How do flower turtles spend the winter?

Flower turtles generally refer to Chinese flower turtles, also known as spotted turtles, pearl turtles, long-tailed turtles, and Taiwan grass turtles. They are freshwater turtles that are often raised as pet turtles. How does the tortoise spend the winter? How do you usually raise it?

First, how do flower turtles spend the winter?

Flower turtles spend the winter through hibernation. From November to April, when the temperature is below 15 degrees, the tortoise gradually stops eating and begins to hibernate. Flower turtles can not leave the water when hibernating, otherwise they will get sick and die from water loss.

Second, how to raise turtles?

1. Selection of seedlings

It is best to choose to raise from the seedlings, or in the back armor less than 10 cm of the tortoise, so that there is more room for growth.

two。 Water quality

Chinese flower turtles have higher requirements for water quality. if they are raised directly with tap water, they are easy to suffer from rotten skin, rotten nail and other diseases. it is best to expose tap water for more than 2 days. And when the weather is clear, let the turtles bask in the sun.

3. Feed

Feeding is also very important, you can mainly feed some shrimp, which is conducive to the cultivation of red-shell turtles. Astaxanthin in shrimp is the reason why some animals such as salmon and flamingos are red. It can be dried shrimp or, if possible, you can cultivate black-shelled shrimp for turtles to prey on their own.

It is also a way to provide some hair color turtle food properly. Hair color turtle food, such as German color, may be helpful to the red shell culture of flower turtles.

4. Light

Often basking in the sun is good for the health of turtles, and it can effectively prevent the appearance of rotten skin and rotten nails. Often accept the baptism of the sun, can make the turtle back nail pigmentation, shell color more and more close to the original ecology.