How to raise leopard tortoises
1, When choosing a healthy tortoise, the following points should be done when choosing a tortoise: pay attention to observe the activity of the tortoise to see if it can stand up and walk; check whether the nostril of the tortoise is bubbling , the breathing is not loud, and the nose of a healthy tortoise is generally not bubbling; check whether there is fecal residue on the tortoise’s butt, if there is, it is very likely that there are worms in the tortoise; check whether the tortoise’s eyes are bright, And to test whether it has the desire to eat; check the tortoise’s plastron for bruises or rot. Select healthy tortoises to feed by paying attention to the above screening. In addition, if conditions permit, it is recommended to select tortoises with a plastron of more than 8 cm, because the resistance of tortoises that are too small is relatively low and the feeding rate is low.
2. Make preparations for feeding.
Just pick up the tortoise and return home. It is forbidden to feed it and provide enough water. It should be observed for two days before trying to feed it. However, after changing the environment, the tortoise generally has no appetite, and most of them will recover their appetite in about a week. When feeding tortoises, you should pay attention to choosing feeds with good palatability to feed them to ensure that their nutritional intake is adequate and balanced. In addition, it can also be fed some vegetables appropriately. Generally, after the tortoise exceeds 10 cm, the proportion of crude fiber in its daily diet can be appropriately increased, such as timothy grass.
3. Provide a good rearing environment
Wooden box rearing is a common way to raise tortoises. Usually pay attention to maintaining a suitable humidity in the wooden box. Usually, the humidity can be increased by adding water to the cushion material at the bottom of the box. Keeping the humidity in the environment suitable can effectively prevent the leopard tortoise from having a bulging back, and also make the leopard tortoise whiter. Therefore, it is very important to maintain the proper humidity in the breeding environment. Leopard tortoises like to rest in the shade during the day, and only like to bask in the sun in the morning and when they eat.
4. Installation of lamps
The artificial breeding of tortoises needs to rely on UVB to promote the absorption of calcium by the tortoises, and it is very necessary to install UVB lamps. But no matter what kind of lamps it is, it is not as good as sunlight, so it is best for the owner to take out the tortoises regularly for half an hour, which is very good for the growth and health of the tortoises. After releasing the tortoise, be careful to prevent it from eating grass that has been outside with pesticides.
The above are the basic measures for raising leopard tortoises. Leopard tortoises are a very beautiful species of tortoise. During the breeding process, with the increase of age, the patterns on their carapace will occur Change, the leopard tortoise in childhood may be black and fall, and it may become a beautiful leopard tortoise when it grows up, but the owner should not pursue the white leopard tortoise too much.
My introduction to the feeding methods and skills of leopard tortoises is here. I hope this introduction can improve your confidence in raising leopard tortoises. The leopard tortoise has a long lifespan, and with good feeding, I believe it can accompany you for a long time.
