First, the necessity of tortoise exercise
Maintaining a proper amount of exercise is beneficial to the turtle’s health It is very beneficial: the tortoise maintains a suitable amount of exercise every day, which is of great help to its intestinal digestion, which can effectively promote its excretion and excretion of acid; at the same time, it also helps to consume excessive nutrients in the tortoise’s body, enhance its appetite, and Can reduce the incidence of chronic diseases in turtles. In addition, the appropriate amount of exercise can also enhance the turtle’s muscles and internal organs, enhance its immunity, and reduce illness.
However, tortoises don’t like to move, how to increase their exercise? First of all, you can first understand the reasons why turtles don’t like activities:
1. Turtles live in a small environment for a long time, and gradually feel unfamiliar and afraid of the outside world.
2. Long-term lack of light in the breeding environment, turtles live in a dark environment for a long time, which can cause turtles to lose their vitality, thereby reducing the amount of exercise.
3. There are no items such as flowers, grass, soil, etc. in the turtle breeding environment, and there is not enough space for activities and environmental stimulation to attract turtles to exercise.
4. The tortoise has no energy and physical strength to exercise because of a certain disease, injury or physical weakness. In addition, when the temperature of the breeding environment decreases or the tortoises are not familiar with the breeding environment, there will also be a phenomenon of not moving.
5. Turtles usually exercise in the process of looking for food, and using a box to raise tortoises makes the turtles do not have to specifically look for food, thus causing the turtles to reduce their movement and become mentally lazy because of the reduced movement. .
Second, ways to increase the amount of exercise of the turtle
1. Occasionally Free-range or timely free-range tortoises, or to increase the breeding space of tortoises. Generally, on the premise that the turtle is healthy, it can be released regularly, and it can be kept indoors or taken to outdoor activities, but it should be stocked when the ambient temperature is not lower than 20 ℃. It is best to place the turtle in a sunlit area and let it bask in the sun.
2. Feed the turtle scientifically. In order to increase the activity of the tortoise, the pet owner can set up several feeding points, and put a little feed at each feeding point, so that it can only be full after running all the feeding points. Or you can feed the tortoise half full each time to drive the tortoise to search for food and exercise.
3. Keep the turtle box with proper light and heat. Appropriate light is one of the factors that induces the turtle’s movement. When the environment is in a certain heat range, the turtle will become very lively and active. Too high or too low ambient heat will cause the turtle to move less or not.
4, more than turtle interaction. Multi-turtle interaction is also a way to increase the tortoise’s exercise volume. Usually pet owners can tease and seduce it more, which can not only promote the turtle’s relationship with you, but also help increase the turtle’s exercise volume.
The above is our introduction to the necessity of tortoise exercise and the method to increase the amount of tortoise exercise. I hope this introduction can help you.
