! 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 ~! Only three kinds of turtles are sold 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 more than 20 yuan, while Brazilian turtles are only a few dollars, only a dozen dollars, which is cheaper than grass turtles and flower turtles in China. Therefore, it is also the most popular and common turtle, and more than 90% people buy Brazilian turtles.
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 feature that enables them to be used in low water level or waterless land.
3. What is the common sense of geomantic omen in raising turtles?
There are two ways to raise turtles. One is to put them in a specific environment, such as a fish tank or basin.
The other is to let the tortoise walk around the house. Walking turtles are called "evil turtles" in Feng Shui.
Because turtles are sacred things, it is best to keep them in fish tanks in the direction of fire or in places that need to be positive, such as near the gate. The location of fire can be determined according to family members, for example, men want the fire to be placed in the northwest, women want the fire to be placed in the southwest, and so on.
Turtles walking at home will absorb microorganisms in the air, and their vitality is very tenacious, and they can grow up healthily without special care. If family members are not too jealous of fire, keeping a turtle at home and letting it suck microbes is also one of the ways to improve home feng shui.
I have a little turtle, and I want to know something about raising turtles. Can you tell me?
The young turtles after hatching are very delicate, so they should be raised separately and carefully managed.
Generally, another cement pool is built, one third of which is inland and two thirds is water. At the same time, feed concentrate such as cooked protein, egg yolk, cooked noodles, rice, broken fish and shrimp, etc. Generally, it is best for young turtles to spend the winter separately from adult turtles.
Most of the wintering methods for young turtles are to put a small wooden tray indoors with 20-30 cm thick sand, put the young turtles into the sand, and then sprinkle 0 on the young turtles. 5 cm thick spun yarn, covered with gauze and sprayed with warm water, can survive the winter safely.
Adult turtles have a wide range of food habits, including small fish, shrimp, snails, mussels, vegetables, rice, wheat and so on. Generally, when the water temperature rises above 15 degrees, it begins to eat.
June-September is the peak period of food intake, and the food intake starts to decrease from 165438+ 10. When the water temperature drops below 15 degrees, it goes into hibernation.
The temperature is low in spring and autumn, and the feeding time is 8-9 am. In midsummer, turtles move in the morning and evening, and feeding should be at 4-5 pm. Turtles swallow edema when eating.
Turtles swallow about 4% of their body weight and should be fed every other day. Clean up the leftovers in time after feeding to prevent pollution from causing harm. Change the water frequently to keep the water fresh.
The growth of turtles is related to the quality of feeding. Generally, animals are often fed with bait, which can increase their weight by about 50 grams per month. The main enemies of the tortoise are snakes, water rats, weasels and wild cats.
In summer, turtles often move at night, and mice and weasels also go in and out at night. Although the tortoise is protected by a hard shell, it is still easy to be killed by the enemy. In addition, when turtle eggs deteriorate, they often attract a large number of ants, endangering eggs and young turtles, which is extremely unfavorable to turtle reproduction.
Therefore, we must pay attention to destroying these enemies, so that the cultured soft-shelled turtles can obtain a good ecological environment, which is conducive to the reproduction and growth of soft-shelled turtles. The turtle association in Bishan, the construction of turtle pond, the living habits of turtles, the breeding methods of small turtles, Greek turtles and turtle culture (II). The relevant departments reminded that buying turtles as pets is suspected of committing a crime. These turtles were reborn twice in 33 years. Cameroon launched a turtle adoption tourism project. For more details, see.
5. Who can tell me something about keeping turtles?
Jiucaigui is an exotic species, also known as oil-colored turtle and red-banded turtle, which was introduced to China in 1997.
At first glance, it looks like a yellow-throated turtle, but it's actually very different. First of all, it is not a turtle, and then it has two very rare characteristic spots: first, the ridge of the back shaft is a uniform red longitudinal coarse spot line, just like a red flag covered on the back, and all the shields on the back of the turtle are sewn into red lines, which is very eye-catching; The second is a milky white or yellow abdomen, with a diamond-shaped black spot near the tail (lower abdomen), with neat boundaries and the whole abdomen is very eye-catching. These two color characteristic spots are very rare in many turtles, almost like the uniform color of printing, without any mixed color.
There are many colorful spots around the back edge, such as red, black, green, yellow and white, which are very beautiful. The ornamental value is really one of the best.
