Pond culture techniques of soft-shelled turtle

Because of the delicious meat and high nutritional value, soft-shelled turtle has become a new favorite on the table of more and more people. So, how do turtles grow? In China, soft-shelled turtle culture is divided into factory temperature control culture, outdoor pond culture, outdoor pond polyculture and so on. Today we're going to talk about how to raise turtles in ponds.

1. The choice of pond

The first is the choice of pond. Because soft-shelled turtle likes clean to fear dirty, likes the sun to fear the wind, likes static to fear the startled characteristic, we must pay attention in the pond choice. Ponds should be kept away from all kinds of pollution sources, kept clean, and disinfected before breeding. There should be a place for turtles to dry their backs. Of course, there are facilities around to prevent turtles from escaping, and the height can be about one meter.

2. Selection of A fry

At present, A fry mainly comes from factory breeding and mass production of professional households, as well as wild soft-shelled turtles of different sizes in the market. We can choose according to our own needs. Before the formal cultivation of A fry, it is necessary to carry out graded temporary cultivation for 15 days to adapt the turtle to the environment.

3. Choice of bait

Although soft-shelled turtle is said to be omnivorous animals, but more preference for meat. Therefore, when making bait, we can choose natural bait such as internal organs and residues of livestock and poultry, which can not only make turtle feeding more efficient, but also reduce breeding costs. Also do not forget to turtle configuration of a small amount of plant bait, nutrition to match balanced well.

4. Precautions

Soft-shelled turtle is a temperature-changing animal, its body temperature will change with the water temperature, and its food intake will also change with the water temperature. When the water temperature is lower than 15℃, the turtle will stop eating and hibernate. 20~30℃ is the suitable temperature for breeding soft-shelled turtle, food intake and food conversion rate are normal, higher than 32℃, the food conversion rate of soft-shelled turtle will decrease. In order to make the turtle grow faster and better, we must do a good job of water temperature regulation, so that the turtle is at a suitable temperature for growth.

Because soft-shelled turtle likes clean and fears dirty, we should not only clean the pond before breeding, but also pay attention to the water quality problem during breeding. The pond water is changed once every three days, and one-third of the water quantity is changed at a time. The pond disinfection work is carried out regularly. You can also plant a small number of aquatic plants in the pond, such as water hyacinth, water lily and the like, these aquatic plants can effectively improve the water quality and increase the oxygen content of the pond.