Management points and feeding skills of Brazilian turtles
1. Skills for selecting Brazilian tortoises
1. It is not easy to raise Brazilian tortoises that are too small, and it is not easy to build relationships if they are too large. /p>
2. If you are raising multiple Brazilian turtles or different turtles, you should avoid too much difference in the size of the turtles before, otherwise the big turtles are likely to eat the small turtles; and you can raise different genders 3. Compared with female turtles, male turtles have longer nails on the front paws, thicker and longer tails, and generally thicker and longer cloacas . Breeders can choose different genders of Brazilian tortoises through these points of distinction;
4. To select healthy Brazilian tortoises, you can refer to these criteria: try to choose a hard and smooth turtle shell, no skin peeling symptoms and wounds, limbs No injuries, bright eyes, no mucus at the corners of the mouth, clean nostrils, etc.
Tips: Put your favorite Brazilian turtle in the water. If it can easily float to the surface to breathe, it will most likely be a healthy turtle.
Second, Tips for Raising Turtles in Turtle Tanks
A fish tank
is indispensable for raising turtles. Selection:
1. Try to choose a turtle tank with a tank wall higher than 15cm, and because the Brazilian turtle has a superb climbing ability, it is necessary to cover the top of the fish tank with barbed wire to prevent them from accidentally escaping.
2. Try to ensure that each hatchling has at least 5 liters of water to move, and the water depth should not exceed the height of the turtle body, so that the turtle’s feet can support the ground, and at the same time, the head can be raised above the water to breathe. After that, as the turtle’s size becomes larger, replace the fish tank with a suitable size.
3. Ensure that the temperature of the water used for raising turtles is 25°C. It is recommended to install a temperature-adjustable heater at the bottom of the fish tank. But be careful to prevent leakage or wires from entangling the turtle.
Third, the main points of raising turtles
1. Brazil turtles are water-eating Animals, so be sure to put the feed into the water when feeding, otherwise, even if the turtle island is full of food, they will most likely starve.
2. Brazilian turtles love to eat small fish, shrimps, screws, raw meat and other foods, but they should pay attention to cutting raw small fish and shrimps before feeding them to small turtles; usually large Turtles prefer to be vegetarian, so they can be fed some vegetables as appropriate.
3. Change the water once a day. In addition, you can add a little salt to the newly changed water, which will help sterilization.
4. Let the turtles sunbathe every day, but keep them out of the sun. Generally, the light intensity around ten in the morning and around four in the afternoon is suitable. You can try to let the turtles bask in the sun during this time to help them sterilize.
Feeding tips: When feeding Brazilian turtles, you must pay attention to the control of air temperature and water temperature, and don’t feed them cooked food and fatty meat at ordinary times, so that the Brazilian turtles are not easy to get sick and die.
Fourth, Hibernation and Reproduction Management Skills of Brazilian Tortoise
1. General Under normal circumstances, the Brazilian tortoise will enter the hibernation state from October to March of the next year, and 10-13 ° C is the best hibernation temperature for the Brazilian tortoise.
2. About two weeks before their hibernation, the breeder needs to stop feeding them, and 3 to 4 days before they enter hibernation, soak them in warm water to defecate to empty their intestines.
3. Put thick semi-wet soil in the hibernation box of the Brazilian turtle, and they will consciously burrow into it. Then spray the soil with water every 3 days to keep the soil moist.
4. After the hibernation of the tortoises, don’t feed them any food within 3 days after they wake up, and start feeding them high-nutrient foods such as lean meat on the 4th day.
5. Brazilian turtles generally mate in spring and autumn when the temperature is 20-25℃. Male tortoises show affection to females with outstretched arms.
6. Pay attention to keeping the water temperature at 22°C when the tortoise lays eggs. Put the hatched turtle eggs in an incubator with fine sand, cover the fertilized eggs with a layer of fine sand, keep the temperature of the incubator at 25-32°C, and water the fine sand once a day. Can. In about 60 to 75 days, the turtle eggs will hatch. Before hatching, pay attention to put a small bowl of water in the incubator for the turtles to drink and play after hatching.