The nine-color turtle is similar to the seven-color turtle and the yellow-throated turtle in other respects, and has no peculiar smell. Red Box Turtle Red Box Turtle is a rare turtle species unique to China, also called Yellow Box Turtle.
Southerners call them rich turtles and lucky turtles. Hong Kong and Macao are also known as red golden headed turtles.
Red turtle has its own characteristics: its back shell bulges, and when it retracts into the shell, its head, tail and limbs are folded up and down, like a gourd ladle or a piece of red jade, which is very beautiful. The top of the head is smooth and golden yellow with irregular black spots and yellow iris around the eyes.
There are stroke-like pattern marks on the back, which are symmetrical left and right. The abdominal nail is divided into two parts: black and brown.
This kind of turtle can be raised in dry land and is not afraid of high temperature, so it is not suitable for long-term breeding below zero. If it is above 1℃, it is absolutely safe. Eating habits like animal feed.
No peculiar smell. In other respects, it is the same as the yellow-edged turtle introduced by the golden head turtle, which can be used for reference.
Flame turtle and flame turtle originated in the United States and were introduced to China in 1996. The yellow pattern on this turtle rises like a flame, surrounded by several pieces, and the head spot is also like a flame.
Bold, active, fast growth and development, gain 30-40 grams a month, eat miscellaneous food. Lively but not fighting.
Artificial farming will not freeze to death above zero, and 42℃ is also very lively. This turtle has a distinctive appearance, bright colors and a red belly.
No peculiar smell. This kind of turtle has high edible, medicinal and ornamental value, and other aspects can be referred to as yellow-throated turtle.
Elephant turtle, also known as Burmese turtle, is a kind of tortoise, weighing up to 4-5 kg. It likes vegetarian food, mainly fruits, vegetables and grass, and also eats meat. Strong heat resistance, fear of low temperature, 1-45℃ safety.
Elephant * * * is light yellow, with symmetrical scales at the top, pure kiss, slightly curved upper beak and pink or light yellow nostrils. The carapace is tall and long, like the back of an elephant.
There is a big black spot in the center of the back shield. The anterior edge of the abdominal nail is thick and the posterior notch is deep.
The limbs are cylindrical, with scales on the surface, grayish brown and no webbed toes. There is no unusual taste.
Saw-edge Turtle The saw-edge turtle originated in China, also known as the square turtle and the third-line closed-shell turtle, and some places are called the money turtle and the third-line money turtle. The main feature is that there are three black ridges (raised ridges) on the back, and the carapace is red, yellow or brown.
The bellybutton can be tilted (broken). The trailing edge has eight teeth, so it is also called octagonal turtle.
The upper beak hook is curved and the eyes are larger. Sometimes some species have red eyes, also known as red-eyed turtles.
The abdominal armor is yellow, and the thoracic shield is connected with the abdominal shield through ligaments, but it can only be half closed. There are flat scales on the limbs.
This turtle is a dry turtle and seldom goes into the water. In winter, it is safer to keep it above one degree Celsius. It can be kept indoors, but it is not afraid of high temperature.
You can refer to the golden head turtle in culture. Golden-headed box turtle is a protected animal in China. It has a long head, a golden back, big eyes and a slightly curved upper jaw.
The carapace is reddish brown with yellow spots. The carapace is yellow, and there are basically symmetrical black spots on the shield.
The back nail and abdominal nail, chest shield and abdominal shield are all connected by ligaments. The back of the limbs is grayish brown, the abdomen is golden yellow, and there are webbed fingers and toes.
Aquatic turtle, no peculiar smell, gentle personality. /kloc-hibernate below 0/0℃, eat normally at 20℃, omnivorous.
So do other yellow-throated turtles. Concave tortoise Concave tortoise is a kind of protected animal in China, also known as King Tortoise.
The biggest feature of this turtle is that there are several conical leathery spines on both sides of its tail, two of which are particularly thick, with pale yellow carapace and black spots. The center of each shield is sunken inward, the front and rear edges of the carapace are serrated, and the rear edge is obvious. The abdominal nail is flat and light yellow.
The scales on the top of the head are large and pale yellow, and the center of the upper beak is slightly serrated. The limbs are thick and scaly, and there are no webbed fingers and toes.
When the enemy is injured or frightened, he often makes a "shout" or "gasp" sound. I like drinking water, eating fruits such as cucumbers, apples and bananas, and sometimes eating meat.
