How to raise the western golden turtle

Western brocade turtles are small, flat, oval-shaped water turtles ranging in color from green to black, with red markings on some subspecies. If it is cultivated as an ornamental turtle, how can it be raised?

How to raise western brocade turtles?

1. Breeding environment

Prepare an aquarium of the right size (the size is determined according to the number of farmed), and equipped with ultraviolet lamps, incandescent lamps, heaters, filters, and rock platforms and hideouts, with pebbles underneath.

two。 Feed

In addition to the synthetic feed for turtles, you can also feed some chopped fresh pig / beef / lamb / chicken, or shrimp / fish, or some bread worms. If the turtle has a good appetite, it can be fed regularly and rationally every day, so that it can grow very fast. if you want it to grow slowly, you can also feed it once every three days, so that the turtle will not be deficient in calcium and nutrition.

3. Change water

The change of water should be filtered or exposed to the sun. Change the water once every four days, and change it every time. Once the turtles have adapted to the water quality, they can all be changed. To maintain the water quality in the aquarium, there is a timely removal of food residue.

Since the western golden turtle hibernates around November, feed plenty of food before that, keep quiet during hibernation and don't disturb it.