Is it difficult to raise money turtles? Are money turtles suitable for novice raising?

1. Reasons why the turtle is difficult to raise

1. It is easy to drown. Although golden turtles can be raised in water, if the water level is too deep, hatchlings may drown.

2. It is easy to get sick. Most juvenile turtles have low resistance and are prone to illness. Breeding juvenile turtles should be given more careful care. Fungal vitiligo is a very common disease of golden turtles, and it is necessary to pay attention to prevent it. In addition, money turtles are also prone to bacterial skin rot. The onset of the disease is rapid and can lead to systemic infection of money turtles in a short period of time. If the disease spreads to its head, it will lead to its death.

Second, feeding methods of money turtles

1. Turtle pool construction : For breeding golden turtles, it is necessary to pay attention to keeping the young turtles, adult turtles and parent turtles in separate pools, so as to avoid the situation of large turtles swallowing small turtles, and doing so is also more conducive to determining the amount of feed and feeding and management work. to better observe and master the growth and activity of turtles.

2. Strictly select species of turtles: When purchasing species of turtles, you should try to choose wild turtles. If you choose artificially raised turtle species, you should pay attention to the age of the turtle when choosing, and the weight of the turtle can only be used as an auxiliary condition.

3. Water quality management: tap water can be used for raising golden turtles, and there is no need to expose to the sun to release chlorine gas, but the chlorine content of the breeding water should be kept not higher than 300ml/L. In addition, river water, River water, rainwater, and well water are used to raise money turtles. However, it should be noted that when you first put the money turtle into the water for breeding, you only need to keep the water depth to immerse the turtle’s back, and then the water level can gradually expand to about 15 cm.

4. Reasonable regulation of water temperature: The turtle likes to live in a warm environment, and the best feeding temperature it feels is above 20 ℃. In addition, the money turtle feels that the most suitable water temperature for breeding is 25 to 35 ℃. Maintaining an appropriate water temperature is the key to helping hatchlings survive the winter safely and ensuring their fast growth, so try to keep the water temperature of the turtle breeding water between 28 and 30°C.

5. Reasonable feeding: It can be fed reasonably with animal feed and plant feed. Among them, the animal feed suitable for feeding the turtle is lean pork, animal offal, fish, shrimp, etc., and the plant feed has various Kinds of fruits and vegetables. Note that when feeding the money turtle, the feed should be chopped before feeding, which will help the turtle to digest.

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