Guidance on correct feeding methods of yellow-edge turtles

The Chinese name is Cistoclemmysflavomarginata in Latin and the English name is Yellow-marginedBoxTurt1e. It is also known as broken plate turtle, snake tortoise, yellow plate turtle and yellow edge closed shell turtle.

Belongs to the tortoise family, box tortoise genus.

In China, it is mainly distributed in Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Henan, Hong Kong, Jiangsu, Taiwan, Zhejiang, Macao and Hubei, and abroad, mainly in Kyushu Island in Japan.

The head is smooth, the front end of the kiss is flat, and the upper beak is obviously crooked. The top of the head is olive, there is a yellow "U" arc behind the eyes, the eye is large, the tympanic membrane is clear, the dorsal nail is crimson or brownish red, the eminence is high, the central ridge is obvious, is light yellow, and the concentric ring on each shield is clear. The abdominal nail is dark brown, and the ligaments are connected between the dorsal armour and the abdominal armour, and between the chest shield and the abdominal shield. The anterior and posterior edges of the abdominal nail are semicircular and intact. The limbs are grayish brown, slightly flattened and scaly. The fingers and toes are semi-webbed and the tail is short.

In nature, yellow box turtles live in forest margins, weeds and shrubs in hilly and mountainous areas, and in quiet places such as tree roots and stone crevices. The activity is dark and not far from the valleys with running water. Like to live in groups, often see multiple turtles in the same cave. The pattern of diurnal activity varies from season to season.

Yellow box turtles belong to semi-aquatic turtles and cannot live in deep waters. Under the condition of artificial feeding, when the temperature reached 18 ℃ from April to May and from September to November, the turtles had less morning and evening activities, and more activities around noon, while the annual temperature from June to August was 25: 34C, mainly at night, early in the morning or evening, and hidden in caves, trees or sand during the day. In case of rainy season, we often go outside the cave to get caught in the rain.

The period from December to January to March of the following year is the hibernating period of turtles. When the temperature is 19 °C, the tortoise stops eating. 1 when the temperature drops to about 10 °C, the tortoise goes into hibernation. When hibernating, they like to hide in caves, branches or under a thick layer of withered grass, mostly in the sun and leeward. When the temperature is 13 ℃, the turtle wakes up again.