Introduction to the method of money tortoise breeding! Is it a valuable tortoise?

Money turtle is also called three-line shell turtle, broken plate turtle, red-bellied turtle, gold-headed turtle, etc. It is an ornamental turtle, belonging to rare turtle species, which is very popular in the market and convenient for artificial breeding. Here is to introduce you to the breeding method of money turtle.

1. Breeding method of money turtle

1, breeding sites

Money turtle for ornamental turtle breeding, buy a medium and large aquarium is better, inside with river water, stream water, tap water can be placed in the sun exposure for half an hour. The water depth is 2-5cm above the back, and the landing platform and some places for them to hide are placed in the water. Then, place the aquarium near sunlight, artificial light is also available, to dry the turtle's back.

2. Selection of turtle seedlings

Now there are very few pure wild money turtles, and some are protected animals that the state explicitly prohibits from selling. Therefore, most of the animals sold on the market are artificially bred, but artificial breeding is also divided into imitation wild and artificial breeding. It is best to choose imitation wild breeding. If artificial breeding is selected, carefully observe the appearance of turtle seedlings and no broken tail.

3. Feeding food

Money turtle is omnivorous, mainly preys on aquatic animals such as snails, fish, shrimp and tadpoles in water, but also eats young mice, small fish, shrimp, snails, young frogs, scarabs, earthworms, snails and maggots, as well as pumpkin, banana and plant tender stems and leaves and seeds. Artificial breeding can feed fish, shrimp, snails, clam meat, earthworms, pumpkin, vegetable leaves and commodity feed. Insist on regular, quantitative and qualitative feeding, so that turtles eat well, generally daily feeding amount to control about 5% of their own weight.

4. Daily management

(1) Temperature: money turtle is a temperature-changing animal, the growth temperature is between 24-32℃, when the water temperature is 28℃, about 20 minutes in the water will float to breathe once; when the water temperature is 25℃, about 26 minutes float to breathe once; when the water temperature is below 12℃, it enters hibernation.

(2) water quality: water color to light green, water transparency to 20~30 cm is good, if the water color is brownish green or blue-green, indicating that the water quality is too fat, oxygen deficiency, should be changed in time; and water should be replaced regularly, 1 time a day in summer, 1/3 each time, 3~5 days in spring and autumn, 1 time in winter, less water or no water change.

(3) Cleaning: Clean the aquarium frequently, especially when feeding the feed. The amount of each feed should be eaten within 1 hour after feeding. After feeding for 1.5 hours, remove the residual bait and wash the feed table.

(4) Disinfection: Before stocking the money turtle, thoroughly disinfect the aquarium with a bleaching powder solution with a concentration of 100 mg/L for 12 hours, then drain the liquid medicine, and flush the residual liquid medicine in the clean tank with cleaning water.

(5) Disease prevention: every 2 weeks with 10 mg/L bleaching powder solution or 2% salt solution whole pool immersion, shower turtle body for 5 minutes-10 minutes, prevent and control common bacterial diseases; with concentrated kelp extract (every 10 kg water soaked chopped dry kelp 100 g after Sichuan, hour to get) whole pool immersion or shower turtle body for 1 minute-10 minutes, prevent and control big neck disease of money turtle.

2. Is the money turtle a valuable turtle?

Money turtle is a kind of relatively expensive turtle. Due to its rare wild quantity, high medicinal effect, good meaning and difficult reproduction, its price is relatively high. Although it is not the highest, it is the most popular one on the market. Its price is calculated in tens of thousands of yuan, Hainan money turtle seedlings 2- 25,000 yuan a, Vietnam money turtle seedlings 30,000 yuan a, Hainan species money turtle male turtle about 180,000, Guangdong species money turtle about 120,000; and the bigger the money turtle price, and some adult money turtle, the price can reach hundreds of thousands.