Causes of death of soft-shelled turtle in winter

Winter is a painful season for aquaculture, as is the case with soft-shelled turtles. Winter winter should pay attention to a lot of things, some aspects are not in place, there will be a lot of mistakes. So what causes the soft-shelled turtle to die in winter? Let's get to know it!

1. Malnutrition

The nutrition demand of soft-shelled turtle is relatively high in winter, because it takes a lot of energy to keep out the cold, so fattening before winter is very important, and many soft-shelled turtles will die because of this situation. When it was too late to replenish the feed in winter, the soft-shelled turtle was in a state of hibernation, with little desire for activity and food, and was lazily lying on its stomach and unwilling to move. Therefore, more than a month before the winter fattening should be paid attention to, to ensure that each soft-shelled turtle is more full, save energy for the winter.

2. Wound deterioration

The water temperature is low in winter, so it is necessary to check whether the soft-shelled turtle has trauma before the winter, especially those with obvious price comparison, to make sure that the trauma is basically better when it is overwintering, so that the soft-shelled turtle will not die of wound deterioration in winter. If there is trauma on the soft-shelled turtle, it can easily lead to a drop in its core body temperature. Low temperature will invade from the wound into its interior, accelerate its energy consumption, and lead to skin necrosis near the wound, and finally lead to the death of the soft-shelled turtle.

3. Water quality is bad.

Breeding soft-shelled turtle needs to be more diligent when changing water, although it is relatively not necessary to be too diligent in winter, but it also needs to change water. In winter, because the air outside will be colder than the water, so many bacteria in the water will accumulate faster, and the soft-shelled turtle will also be soaked in the water, which will cause the soft-shelled turtle to be infected with these bacteria for a long time. Therefore, it is also necessary to change water in winter, about once a month, and the amount of water change each time is controlled at about half to 1/3.

4. Temperature fluctuation

Conditional farmers will control the temperature of the soft-shelled turtle pond in winter, but this temperature control will lead to death if it is not handled properly. Soft-shelled turtles are sensitive to temperature and turn on overwintering mode when the temperature is too low. In winter, the temperature is relatively low, if the farmers can control the temperature in a relatively warm position, the soft-shelled turtle will be in the normal growth mode, if the cold protection is not done well, and the temperature fluctuates obviously, it will cause the soft-shelled turtle to wander through the winter and under normal conditions, resulting in conflicts in its physical functions and eventually death.

Soft-shelled turtle winter is very important, when the need for management time is less, in order to better spend the winter, you can spend time on the growth environment management. Have you encountered any of these causes of death?