How do Brazilian turtles survive the winter?

Now more and more people begin to keep turtles as pets. Brazilian turtles are the most popular pet turtles on the market. Brazilian turtles hibernate in winter, so how do Brazilian turtles survive the winter?

First, the feeding box provides a comfortable environment

Brazilian turtles need to maintain a warm environment all the time in winter, and because they keep swimming and crawling, it is difficult to find a warm place to hold them at home, so they need a relatively spacious but thermostatic feeding box. For tortoises, you can prepare some dry leaves in the feeding box, or use a loosened newspaper instead, and sprinkle some water on the newspaper every few days to keep the environment moist.

Tortoises use lamps to provide nutritional support

For Brazilian turtles, sunlight is the best light source. Owners are advised to take turtles outdoors to bask in the sun on sunny afternoons. at the same time, in order to ensure that turtles can get enough nutrients, they should also install reptile lamps at home, so as to increase appetite. Both have an important effect on turtle calcium absorption. This kind of lamp should be bought from a store that specializes in reptiles.

Third, heating pad to regulate physiological function

Brazilian turtles, like other reptiles, are exothermic animals and cannot adjust their body temperature by themselves. When they appear as pets in a room with the same temperature, they can no longer regulate their body temperature. But for the tortoise, the enzyme in the body needs a higher temperature to digest food and metabolize, and the principle of the heating pad is similar to the electric blanket we use in winter, which can raise the temperature in a small area. When the tortoise lies on it, the body temperature rises, thus successfully completing its physiological function.

Fourth, calcium powder and vitamins to supplement physical fitness

For Brazilian turtles, health is particularly important this season. As domestic pets, the food sources of Brazilian turtles are naturally not as rich as those consumed in the wild, so owners need to inject some calcium powder and vitamins from time to time to avoid diseases caused by lack of nutrients in tortoises. For tortoises, the food they need is mainly fruits and vegetables, while small Brazilian turtles with various eating habits also need a comprehensive supplement of turtle feed, small fish, shrimp and other food. as adult turtles tend to be vegetarian, you can try fruits and vegetables to survive the winter.

Brazilian turtles can easily live in winter, so breeding should be very careful, otherwise Brazilian turtles will die if they are not careful.