It is safe to raise at the temperature of 5-45℃, and dry farming is also possible, but it should be eaten above 25℃ when raising. For example, a turtle weighing 3 kilograms can feed a cucumber a day. Scarabs (Scarabs) Scarabs and Scarabs are varieties of two kinds of turtles. Their skin is whiter or yellower than that of turtles, sometimes yellow or even golden yellow, with yellow lines between their shields.
It smells bad, but it's not as strong as a turtle. The color of the abdomen is not so black.
Marginal plate turtle Marginal plate turtle is also called Marginal plate turtle, which is native to South Asia and alias Indian turtle. The head is small, and the soft snout is very short, less than half the diameter of the eye.
Its carapace is approximately rectangular, its skin is like leather, there are no wart grains at the front and back edges, and its skirt is extremely short. The cervical shield is movable and closed with the front edge of the abdominal nail; The abdominal nail is flat and the front edge is semicircular. There are a pair of fan-shaped fleshy leaves on the inside of the hind limb fossa. When the hind limb retracts into the shell, the whole abdominal nail can be folded with the dorsal nail.
There are three claws on the inside of limbs, and webbed fingers and toes. The tail is short, the whole body is olive, and the abdomen is milky white or light yellow.
Marginal tortoises like quiet and are afraid of being disturbed. The same habits as turtles.
Chinese flower turtle, zebra turtle Chinese flower turtle, also known as flower turtle, commonly known as zebra turtle, is an aquatic turtle with a maximum weight of 750 grams. Because its neck and limbs have vertical yellow and black stripes, it looks like wearing a yellow and black wicker shirt and a zebra's body.
When it stretches its neck, it looks like a zebra, which is very interesting. Its back is similar to that of the yellow-throated turtle, with little difference, but its color is not as bright as that of the yellow-throated turtle, mainly brown. Abdominal nails are yellow with patches.
Aquatic plants and other plants in the center of hi-habitat waters mainly feed on animal feed. The vitality is also very strong.
This turtle has no peculiar smell. The feeding methods and environmental conditions are basically the same as those of the yellow-throated water turtle.
Green turtles can also be farmed. Zebra turtles have obvious round spots on their backs when they are young, and there are other characteristics.
The real name of the scarab is the third-line red-edged shell turtle, also known as the red-edged turtle, which belongs to the southern scarab. Head.
6. Some knowledge of turtle breeding (preferably your own experience, not online)
Turtles are divided into water turtles and dry turtles, and their feeding methods are very different. It seems that the map turtle is a water turtle. It is best to give them a certain amount of water, but not higher than the turtle shell. It is best to have sand, and sometimes it is good to take it with you to bask in the sun. There is no need to keep it in the sun.
Map turtles are omnivores and generally eat meat. Because in nature, it eats mollusks, such as insects, crayfish, worms, aquatic plants, and sometimes fish and carrion.
You can also feed lean meat (chopped) or small fish at home. I used to raise turtles and never bought turtle food. I bought it from the market.
When feeding the meat, hand it a toothpick. It's fun. When it bites, it will quickly put the toothpick * * (otherwise it will bite, sometimes dragging a meter-! Remember to wrap it in cloth in winter and don't immerse it in water. Also, your turtle is very small, so be careful not to let it fall into the toilet (my friend tried and didn't catch it, so he had to flush it directly).
7. Some knowledge about raising small turtles
Hehe, generally, that kind of little turtle is difficult to feed, just like the chicken we bought at the school gate when we were young, which is difficult to adapt to the environment and was finally "sacrificed" in our hands. I suggest you read some knowledge about raising turtles.
I found some for you. Take a look: many people want to keep turtles, because they all think turtles are fun, lively and quiet, and they need little space. Many friends have raised them, but few have raised them well. They are all bought and raised according to the method suggested by pet dealers. Unfortunately, they died soon after. This shows that although turtles are more vital than most pets, they are not as easy to raise as many innocent turtles thought. 1. Optional article: There are several pet turtles, such as Mississippi red-eared turtle, yellow-throated turtle, Burmese turtle and crocodile turtle. The most common and only species I have ever raised is Mississippi red-eared turtle, which is beautiful in color, moderate in individual size and easy to raise, so I recommend you to buy this kind of turtle.
