How long is the life span of the money turtle?

Abstract: money turtles are commonly known as three-rowed closed-shell turtles, red-bellied turtles, golden-headed turtles, Sichuan word-backed turtles, red-edge turtles, and so on. They are extremely popular in international and domestic markets, and have very high breeding value. People often say that "tortoises live for ten thousand years". Let's take a look at how long the life of money turtles is.

Money turtles are commonly known as trigonous closed shell turtles, red belly turtles, golden head turtles, Sichuan word back turtles, red edge turtles and so on. Wild resources are extremely scarce and sell very well in international and domestic markets, with very high breeding value. People often say "turtles live ten thousand years". Let's take a look at how long the life of the money tortoise is.

How long is the life span of the money turtle?

The life span of money turtles is generally 30-80 years, there is a dormant period, if the lucky money turtles encounter a good wet environment, coupled with the dormant period, it is said that they can live up to 100 years. Each shield of the wild money tortoise shell has clear, dense concentric rings, called growth rings, and each ring represents a year. However, the concentric rings of artificially raised turtles are blurred and sparse, and the distance between each ring is larger.

How big can the money tortoise grow?

Usually, the female tortoise weighs 1250 to 1500 grams, and the male tortoise weighs 700 to 1000 grams. The growth rate of wild money turtles is very slow, and the growth period of captive breeding is only 2 to 3 years.

Breeding habits of Golden Turtle

Money turtles grow slowly and generally need more than 6-year-old gonads to mature and begin to mate. Mature money turtles eat frequently from May to October and begin to mate in the early morning or evening of September-October when the temperature is about 20-25 ℃. When the water temperature rises to about 25 ℃ in June of the following year, the female begins to lay eggs, which lasts until the end of July or early August. The whole period lays eggs 3-4 times and lays 3-4 eggs each time.

Before the money turtle lays eggs, the female turtle will choose the soft sand pile in the shoal or dig a hole under the root of the tree and grass, then lay eggs in the hole, cover the hole with sand and flatten it with the body before leaving. Under natural conditions, the hatching of money tortoise eggs is easily affected by external natural conditions such as climate, light, natural enemies and other factors, so the hatching time is longer and the hatching rate is lower.