How to survive the winter How to survive the winter of the domestic small soft shelled turtle

Healthy turtles hibernate naturally. Put it on the sand, and the turtle will burrow deep into the sand, cover the surface of the sand with warmth, and keep it moist, and check it once a week.

The next spring, when the temperature reaches about 15 degrees Celsius, the turtle emerges on its own. Newly resuscitated turtles are weak and should not be fed in large quantities. In the season when the weather is changeable, you should pay attention to the change in temperature.

Frail and thin turtles can be warmed in winter, the ambient temperature is controlled at about 25 °C, and normal feeding management.

Winter is the time when most of the terrauges and tortoises living in the wild hibernate, generally below 20 degrees, the turtle's activity begins to decrease, and the amount of food also decreases, eating less or not eating. Hibernation is often accompanied by shortened days and a lack of food due to cold snaps, as well as climatic conditions that are detrimental to the normal behavior of reptiles.

During hibernation, metabolism slows down in the body. Digestion stops, circulation declines, and immune and other self-protection systems slow down or stop. Because these changes and diseases will take advantage of the weakness, and some seemingly inconspicuous minor diseases will bring a lot of trouble to turtles, it is recommended that turtle keepers do not let sick turtles or weak turtles hibernate.

For newly hatched turtles, it's best not to let them hibernate for the first two years. There are also those turtles from the tropics that do not have the habit of hibernating, so don't let them hibernate.

Hibernating terrapids are also examined from time to time. Weak or sick turtles should not let them hibernate, they do not have enough fat to consume during hibernation. Stop feeding a week before hibernation and soak it in warm water, otherwise the accumulation of food and feces in the body during hibernation can easily cause gastroenteritis.

Be sure to ensure a high humidity, otherwise you will die of lack of water (I and the laborers had such a painful experience when we were children). The ambient temperature during hibernation should not drop below 5°C, otherwise it should be overly frozen to death.

It is also possible to adopt a warming method to prevent them from hibernating, but the number and amount of food they eat in winter will be reduced to a certain extent. But for some closed-shell turtle species, the process of hibernation without hibernation can be fatal, and they must hibernate.

Spread 5cm thick sediment at the bottom of the tank where the soft-shelled turtle is raised, it will get into it by itself, the water temperature is 28 32, and the change in water temperature is best not to exceed 3, uh, by the way, the soft-shelled turtle will hibernate without feeding food.

The method of wintering domestic small soft-shelled turtle is as follows:

Soft-shelled turtles hibernate in winter, and when the water temperature is lower than 15, soft-shelled turtles will dive into the silt at the bottom of the pond to hibernate, and the hibernation time can be as long as half a year. Before the soft-shelled turtle hibernates, prepare the sand and disinfect it in the sun, the soft-shelled turtles will burrow into the sand to hibernate, and keep the sand moist during hibernation. If you don't want the soft-shelled turtle to hibernate, you can use a heating rod to heat the water and then breed it according to the conventional method.

Soft-shelled turtle

The small soft-shelled turtle is an ectothermic animal, which is amphibious and breathes with lungs, so there should be enough area of land beach around or in the center of the turtle pond for it to carry out land activities. The living habits of the stool reed turtle can be summarized as "three joys and three fears", that is, they like to be quiet and afraid of surprise, they are afraid of the sun and the wind, and they are afraid of being clean.

Turtles are sensitive to the sound of the surrounding environment, as long as there is a slight movement around, the turtles can quickly dive into the bottom of the mud, so the environment of the turtle farm or turtle pond must be kept quiet. If the turtle is often frightened, it is very detrimental to its growth and reproduction.

The main food for jujube is small fish, shrimp, snails, mussels, aquatic insects, earthworms, animal offal, etc., and also eats vegetables, grasses, melons and fruits.

Exterior features

The shape of the small turtle is oval, the body is very flat, its dorsal and ventral armor has a soft outer membrane, surrounded by a delicate skirt, the head, neck and limbs can be expanded, the limbs each have five claws, crawling agile, from the appearance of the color, the turtle usually has a dark green dorsal and limbs, some of the back is light brown, and the ventral surface is white and red.

This species has been included in the List of Terrestrial Wild Animals Protected by the State of China that are Beneficial or Have Important Economic and Scientific Research Value issued by the State Forestry Administration of China on August 1, 2000.

1. How to survive the winter of domestic soft-shelled turtles.

2. How to survive the winter of domestic soft-shelled turtles.

3. How to raise domestic soft-shelled turtles in winter.

4. How to survive the winter.

1.Wild soft-shelled turtles hibernate in winter.

2.They eat more food before the hibernation period and then choose a suitable place to hibernate when the ambient temperature is around 10.

3.If the domestic soft-shelled turtle generally needs to hibernate, the owner can feed the soft-shelled turtle a little more food before the hibernation period comes, and then place them in an environment with a temperature of 10 12, and the soft-shelled turtle will hibernate on its own.

4.However, in hibernation, it should be noted that if it is in the water, it should be ensured that the water before hibernation is relatively clean, otherwise the fierce sail will cause the soft-shelled turtle to get sick.

1. First of all, prepare a fish tank suitable for the size of the soft-shelled turtle, with a drying back table, and add water to cover the back of the soft-shelled turtle.

2. Then install the filter, the soft-shelled turtle has high requirements for water quality and needs clean water quality.

3. Install the heating rod and sun lamp, the heating rod can be adjusted to 28-32 degrees, which is suitable for the survival of soft-shelled turtles within this temperature.

4. The soft-shelled turtle will hibernate in winter, and the amount of food eaten will not provide the heat in the body, the soft-shelled turtle generally needs to bask in the sun for 4 hours a day, if there is no time, you can buy a sunlamp to replace it, help it warm up, and it will not enter the state of hibernation.

5. Soft-shelled turtles that do not enter hibernation also need to eat food every day, and can be fed with some fresh food and occasionally some green vegetables.

Soft-shelled turtles are more cold-tolerant than turtles, so the normal indoor temperature will not hibernate 2, and they will only hibernate below 10 degrees.

3. Soft-shelled turtles hibernate in the underwater mud.

4. If you don't eat or move during hibernation, you sleep, so what you can do is to ensure that it is absolutely quiet.

5. If you don't hibernate, you can feed normally, the food is meat, fish and shrimp are the best, and the lean meat of other animals is also OK. Just put it in the water, and the amount is best controlled to be equal to the size of its head, as more is not conducive to its health. The temperature is higher than 20 degrees, you can feed more appropriately, but it is best not to too much, more can promote its growth but affect the life expectancy.

Soft-shelled turtles hibernate from early November to around May of the following year. Soft-shelled turtles love to hibernate in soft sand, so prepare sand for them.

To prevent the death of soft-shelled turtles during hibernation, it is necessary to pay attention to feeding soft-shelled turtles adequate feed. During the spawning period and before hibernation, soft-shelled turtles should be fed fresh and full price compound feed with high nutritional value, and the amount of feeding should be increased appropriately. If there is too much organic matter in the water, change the water promptly.

Don't let the soft-shelled turtle be frightened. During the hibernation period of soft-shelled turtles, do not let people and animals often walk around the fish pond, so as not to make the soft-shelled turtles frightened by the outside and affect the normal hibernation of soft-shelled turtles.