How big can a pet turtle grow and what turtle is big?

There are different types of pet turtles and different sizes. The common Brazilian tortoise is no more than 30 centimeters long and is usually 15-25 centimeters. Turtles are even smaller, generally only 9-17 cm, and there are many large turtles.

For example, snapping turtles can grow to about 70 centimeters, and the common Asian giant tortoise is not small. However, they are not the largest, and leatherback turtles can grow up to 2 meters, but they cannot be pets.

In general, pet turtles can grow to about 25 cm. Turtles such as the Aldabra tortoise and the giant snapping turtle are all very large.

The growth rate of the turtle is relatively slow, under normal conditions, the growth rate of the female turtle is: the weight of the first-year-old turtle is about 15 grams, the second-year turtle is 50 grams, the third-star turtle is 100 grams, the fourth-star turtle is 200 grams, the fifth-star turtle is 250 250 grams, and the six-year-old turtle is about 400 grams. Male turtles grow slowly, and the maximum sexual maturity is generally less than 250 grams.

The age calculation is calculated by the number of concentric rings (growth rings) on the tortoiseshell shield, and one ring is the growth period of one year. Of course, factors such as different turtle species, ring clarity, and the presence of rings at hatching can also affect the accuracy of age. The life span of the turtle is generally long, can live for decades, it is recorded that there is a kind of tortoise with a life span of more than 150 years, so there is a longevity reputation of "a thousand-year-old turtle".

The weight of the turtle is not the same, some turtles are a few kilograms, or even less than 1000, and some may be hundreds of kilograms. It's all about turtles, and the time for growth is determined.

Turtles vary in age from small ones weighing a few grams to large land turtles weighing hundreds of kilograms.

Turtles weigh from ten grams to 300 kilograms.

Turtles have a slow metabolism, so they grow slowly, and grass turtles are even more so, and they can mature and reproduce in 5-7 years.

1. Female turtles can grow to more than 3 catties normally, and grass turtles of more than 3 catties in the wild are rare. Now the harsh wild environment, coupled with artificial capture, can grow to 3 catties is rare, wild female grass turtles, generally more than 1 catty is more common, more than 2 catties slightly less.

2. The mature male grass turtle is also called the ink turtle, due to the body genes, the male grass turtle is more than 1 catty very, very little, basically about 1 catty.

3. Turtles in the wild have to dig holes for 4-5 months every year to hibernate naturally, coupled with environmental reasons, food is scarce, and the growth is very slow, so the growth pattern is very fine, the color is very pure and beautiful, and the quality is very good.

4. Artificial feed hormone to promote the growth of turtles, due to the rapid growth, almost no growth lines, the color is dull and floating, and the flowers and birds are basically sold in the artificial grass turtles.

It's not huge, it's about the size of a plate. Turtles, which are cold-blooded animals, grow all their lives, so the longer they live, the bigger they can grow, but unfortunately the grass turtle is not a long-lived turtle, for decades.

Grass turtles can grow to about 28 centimeters in size, but generally male grass turtles are slightly smaller, only about 15 centimeters long. Grass turtles are tenacious and able to use a variety of living environments, and usually wild grass turtles are smaller than domestic grass turtles. And the grass turtles that hibernate normally grow faster and look better.

The dorsal carapace is generally 4,5 cm, which are all turtle seedlings of this year, which cannot hibernate, and the mortality rate is quite high.

7,8 cm, generally around 2 years old, can basically hibernate naturally. In winter, put about 10 cm of sand in the tank, keep the sand moist, don't use a lot of water, and don't let the sand dry completely, otherwise the turtle will become a turtle dry. Also, don't put it in an air-conditioned or heated room, otherwise the temperature changes greatly, and the turtle will wake up in the middle of hibernation, which will consume physical strength and cause death.

Grass turtles are not expensive! It is only 10-20 yuan a piece, which is about the same as the Brazilian turtle**, and the market is very common.

Three or four years can be raised a lot, mainly depending on how much food you eat.

Don't buy a small grass turtle that is too small, it is not easy to survive, buy a palm size to feed.

Feed some turtle feed [Recommended turtle food is very palatable!] There are also small river fish that he loves to eat.

Eat fish and grow fast!

When the grass turtle hibernates, the room temperature is generally around 5 degrees Celsius.

Natural hibernation, is not to heat the rod, if the heating rod is used, it is not hibernation, it becomes greenhouse farming.

Natural hibernation and greenhouse farming are two ways to let turtles survive the winter, the former is natural and slightly riskier, and the latter is artificial and relatively safe, but turtles that do not hibernate may not be very healthy. Do you understand?

The weight of the Chinese grass turtle mother raised under artificial conditions is about 3 catties, and the body length is about 28cm, and the male turtle is smaller than the female turtle, weighing about one catty, and the body length is about 15cm, and the wild Chinese grass turtle has to hibernate every year, and during the hibernation period, due to poor conditions, lack of food and nutrition, it can not keep up, and eventually leads to the slow growth rate of the Chinese grass turtle, and the weight and body size are naturally not as large as the domestic Chinese grass turtle.

People on the second floor are asking about life, not weight, although it is comprehensive, but it is not right. Grass turtles generally live for 30 to 50 years, and if they are warmed for winter and do not hibernate, their lifespan is a little shorter.

The largest turtle is the leatherback turtle.

The largest sea turtle in the world is the leatherback turtle. This turtle is large in size, with a relatively short neck and tail, paddle-like limbs, no claws, and particularly well-developed forelimbs. As a reptile, it is a fast swimmer and generally lives in the pelagic of tropical seas.

The diet is more varied, and can eat fish, shrimp, crabs, squid and other aquatic animals. It breeds in May-June and can produce 90-150 eggs at a time.

Habits:

Leatherback turtlesLeatherback turtles are ectothermic reptiles, but leatherback turtles from the tropics to the Arctic can maintain a body temperature of 7 in water of 25. Although its basal metabolic rate is much lower than that of mammals, its insulating volume effect helps maintain adequate heat.

If it is in a warm climate, it increases the blood flow to the ends of the limbs, thus greatly increasing its heat loss, i.e., dissipating a lot of heat. Leatherback turtles have poor eyesight. As a result, they often eat plastic bags or other garbage floating on the surface of the sea as jellyfish, causing intestinal blockages, resulting in a large number of leatherback turtles dying from human-made white garbage.

Leatherback turtles are known as "strong swimmers" because of their large limbs and the fact that they evolved into a paddle-like shape that allows them to swim in the ocean for a long time and quickly. In 1970, a leatherback turtle was captured in the waters of the Yangtze River estuary in China, and the markings on its body indicate that it had been caught thousands of miles away in the British Atlantic**, which shows its high swimming skills.