Hatching technique of money tortoise

Executive summary: Money turtle has a wide range of feeding habits, disease resistance and hunger resistance, strong life and other characteristics, artificial breeding convenience, has considerable economic value, there are very high medicinal value, is a traditional Chinese medicine, one of China's traditional export commodities, breeding prospects are very huge, let's take a look at the hatching technology of money turtle!

Money turtle has a wide range of feeding habits, disease resistance and hunger resistance, strong life and other characteristics, artificial breeding convenience, has considerable economic value, there are very high medicinal value, is a traditional Chinese medicine, one of China's traditional export commodities, breeding prospects are very huge, let's take a look at the hatching technology of money turtle!

Breeding Habits of the Money Turtle

Money turtle grows slowly, generally to more than 6 years old gonads mature, began to mate. Mature money turtles feed frequently from May to October, and mate in the early morning or evening of autumn (September to October) when the temperature is about 20 - 25℃. When the water temperature rises to about 25℃ in June of the next year, the female turtle begins to lay eggs, which lasts until the end of July or the beginning of August. The whole period lays 3 - 4 eggs, 3 - 4 eggs each time.

Before laying eggs, female turtles will choose soft sand or dig holes under tree roots, lay eggs in the holes, cover the holes with sand, and then leave after pressing them flat with their bodies. Under natural conditions, the hatching of eggs of the turtle is easily affected by external natural conditions such as climate, light, natural enemies and so on, so the hatching time is longer and the hatching rate is lower.

parent turtle selection for money turtles

1. Gender identification: It is difficult to distinguish male and female in the juvenile and juvenile stages of the money turtle. Only after growing into an adult turtle can it be distinguished. The method of identification is as follows: The abdominal carapace of male money turtle is slightly concave, the abdominal carapace of female money turtle is straight, the male body is thin, the female body is thick, the male dorsal carapace is arched and elliptical, the rear end is round and wide, the male anal hole is far away from the abdominal carapace, the female anal hole is close to the abdominal carapace, there is no mating organ, the male tail is long and thick, the female tail is short and thin, the male has a slight fishy smell, the female has no fishy smell, press the four legs and head of the turtle with hands and push back, the male turtle has a purple black mating organ exposed, and the female turtle has no mating organ.

2, turtle age judgment: the age of the money turtle is mainly identified by the texture on the shell, the more layers of texture, the older the age, some money turtle back texture is not too clear, so sometimes not very accurate.

3. Choose wild turtles: It is best to choose wild turtles. The turtles acquired before spawning can lay eggs in the same year. If artificially raised turtles are selected, the weight of each turtle should not be taken as the standard, but the age of the turtle should be given priority. The weight of each turtle is only used as an auxiliary condition. Healthy turtles have symmetrical appearance, fat body, eyes, pulling limbs, feeling very powerful, and no broken tail phenomenon. In addition, the ratio of female and male turtles is 2:1. If there are too many male turtles, the mating season will easily cause fights between male turtles, and both sides will bite seriously.

Incubation technique of money turtle

1. Laying time: The money turtle starts mating at 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. in September to October, and the temperature is 20 to 25 degrees Celsius. In June of the following year, when the water temperature rises to about 25 degrees Celsius, the female turtle begins to lay eggs, which continue until the end of July or early August. They lay 3 to 4 eggs each time. Before laying eggs, female turtles choose soft sand piles or dig holes under tree roots, lay eggs in the holes, cover the holes with sand, and then leave after pressing them flat with their bodies.

2. Artificial incubation: fresh, high-quality and strong embryo vitality eggs are the internal factors for obtaining good incubation results, and various physical and chemical factors required for embryo development are its external conditions. Artificial incubation is to create and maintain external conditions consistent with embryo development as much as possible under the premise of considering internal factors, so as to hatch as many normal and healthy young turtles as possible.

① Incubation preparation: collect eggs of money turtle at any time during the spawning period of money turtle, and select fresh and non-deformed eggs to enter indoor incubation. A 30 - 40cm high egg incubator is usually built in the incubator. The incubator is filled with soft sand and a 20cm transparent plastic plate is added at the edge of the incubator to prevent the young turtles from escaping.

② Sand bed burying eggs: first dig a 10 cm pit in the sand bed, then gently and evenly place the collected eggs in the sand pit, insert a marker beside the eggs, mark the date and number of buried eggs on the marker, and then gently bury the eggs with sand.

Environmental regulation: The temperature of the incubation room should be maintained between 25 and 32 degrees Celsius, the humidity of the sand should be maintained at 80%, and the sand should be watered once every 2 to 3 days to maintain the humidity of the sand. After 85 days or so, the young turtle will automatically climb out of the sand surface. If it does not climb out, it will dig open the sand to see if it hatches.