Breeding technology of snapping turtle

Crocodile tortoise is not only the largest species of freshwater turtle in the world, but also a very ancient animal with high economic value. it originated in South America and became an invasive species after it was introduced into China. Its body size is much higher than that of other turtle species, with more flesh all over the body, fast growth, strong resistance, high edible value and ornamental value, and a certain dietary therapeutic effect, so it is a very important breeding project. In the first phase of the project, let's take a look at the breeding techniques of crocodile turtles.

1. Build the turtle pond

Choose to build turtle breeding grounds in areas with sufficient water, quiet environment, and convenient transportation. The turtle pond should be built with a cement plastering pool with rectangular arc corners, and an anti-escape wall should be built on the periphery, and the area of each pool should not be too large. Tens to hundreds of square meters. In addition to the turtle pond itself, there are tables, land, inlets and drains, where the tables are fed, and the land is mainly used for the construction of crocodile turtles, on which a spawning site is built.

2. Methods of reproduction

At the beginning of breeding, you can choose to buy breeding turtles or seed eggs to hatch and breed by yourself. breeding turtles should choose those with strong vitality, good spirit, no disease and no damage to their appearance, so that the survival rate of breeding is high and can grow fast. Great attention should be paid to the selection of breeding eggs, so as not to be fooled into buying turtle eggs without insemination, and the surface of turtle eggs can be carefully observed during selection. If there are obvious white insemination spots, or if the fertilization spots are not obvious, or if the fertilization spots are dotted, it represents the lack of insemination, and the eggs with good fertilization can be selected by this method. The eggs will be placed in the incubator to hatch, pay attention to handle gently, maintain the temperature, will not be able to hatch young turtles.

3. Feed feeding

The baby turtle belongs to the temporary rearing period within half a month after it comes out of the shell. the young turtle will absorb the nutrition of the yolk within two days and begin to enter the temporary rearing period. The first thing to do when temporary breeding is to eat, the feed can be raised with yellowish, pig liver or red worms, and can be temporarily raised in pots, tanks and ponds, generally less than 100 per square meter, and pay attention to that the water level should not exceed the back of the baby turtles so as not to cause them to drown. After the temporary maintenance period, the feed can choose a special feed or be prepared on its own. 5% of the total weight of the ingredients, 10% of photosynthetic bacteria and 45% of clear water are added to make long particles of 2 mm ~ 3 mm, which is convenient for young turtles to eat. if there are conditions to make floating puffed particles, the effect is better.

4. Water quality and temperature control

Under the condition of sufficient feed, the young turtle has more food intake and food intake, and the feed is a green feed with higher protein, which will pollute the water body in a short time, resulting in more harmful substances in the water body and affecting the growth of crocodile turtles. Therefore, in order to strengthen water quality management, we can do a good job in water quality management by sprinkling the whole pool or improving the bottom quality, and change or inject water in time once the water quality becomes worse. In addition, the water temperature is also closely related to the growth of crocodile turtles. Crocodile turtles are suitable for growing at a water temperature of 18-32 degrees, which is extremely fast at 30-31 degrees.

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