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How can Burmese tortoises grow?

Published: 2024-12-22 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/12/22, Burmese tortoises live mainly in Guangxi and Yunnan. It is also one of the most common tortoises on the market. Because Burmese tortoises taste good, Burmese tortoises are often caught and sold as game. Guide

Burmese tortoises live mainly in Guangxi and Yunnan. It is also one of the most common tortoises on the market. Because Burmese tortoises taste good, Burmese tortoises are often caught and sold as game. As a result, the number of tortoises in Myanmar has been greatly reduced.

How to raise Burmese tortoises

1. Feeding: in terms of food, Burmese turtles are vegetarian and eat mainly vegetables and fruits, which are better than 7:3 (more vegetables and less fruits). They usually use red or cucumbers, apples and other foods to entice Burmese sea turtles to eat. Although they like apples, they may have indigestion, so they can't eat too much.

2. Water: although Burmese tortoises are tortoises, they also need to prepare a container for water in the breeding container, which is not too deep but must be big enough to accommodate Burmese tortoises (the water must be trapped for a day). Because Burmese tortoises need to bathe frequently, it is necessary to ensure the cleanliness of Burmese tortoises.

3. Feeding container: the container can be placed in a fish tank or wooden box. The container may not be too high, but it should be as spacious as possible. It should be more than three times the length of a Burmese tortoise.

4. Lighting: the breeding of Burmese tortoises is important because Burmese tortoises need lighting to keep warm. Ordinary light bulbs can be used as lighting equipment and heat source for Burmese tortoises. Ultraviolet rays also need to provide ultraviolet rays for Burmese tortoises because they need to absorb ultraviolet rays to supplement vitamin D3. Of course, if you shine sunlight on a Burmese tortoise, you can kill two birds with one stone.

How big can Burmese tortoises grow?

1. The length of adult toenail of Burmese tortoise is more than 20cm, and the longest is about 40cm. The head is medium, with a pair of forehead scales and a large, often divided forehead scale at the top of the head, the other scales are small and irregular; the snout is short, and the upper jaw has three serrations. The back is high and the armour is long, there is a neck shield, the spine is flat; the hip shield is single, wrapped downward.

2. The abdominal nail is large, the front edge is flat and thick, and the posterior edge is deeply engraved. Stout limbs, flat and round forelimbs, cylindrical hind limbs; 5 claws of forelimbs; no webbed between fingers and toes. The tail is short, with a claw-shaped horny process at the end, and the male is well developed. In life, the head is yellowish green to grayish white, the body is yellowish brown, each shield has irregular black patches (some have no plaques); the limbs are covered with scales, the scales are yellowish green to yellowish brown, with irregular black spots.

How many years can Burmese tortoises live?

1. The lifespan of Burmese tortoises is generally 30-50 years. Burmese tortoises are classified into reptiles, soft-shelled turtles and land turtles. The turtle lives mainly in tropical and subtropical mountainous and hilly areas with strong heat resistance. The staple food is plant-based bait, which feeds on plant stems, leaves, fruits, etc. The life span is generally 30-40 years, and it can be raised well for hundreds of years; the size is generally about 30 centimeters, and some are more than 40 centimeters.

2. Elephant tortoises are Galapagos tortoises. The lifespan of Burmese tortoises is 30-50, which is not very long. Tortoises in 40-60 years may have something to do with your breed and environmental conditions. The so-called tortoise of more than 100 years refers to the calculation method of growth pattern, but it is not accurate in practice. The age of tortoises is still under study.

How long can Burmese tortoises breed?

1 or 4 years old can mate and lay eggs, male and female turtles can reproduce in 4 years, the age can be judged by the growth pattern on the shell is one year old. Turtles reproduce for spawning. When the female weighs about 250 grams and the gonads are mature, the turtles (with the exception of sea turtles) begin to mate in late spring and early summer at a temperature of about 25 degrees Celsius.

2. Before mating, the male tortoise chases the female tortoise or turns around the female tortoise. After a long time, the male climbs onto the female tortoise's back, grabs both sides of the female tortoise's back with his forelimbs, bites the female's neck with his mouth, and sometimes hits the female turtle with the back of his abdominal shell. The mating time is about 10 minutes.

Burmese tortoises like to live in pomelo forests with high humidity, so if Burmese tortoises are raised in captivity, be sure to give them a relatively good humidity.

 
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