Yellow-throated turtles are big and ugly, and are generally used to breed green turtles. Burmese turtles are rare and have different habits from water turtles. Therefore, if you put them in water, they will die. When buying a turtle, you must ask whether it is a turtle or a water turtle, so as not to be cheated by profiteers. As for the snapping turtle, its appearance is more individual, but it is more fierce. Be careful to hurt you after raising it. 2. Daily life: It is also important for the tortoise to build a new home for it, because someone raised the tortoise in a fish tank and drowned it. Don't laugh, it's true. First, the Mississippi red-eared turtle is a reptile, not a fish. It draws oxygen directly from the air, not from the water, so your new home for it should consider its breathing convenience. That kind of deep fish tank is not suitable. Especially when the turtle is filled with water, it must swim very hard to the surface and stick its head out for air. After a long time, physical exhaustion will drown. Moreover, this fish tank is long and narrow, which is not conducive to turtle activities. Because its activity radius is not large, you can use a spittoon-shaped round fish tank for keeping goldfish, but the mouth of this fish tank is relatively small, which is not conducive to observation and teasing turtles. The small basin is also quite good. I use the glass device used in the chemistry laboratory. Putting a stone in the middle of the fish tank is for turtles to rest in the sun, because turtles can't keep soaking in water, otherwise their bodies will be seriously affected and even their shells will rot! The size of the stone is larger than that of the tortoise, accounting for about one-sixth of the area of the fish tank, and the height is slightly higher than that of two turtles piled up. The top should be flat, of course, water should be added to the fish tank, and the water surface should be slightly lower than the stone surface. Because turtles don't breathe in the water, the requirements for water are far below the standards for fish farming. As long as the water is not too turbid and smelly, fish tanks should not be placed in dark places such as corners and bathrooms, and it is best to put them in quiet places where sunlight can shine.
3. Diet: What does the tortoise eat? Many profiteers who buy and sell pets recommend "special turtle food". When I got back, I found that turtles didn't like eating, or even didn't eat at all. In fact, those so-called "turtle food" are basically cheating money. In order to make money, profiteers only sell you garbage that turtles don't eat. They are eager to buy another one as soon as you die, so don't buy the so-called "turtle" recommended by profiteers when buying a turtle. Sisby red-eared turtle mainly eats meat, such as small fish, shrimp, loach, earthworm and insects. I often give a fly a snack when I kill it. Generally, newly bought turtles have weak eating ability and won't prey on live food, so you need to feed them a little at this time. Be patient when feeding it. Cut the fresh meat into mung beans, clamp them with tweezers and slowly reach the front of the turtle's nose. It will smell carefully before eating. Practice makes perfect. Generally, it is enough to feed one cigarette butt at a time. When you are young, you should feed it three or four times a week to make it adapt to the environment quickly, because it will sleep when it is hungry for a long time, while the turtle who is too young often won't wake up when sleeping, so you should feed it more to prevent it from sleeping. When it's bigger than a matchbox, you usually eat it yourself. It can put some small ones at this time. Don't put too much, or you will kill a lot but don't eat it, so the water will stink as long as it is put for one day at most, and the same is true for feeding meat. Don't waste it and don't feed it as much as possible, or it will collapse. My turtle used to tilt its head and limbs back, which is very funny. I vomited several times, showing how worthless the turtle is! Overfeeding will make turtles grow too fast. It's not fun and cute when it grows up, unless you save it for eating, hehe! I have a friend who bought a turtle with me. I ended up feeding too much. In less than two years, it grew to the size of a bowl. All the patterns on my body are gone, which is very ugly. It also makes a gasping sound, like a dinosaur. When I was that big, I could eat a basin of loach in a week, which shows its horror. So when I grow up, I can feed it once a week. It's best to feed some small fish to make its shell grow harder. 4. Daily life: Turtles will encounter some special physiological phenomena during their growth, which will have a great impact if they are not handled properly, among which molting is the one that impressed me the most.
Turtles and snakes are close relatives, so they shed their skin, but unlike snakes, turtle scales will also fall off! ! My turtle shed its skin when it was about four years old. There was no digital camera at that time, so I didn't record this strange appearance. What I want to warn you here is that you should not help it artificially in the process of molting, it will take care of itself. I just don't know that "helping" it has caused lifelong harm to it. I'm here to apologize to this poor turtle. Here, I will carefully introduce what your turtle looks like when it molts. /reading? Most turtles are very docile.
8. What should I pay attention to when raising turtles?
Turtles are easy to raise, and ours are easy to raise.