Enemy damage of soft-shelled turtle and its control methods

The enemies of soft-shelled turtle mainly include rats, snakes, birds, ants, mosquitoes, etc., which mainly harm soft-shelled turtle eggs and juveniles under 1 year old. Among them, rats are the most harmful to turtle eggs. The dead of night is a good time for soft-shelled turtles to lay eggs. Rats will also take advantage of this to come out of their holes and frequently move around the laying sites. On the one hand, they interfere with the normal laying of soft-shelled turtles. On the other hand, rats dig holes everywhere on the sand bed, causing the eggs to vibrate and lead to embryo death. Young and young turtles are also easy to be besieged and preyed upon by rats. Some adult turtles with poor physique and slow reaction are often attacked by rats when resting on the shore. Rats eat turtle, first bite turtle neck, then bite throat, take out internal organs to absorb blood, feed turtle meat, and then escape. Once bitten by rats, if measures are not taken in time, 3~4 turtles will be killed in one night, and dozens will be killed, especially for young and young turtles. The second is snakes, because they will dig sand, swallow turtle eggs and just hatched young turtle shell, harm is very big. Cormorants, kingfishers and other birds, mainly prey on young turtles, some birds can also carry pathogens, thus spreading diseases. Therefore, in the process of raising turtles, it is necessary to strengthen the prevention and control of these enemies. The prevention and control methods are as follows:

1. It is better to use cement brick structure for the wall of soft-shelled turtle egg incubation room and juvenile soft-shelled turtle pond, leaving no caves, blocking the passage and hiding place of rats and snakes;2. Ant-proof ditch shall be built around the incubation room, with the depth and width of about 10cm. Water shall be injected into the ditch to prevent ants from entering the room;3. Bait is often used to poison rats and snakes around the spawning ground, hatchery and juvenile soft-shelled turtle pond, or traps shall be set up to catch them;4. Mosquito spraying shall be frequently used;5. Birds can be prevented by opening nets, or driven away by slingshots and other tools.