Will the baby turtle starve to death if it doesn t eat in winter? I m worried!

Updated on amusement 2024-04-01
7 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    Healthy ghosts with a healthy body length of more than 6cm are a good choice, and the owner is trouble-free, which is good for the growth and resistance of the turtle itself in the coming year.

    Sick turtles and young turtles that are too small are not recommended to hibernate, and they will not be able to keep up with their physical strength and will not wake up. It can be warmed or semi-dry.

    An easy way not to hibernate.

    Method 1Semi-dry culture is to soak in water 3 times a day.

    For about 15 minutes each time, the water temperature can be warm to the touch of your hand, and the breeding box must be covered.

    Leave a small slit for ventilation when covering.

    It can play a role in heat preservation.

    If you don't add a warming stick, soak in the water for 15 minutes and it will almost be cold.

    Take out the tortoise.

    Dry in the vivarium.

    Wait for the next soak.

    Pay attention to the water temperature. Beware of turtles catching a cold.

    Method 2 Water heating: It is easier to place an electric heating rod in the water, but this has a disadvantage, the water should not be too shallow. If the water is too shallow, you can also use the method of setting the cylinder: the large cylinder is heated, and the small cylinder is placed in the heated large tank.

    It is best to have a lid to prevent and treat pneumonia in small turtles; In order to avoid unnecessary turtle boiling, you can consider configuring temperature control, which will be safer.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    The turtle begins to stop eating at around 20 degrees Celsius and enters hibernation at 13 degrees Celsius. If the turtle is relatively small and its physical strength is not enough to survive hibernation, you can buy a heating tube to heat the water temperature to 26-28 degrees, and you can feed and feed normally. The water must completely submerge the heating rod.

    You can spread the turtle tank with sand, create a slope row of water inside the turtle tank, and bury the heating rod in the sand. The water will be able to completely bury the heating pipe.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    Turtles do not starve to death if they do not eat in winter, and tortoises go into hibernation in winter to resist cold and hunger to survive the winter safely. But the keeper needs to supplement the turtle with nutrients two months before the tortoise hibernates, so that the tortoises have enough nutrients to survive the winter. Keepers also need to prepare sand for the turtles to dig holes to burrow into and hibernate.

    Turtles will not starve to death if they do not eat in winter, and turtles will enter hibernation in winter. Turtles hibernate because the temperature is too low and food is scarce in winter, so they hibernate to survive the winter safely.

    However, the keeper needs to give the turtle nutrients two months before hibernation. Feed the turtle its favorite food, and increase the feeding once a day to make sure the turtle has enough nutrients to hibernate.

    Keepers also need to prepare clean, smooth sand for the turtles to burrow into and hibernate. After the tortoise burrows into hibernation, the keeper needs to cover the surface of the sand with a wet towel to moisturize the tortoise.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    The turtle will also starve to death if it does not eat, although its metabolism is slow, but if it does not eat for a long time, it will become more and more emaciated. Generally, a tortoise can go dormant without food for five or six months, but after it wakes up, it can easily starve to death if there is no food. If the turtle is not fed for a long time, it will also cause its body resistance to weaken.

    Although the turtle is very hungry, it will starve to death if it does not eat, because although the turtle has a slow metabolism, if it does not take in nutrients for a long time, it will become more and more emaciated, and finally die.

    Generally, the turtle can go without food for five or six months when it is hibernating, but after it wakes up, its appetite will become very strong, and if there is no food at this time, it is easy for it to starve to death.

    When raising a tortoise, if you don't give it food for a long time, it will weaken its body resistance and make it easy to get sick in life, so it is best to ensure that the tortoise has a normal diet.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    Turtles will not starve to death if they do not hibernate or eat in winter.

    Turtles generally hibernate. If you don't hibernate, it may be because it's too warm indoors, and you can't die if you don't hibernate or eat, and you can't die even if you don't eat for half a year to 1 year. It was kept indoors and put in a basin of water.

    When spring arrives and the temperature rises, you will eat.

    Turtles are ectotherms, unable to maintain a stable body temperature, will change with the ambient temperature, if in the natural environment of temperate areas, when winter comes, its body temperature will drop to the point that it cannot move normally and forage for food, so it must hibernat.

