The money turtle, a species of turtle, likes to choose a shaded place to live, has a habit of living in groups, and hibernates every winter. Wild money turtles are extremely rare, and they are very popular in the international and domestic markets. And the growth rate of the turtle in the growth period is very fast. Whether it can provide enough nutrition for it in the growth period to ensure its normal development is the key to the success of breeding the turtle, so we must provide the corresponding food according to the diet of the turtle. Ensure nutritional balance.
Money tortoise
The money tortoise mostly lives in hilly and mountainous areas, inhabiting the grass, beside streams and other damp and quiet where they feed on snails, earthworms, small fish, shrimp, snails, beetles, and young leaves and seeds of plants. Under artificial feeding conditions, they like to eat animal offal, earthworms, lean meat, small fish and mixed feed.
Nutritional conditions are one of the factors that have a great influence on the artificial breeding of the turtle. Turtles have a wide range of diets. In artificial breeding, animal feeds such as small fish, shrimps, minced shellfish, snails, earthworms, and cooked and chopped animal offal should be the main ones, while plant feeds such as rice and vegetables should be used. auxiliary.
May to November each year is the active eating period of the turtle, and it is also its weight gain period, especially from July to September. Let it eat more and grow faster. However, if the amount of feed is too high, the turtle cannot be digested and absorbed completely, which will cause feed costs and increase the cost of breeding. The amount of feed to be fed empirically for economical and efficient use of feed. In addition, a variety of vitamins, trace elements and calcium can be appropriately added to the feed to ensure that the nutrients in the feed are comprehensive and to avoid poor growth and development of the tortoise, or anorexia.
