What turtle is the best to keep and look good?

Turtles are existing ancient reptiles with very strong carapace. When attacked, turtles can pull their heads, tails and limbs back into their shells (except sea turtles and crocodile turtles). Most of them are carnivorous. They feed on worms, snails, shrimps and small fish, as well as plant stems and leaves. They are now one of the more popular pets. Let's take a look at what turtles are the best to keep and look good.

What turtle is the best to keep and look good?

1. Brazilian turtles: Brazilian turtles are aquatic turtles with high intraspecific density and strong interspecific competitiveness, and are resistant to hunger. food includes algae, duckweed and other herbs floating in the water, python clams, small fish, shrimp and other crustaceans, snails and other molluscs.

2. Chinese grass turtles: Chinese grass turtles are aquatic turtles, can also land reptiles, inhabit rivers, lakes, reservoirs, ponds and other waters, eat a wide range of food, corn, small fish, shrimp, snails and so on, among them like to eat small fish, shrimp.

3. Yellow-edge turtles: yellow-edge turtles often live in wet places such as forest edges, rivers and lakes, and eat insect animal food and fruit plant food. Artificial breeding can be fed with green vegetables, cabbage, hollow cabbage, rice, earthworms, frogs, birds, rats, pigs and duck intestines.

4. Stone money turtles: stone money turtles, also known as yellow-throated water turtles, stone turtles, green-haired turtles, etc., live in the waters of intermountain basins or river valleys in hilly areas, often in nearby bushes or grasses, and are omnivorous. They are especially fond of eating fresh meat under artificial breeding.

What kinds of pet turtles do you have?

1. Brazilian turtles: Brazilian tortoises, also known as Brazilian red-eared turtles, beautiful brocade turtles, green turtles, etc., originated from the central United States to northern Mexico, because red-eared turtles have both medicinal, ornamental, edible value and low price, easy to raise and colorful, resulting in a large number of breeding and sale.

2. Small crocodile turtles: small crocodile turtles are also known as pseudo-crocodile turtles, flat-backed crocodile turtles, etc., the back armour is like a hemispherical roof, some tiny serrated, the color from dark olive green to brown, the head and limbs are very strong, the tail is quite long, while the abdominal armour is relatively small.

3. Big crocodile turtles: big crocodile turtles are also called real crocodile turtles, crocodile turtles, real crocodile turtles, etc., maintaining the characteristics of primitive turtles, back armor, mouth, tongue are very strange, looks like an armored dinosaur, mouth front upper jaw is hooked, sharp, can bite off people's fingers.

4. Grass turtles: grass turtles are also known as turtles, ink turtles, mud turtles, etc., the back armor is flattened, there are three longitudinal edges, the belly nail is brown, each shield has large black-brown patches, the kiss is short, and there are several yellow spots with dark edges on the side of the head and throat and extend back to the neck.

5. Yellow-throated turtles: yellow-throated turtles are also known as yellow-throated water turtles, stone money turtles, yellow plate turtles, and so on. People believe that this species of turtles have the same feng shui effect as money turtles to help breeders improve their financial and career fortunes, and are known as "ancient stone turtles".

6. Long-necked turtles: long-necked turtles are the oldest reptiles in existence, also known as snake-necked turtles, long-necked turtles, etc., the head can not be retracted into the shell, can only be bent to both sides, the body is smaller, the general nail length is 15cm to 25cm.

7. Burmese tortoises: Burmese tortoises are also known as yellow elephant turtles, pillow tortoises, dry turtles, and so on. Although Burmese tortoises are often sold in farmers' markets and pet markets in other provinces and cities, they are not produced locally. Most of them are imported from Southeast Asia and then scattered.

8. Yellow edge turtles: yellow edge turtles are also known as yellow edge closed shell turtles, splint turtles, snake turtles, etc., with a light brown ridge on the back, brown-black abdomen, yellow around and the ventral edge of the dorsal armour, and the dorsal ventral nail is connected by ligaments. The anterior and posterior lobes of the abdominal nail are also connected by ligaments.

How to keep pet turtles?

1. Tortoise selection: first, observe whether there are always open mouth breathing or runny nose, and at the same time check whether there are wounds, shell defects, pull tortoise claws, etc., after buying home, you must first isolate and observe. In addition to adapting to the new environment, we should also pay attention to whether there are signs of disease.

2. Fish tank selection

① fish tank size: do not buy too small fish tank to raise small turtles, fish tank size as far as possible more than 5 times larger than small turtles. At the same time, do not let the turtle soak in the water all the time, as long as half of the body is enough.

② fish tank layout: keeping turtles in the fish tank with some sand or stones is good for the little turtles to sun their backs and ventilate. To avoid rotten turtles, the water should be changed once a week.

3. Light control: put the turtle in a place where the sun can be exposed, but to avoid exposure, there should be a cool place and a pool or basin for rest and play. And the amount of exercise of the little turtle is relatively large, proper exercise of muscles and bones is conducive to the development of bones.

4. Feed selection: turtles are omnivorous animals, eating not only animal feed such as small fish, shrimp, snails, clams, earthworms, maggots, scraps of livestock, etc., but also plant feeds such as tubers, vegetables, grains, aquatic plants and so on.

5. Feeding: turtles are usually fed once every 3 days, and the feeding amount can be increased or decreased according to the size of the turtles. Generally, they can be fed at 5: 10% of their body weight. When the temperature is moderate and the appetite is strong in spring and autumn, the turtles should be fed more than usual.

① timing: the temperature is relatively low in spring and autumn, so feed should be put into use at 8: 9 a.m. It is the peak feeding season from Grain Rain to the Autumn Equinox, but it is during the summer vacation, so it is advisable to put in the feed at 16: 17 p.m. Timing can make turtles feed on time and get more nutrition.

② positioning: set a fixed feeding point along the bank of the pool, and the table of the feeding point should be close to the water surface to facilitate the turtle to swallow water and bite. Positioning feeding can make turtles develop habits, make it easy to find food, and at the same time easy to observe the condition of turtles.

③ quality: the feed should be kept fresh and the leftover food should be removed in time after feeding to prevent the feed from rotting and smelling, affecting the turtle's appetite and polluting the water quality.

④ quantity: the amount of feed depends on the air temperature, water quality, turtle's appetite and its activity, and it is appropriate to have a little surplus during the meal, usually every 2 to 3 days.

6. Water quality management: whether or not to change water should be decided according to the cleanliness of water quality. Water should be changed when it is found to be polluted or turbid. Water should be changed frequently in summer, less in winter, even more unsuitable for hibernation and the new water temperature should be slightly higher than the usual water temperature by 1 / 2 ℃.

7. Temperature management: the tortoise is a variable temperature animal. When the water temperature drops below 15 ℃, it begins to hibernate at the bottom of the water. When the water temperature rises to more than 15 ℃ at the turn of spring and summer, it begins to move and look for food. The most suitable temperature is 25: 30 ℃, and stop feeding when it is more than 35 ℃.

8. Disease control: turtles are often disinfected with potassium permanganate solution when raising turtles, and appropriate amounts of oxytetracycline or dysentery are added to the feed. These measures have a very good effect on tortoise disease prevention. In addition, it is necessary to prevent the invasion of turtles by rats, snakes, cats and other enemies.

9. Hibernation management: turtles begin to feed at the beginning of April every year, and their feeding activities reach the peak from June to August. The temperature drops below 18 degrees and begins to stop eating. Hibernating begins below 15 degrees Celsius. Generally, they hibernate from November to April every year. But the situation of each kind of tortoise is different. Management needs to be strengthened.