Basic Tips for Raising Turtles
1. Breeding location
Artificially raised turtles can generally be raised in pools, tanks, wooden pots and reservoir ponds. Different feeding methods have their own advantages and disadvantages. You can choose according to local conditions. For example, for general professional households and small-scale farms, it is recommended to build ponds for breeding, which is more convenient to manage and can achieve greater economic benefits. If it is raised at home, you can choose aquariums, water basins and other breeding containers to raise turtles.
2. Feed selection
The tortoise has a very wide diet and can eat a lot of food, such as rice, wheat, peas, small fish, shrimp, Insects, snails, pork, fruits and vegetables can be fed to the tortoise, and you can control the feeding amount. Among them, turtles like to eat animal feeds such as small fish, shrimps, snails, mussels, and earthworms, and they also prefer to eat plant feeds such as tubers, vegetables, grains, and aquatic plants. When artificially rearing, it is necessary to keep the tortoise’s diet rich, to avoid the tortoise’s poor growth or anorexia due to a long-term single diet, and to feed animal feed and plant feed reasonably. It is worth noting that, in order to fully digest these feeds, the food should be cut into small pieces before feeding.
3. Feeding method
The daily life of a turtle is closely related to the climate The tortoise generally ends hibernation in early April and starts to eat; it reaches the peak feeding peak from June to August, and the tortoise gains the fastest weight during this period; after the temperature gradually drops in October, the tortoise’s food intake also declines. When the temperature drops below 10°C, they stop feeding and enter the hibernation period. Therefore, the owner should pay attention to feeding the turtles according to the growth characteristics of the turtles. The specific points are as follows:
(1) Regular feeding. The temperature in spring and autumn is relatively low, and the turtle usually feeds around noon, and the owner can feed it at 8-9 in the morning. The period from the Grain Rain to the Autumn Equinox is the most vigorous period of tortoise feeding, and it is the summer season. Turtles are generally not active at noon, and generally conduct activities and foraging at 17-19 pm, so it is best for the owner to invest at 16-17 pm. Hey. Regular feeding can help tortoises develop the habit of eating on time, and at the same time help to improve the tortoise’s digestion and absorption capacity and obtain more nutrients.
(2) Fixed-point feeding. It is recommended that the owner set several fixed feeding points along the bank of the pool, and at the same time ensure that the food table of each feeding point is close to the water surface. The positioning feeding is mainly to raise the turtle to develop the habit of positioning eating, so as to find the food accurately, and at the same time, it is also convenient for the owner to observe the eating situation of the turtle.
(3) Qualitative feeding. The feed fed to the turtles must be fresh. After each time the turtles eat, the food residues should be removed in time to prevent the residues from rotting and smelly, affecting the turtles’ appetite and polluting the water quality.
(4) ration feeding. The amount of feed fed to the tortoise should be determined according to the temperature, water quality, appetite of the tortoise and its activity at that time, and it is advisable to have a little surplus per meal. Generally, turtles can be fed once every 1-2 days.