    In the tropics, turtles do not hibernate. In a state of hibernation, the tortoise's metabolism is very slow, the nutrient consumption is very low, and there is no problem not eating food for a winter.

    A great way for turtles to hibernate

    1. Heating for winter, the first winter of small turtle seedlings and sick turtles, stunted turtles, heating for the winter is safer, generally put a heating rod in the turtle tank to raise the water temperature, so that the temperature is constant at 25 32, during which the turtle can be fed as usual.

    2. For natural hibernation, prepare a hibernation box for the tortoise, spread vermiculite or mixed sediment, maintain a certain humidity and temperature, and do not feed or disturb the tortoise during hibernation.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    1. Will the turtle starve to death if it doesn't eat?

    2. Will the turtle starve to death if it doesn't eat?

    3. Can a turtle starve to death if it doesn't eat?

    4. Will the turtle starve to death and not eat?

    1.A tortoise will starve to death if it doesn't eat.

    2.Although this animal is very hungry tolerant, it cannot be completely unfed.

    3.Usually young turtles should be fed once a day, if they are adults, they can be fed once every two days, too much feeding may make the turtle become too obese and not good for its health.

    4.In addition, food must pay attention to the combination, both meat and vegetarian, so as to ensure a balance of nutrition.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    In winter at 28 the tortoise does not eat, and if it does not hibernate, it may be sick. Get a veterinarian.

    How to raise turtles

    1. Feeding containers

    Storage boxes, logistics boxes, fish tanks, etc. can all be used to raise turtles. Before feeding, it should be disinfected with light salt water, potassium permanganate dilution, etc., and rinsed with water repeatedly after disinfection. The height of the container should not be too shallow, and the inner wall should not be too rough, because the turtle has a strong climbing ability, and a container that is too shallow and too rough can easily allow it to escape.

    The feeding density should not be too large, too large density can easily cause turtles to fight and grab food, bringing the risk of tail breaking.

    2. Water for feeding

    Turtles can be kept with tap water that has been dried in the sun for more than two days, well water, etc. After drying, it can remove harmful substances such as chlorine in the water, and at the same time can promote the reproduction of algae and probiotics in the water. Turtles are more stressful, and it takes a long time to adapt to the water quality after arriving in a new environment, and the direct use of tap water will cause turtles to get sick, so do not be greedy for convenience and directly use tap water to raise turtles.

    The water level of the turtle should be 1 times the length of the tortoise's back carapace, so that the tortoise can stick its head out of the water at any time to breathe. Every time you change the water, you can change about half of the old water, pay attention to the temperature of the new water added should be consistent with the old water, and the water change time should be carried out every day when the temperature is high, so as not to cause the turtle to catch a cold. Filters can also be used to purify water quality, enhance water circulation, and reduce the frequency of water changes.

    3. Feeding temperature

    The optimal growing temperature for turtles is between 25 and 30 degrees, with too high temperatures causing heat stroke and too low temperatures causing turtles to stop feeding. In summer, turtles should be raised to prevent heatstroke and cool down to avoid turtles from heat stroke and die.

    Fourth, light

    When raising turtles, it is necessary to set up a gentle slope and exposed sundeck in the water, so that the turtles can climb out of the water at any time to rest and bask their backs. Receiving proper light every day is of great significance to turtles, which can not only promote the synthesis of vitamin D3 in their bodies to speed up calcium absorption, but also effectively prevent the occurrence of various diseases. Also, when sunbathing turtles in the summer, avoid the midday hours to avoid excessive temperatures.

    5. Food

    Turtles can be raised using a variety of water turtle larvae food, or they can be fed fish and shrimp meat. When feeding fish and shrimp, cut the food into appropriate shapes, too large food is not conducive to the turtle to eat, and pay attention to clean up the hard residue in the food to avoid scratching the turtle's gastrointestinal esophagus. It can be fed once a day, and the amount of each feeding is preferably so that the turtle can eat it within 5 minutes.

    Do not overfeed food, first, overfeeding can easily cause indigestion and rapid growth of turtles, resulting in gastrointestinal diseases, growth deformities, etc.; Second, overfeeding is easy to produce too much food residue, resulting in poor water quality.

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