How much is the price of Brazilian tortoise on the market at present? How do you tell a male from a female? What does it eat? Is it dangerous to people?

Brazilian turtles generally refer to Brazilian red-eared turtles, also known as beautiful brocade turtles, green turtles, mahjong turtles, red-eared turtles, small colored turtles, belonging to the slippery turtle genus of the turtle family, is a kind of aquatic turtles. How much is a Brazilian tortoise on the market at present? How to divide the male from the female? What kind of food does it eat? Is it harmful to people? From the Changsha Flower and Bird Fish Market, we learned that Brazilian turtles are the most common and easy to raise. Generally speaking, a tortoise of about 6.7 centimeters will not exceed 10 yuan anywhere, but because it is common, many of them are born by growth agents, so the quality is not very good. Adult commodity turtles are about 20 yuan per jin, adult pet turtles 15 to 50 yuan each.

How do Brazilian turtles distinguish between male and female?

There are three main differences between adult Brazilian tortoise males and females:

1. Front claws: long for male and short for female.

2. Tail: male is thick and long, female is short.

3. Cloaca: the male is on the outside of the anal shield and the female is on the inside of the anal shield.

Discrimination between males and females of juvenile Brazilian turtles

1. Generally speaking, it is difficult to identify the sex of small young turtles (weighing less than 250 grams) because of their immature sex. When some store managers sell young Brazilian turtles, they say that sex can be judged by belly nail patterns, which has no scientific basis at all. For turtles of the same age, females are always larger than males. The common Brazilian tortoise male tortoise weighs 300 grams, and the female tortoise weighs 500 grams. Other turtles have different standards according to different species.

For common turtles, whether water turtles or tortoises, their young turtles can usually be identified by the following gender characteristics:

2. Female turtles: the dorsal armour is short and wide, the ventral nail is flat and central without depression, the tail is thin and short, the tail base is thin, the cloacal foramen is close to the posterior edge of the ventral nail, the two anal shields of the ventral nail are shallower and the angle is larger.

3. Male tortoise: the dorsal armour is long and narrow, the center of the ventral nail is slightly sunken, the tail is thick and long, the base of the tail is thick, the cloacal foramen is far from the posterior edge of the ventral nail, and the two anal shields of the abdominal nail form a deeper engraving and a smaller angle.

What kind of food do Brazilian turtles eat?

Red-eared turtles are omnivorous turtles, so try to provide them with normal and regular food. It is recommended that young turtles grow up three times a week. In addition to meat, fish, shrimp and insects, they are also very receptive to green and aquatic plants. The nutrition of commercial turtle food and cat and dog food on the market is more balanced. This kind of tortoise is good at grabbing food because of its keen eyesight and sense of smell. Under the condition of artificial feeding, they like to eat animal bait, such as fish, pork, animal offal, clam, snail and blood worm (Chironomus larva), red filaria (water earthworm), yellow powder worm (bread worm), fly maggot and so on. Also eat vegetables, rice, melons and fruits and other plants. The feeding time of red-eared turtles is not selective and eats day and night. In the state of hunger, there is the behavior of grabbing food, and the phenomenon of eating too much and eating small occurs.

Are Brazilian turtles harmful to people?

1. The main harm is that Brazilian turtles are carriers of salmonella. Salmonella is more harmful and can be fatal.

2. But no one has ever heard of Brazilian turtles being infected and dying. Mainly for children, people with weak physical resistance may be infected without frequent hand washing after contact with Brazilian turtles, but will not die. So, just wash your hands when you come into contact with Brazilian tortoise logistics.