Enemy damage of soft-shelled turtle and its control methods

The enemies of soft-shelled turtles are mainly rats, snakes, birds, ants, mosquitoes and so on, mainly harming soft-shelled turtle eggs and juveniles and young soft-shelled turtles under 1 year old, while soft-shelled turtles with strong physique above 1 year old do little harm. Among them, rats do the most harm to soft-shelled turtle eggs.

The dead of night is a good time for soft-shelled turtle to lay eggs, and mice will also take advantage of this to get out of the hole and frequently move in the spawning place. On the one hand, it interferes with the normal spawning of soft-shelled turtle, on the other hand, the rats dig holes everywhere on the sand bed, causing soft-shelled turtle eggs to vibrate and lead to embryo death.

Juvenile and juvenile soft-shelled turtles are also easy to be besieged and hunted by rats. Some adult soft-shelled turtles with poor physique and slow response are often targeted by rats when resting on the shore. When the mouse eats the soft-shelled turtle, it first bites the soft-shelled turtle's neck, then bites off the throat, takes out the internal organs to absorb the blood, feeds on the soft-shelled turtle meat, and then runs away.

Once it is damaged by rats, if no timely measures are taken, 3 turtles and 4 turtles will be killed in one night, and dozens more, especially to juveniles and young soft-shelled turtles. The second is snakes, which do great harm because they dig up sand, swallow soft-shelled turtle eggs and young soft-shelled turtles that have just hatched.

Cormorants, kingfishers and other birds mainly prey on juvenile soft-shelled turtles, and some birds can also carry pathogens to spread diseases. Therefore, in the process of raising soft-shelled turtles, it is necessary to strengthen the prevention and control of these enemy disasters, and the prevention and control methods are as follows:

The main results are as follows: 1. The wall of the hatching room of turtle eggs and the juvenile turtle pond are best made of cement brick structure, leaving no caves and blocking the passage and hideout of rats and snakes.

2. An anti-ant ditch is built around the incubator, which is about 10 cm deep and wide. Water is injected into the ditch to prevent ants from entering the room.

3. Around spawning grounds, hatcheries and juvenile turtle ponds, baits are often used to kill rats and snakes, or to set traps to catch them.

4. Spray mosquitoes with medicine frequently

5. Birds can be prevented by opening a net or driven by tools such as slingshots.