How to raise leopard turtles?

Leopard turtle is a tortoise family Leopard turtle reptiles, like to live in semi-dry, thorny grassland, is more and more popular with family reptile lovers, has been large-scale artificial breeding, but how to breed we should also pay attention to, whether to raise a good environment layout and control the most important, let's take a look at how to raise Leopard turtle!

Is the leopard turtle easy to raise?

Leopard turtles are easy to raise. Usually 7 cm leopard turtle is relatively easy to raise, but for beginners it is recommended to raise more than 10 cm, it is not difficult to raise, maintain a constant temperature of about 30℃ and have a turtle box or direct free breeding. Properly reared leopard tortoises can live for a long time, even longer than humans, and are the most well-known breed of captive tortoises in the reptile pet market.

How to raise leopard turtles

Environment: Leopard tortoises like to be kept in environments that require large spaces at the same time, because if they are kept in a very narrow environment, they will lack movement, and all fences should be firmly locked. Generally speaking, an 80*45*40 cm box can allow 2 leopard turtles to grow to 20 cm, and then you can choose to raise them freely or change to a large box.

2, equipment: Leopard turtle breeding equipment needs to be equipped with UVB and warming spotlights on the line. UVB is turned on during feeding and irradiated for 5 to 8 hours thereafter.

3, temperature: leopard turtle breeding temperature between 25~32 degrees Celsius, preferably day and night temperature difference. The temperature is between 28 and 30 degrees.

4. Bathing: Leopard turtles need to bathe regularly to promote acid excretion and prevent stones, but generally they will not have stones, but they should bathe every day as much as possible.

5. Feeding: Leopard turtle is completely vegetarian, but it needs regular supplement of calcium powder and multivitamins.

6. Exercise: Leopard turtle belongs to tortoise species and needs proper exercise. Therefore, on warm sunny days, they should often be taken outside for a walk.

Leopard Turtle FAQ

1. Sleepiness: First of all, leopard turtle is a kind of turtle that loves sleeping more than other turtles. Second, leopard tortoises live in Africa, and now the weather is getting colder and there is not enough sunlight. It is recommended that uvb must be turned on for 5 hours and sun lamp for 1 hour every day. Don't be reluctant to give up money, because you raise a lovely it, you have to pay.

2. Eye diseases: Some people say that leopard turtles do not open their eyes. It may be that you have lowered the humidity to too low, generally 40 to 50℃. Leopard turtles have eye disease do not fear, if the eyes can be opened, then with chloramphenicol eye drops. Drip twice a day, if the eye disease is serious enough to open, you can apply some aureomycin eye cream. It usually goes away in a week.

3, cold: leopard turtle cold do not take medicine first, because the general small cold through their own regulation can be good, do not easily fill medicine. Turtle metabolism is very slow, and the human body is completely different, so warm rest is the best way. You can add VC and electrolytes when you take a bath, and slowly the turtle will recover.

4, diarrhea: everyone knows that leopard turtle diarrhea is the most common, first of all food must pay attention to. It is suggested that sub-adult leopard turtles should stop feeding one day a week, which is beneficial to intestinal tract. Do not feed turtle cool food, but feed with less water, such as ryegrass, oil wheat, bitter refuse, sweet potato leaves, hay, dandelion, plantain, etc., with rape, cabbage, carrot, etc. You can give more cabbage, but at the same time pay attention to cabbage also love back. Some turtle friends like to feed some turtle food, turtle food can be given, which contains some trace elements and calcium substances, but to the right amount.

5. Nematode disease: The most troublesome thing about nematode disease is to often "worm". Once the nematode survives in the stomach of the leopard turtle and is tenaciously stationed there, it may be a protracted war.

Pneumonia: Pneumonia is often caused by poor feeding temperature control or severe environmental pressure, timely veterinary treatment is basic, many cases are subcutaneous injection of oxytetracycline (50~75 mg/kg) or Baytril (2.5~10 mg/kg). A warm, dry environment, especially at night, is essential during treatment.