How to raise a small water turtle

Small water turtles are usually called pet turtles. Turtles belong to the turtle family. Most turtles are carnivorous and feed on worms, snails, shrimp and small fish, so how to raise small water turtles?

First, the living habits of turtles

Turtles belong to reptiles, turtles, is one of the common turtles, the body has a very strong carapace, when attacked, the turtle can pull its head, tail and limbs back into the shell (except sea turtles and crocodile turtles).

Turtles often live in rivers, lakes or ponds. Under natural conditions, young turtles are hatched in 50 to 80 days. After coming out of their shells, the young turtles can live independently. The sex of hatched turtles is controlled by temperature. When the temperature is 25 ℃, the hatched young turtles are male, and the hatched young turtles above 28 ℃ are female.

Second, how to raise small water turtles?

1. Feeding: it can be fed with turtle food, and then add small fish, insects and other food to increase nutrition for turtles.

2. Environment: water turtles are not strict with the environment. As long as they are flat-bottomed containers, they can be raised, but half water and half land are needed in the containers to provide water for turtles to rest.

3. Change the water: you need to change the water regularly, and keep the water temperature of about 25 ℃ for raising small water turtles.

III. Matters needing attention in raising

1. The tortoise is gentle and timid. It should keep quiet around the breeding environment so as not to affect the turtle's normal activities such as eating and basking in the sun.

2. Before hibernation, check the growth of the tortoise, add more feed to the weak, and feed the turtle more food, so that the tortoise can accumulate a large amount of nutrients, grow strong and survive the winter safely.

3. Some turtles don't know how to eat when they are young. At this time, you can grab its left paw, pull it out, then grab its right paw, pull it slightly together, and it will stick out its head and gently clip its head in the left and right directions. when it opens its mouth, shove the shrimp (food) in, and it will know what to eat.