How to raise newborn turtles?

Landlord, if you want to raise a little turtle, let it take the initiative to eat and grow sturdily, you must master some necessary common sense and adjust the feeding environment ~! The newly hatched turtle is still a standard small shell fry, which is very fragile. We must be more careful in breeding and master enough common sense and knowledge to ensure the healthy growth of young turtles ~!

First of all, the tortoise must be in the water to eat normally ~! Otherwise, I can't swallow it at all ~! This is a feeding mistake and common sense blind spot that many people love to make. Usually, you can't feed water correctly. If you don't feed in water, it is impossible for turtles to eat normally. This is also the characteristic of all turtles ~! The dry feeding or feeding water level is very shallow every day. Even if the feeding water level is lower than 5cm, turtles can't eat normally even if they starve to death ~! Turtles and all other turtles must be in the water, relying on the resistance of water to swallow and eat normally ~! Correct feeding environment and sufficient feeding water level are the most basic conditions for eating ~! Soft-shelled turtle can't eat normally if it is kept in a dry or low water level by mistake. ! Even if it is placed in front of it, the tortoise will be indifferent ~! I don't eat at all. After buying back the little turtle, I want the turtle to eat well as soon as possible every day. Correct feeding environment and water level are the most critical factors for turtles to eat normally every day ~! Daily mistakes can't get into the water, or the water level is very shallow or even has not passed. Turtles will not eat normally even if they starve to death, and their mental state and activity will be poor every day ~! My body is getting weaker every day, and I pretend to sleep with my eyes closed most of the time every day to minimize my consumption. There is no healthy activity in daily life until the final consumption and death ~! Daily wrong dry feeding or low-level feeding will have a great impact on their normal activities, emotions and eating, and the body's resistance will drop, making them prone to illness and death.

The following is a summary of personal original experience for many years, without any reprinting or plagiarism. Please take a closer look, I hope you can raise the turtle and let it grow healthily and sturdily ~!

Landlord, it's a big mistake to raise turtles in shallow water or without entering the water. If the basic conditions such as feeding environment and water level are not done well, the tortoise can't eat normally at all, and its state will never get better ~! The correct feeding environment and water level are the biggest factors that determine whether it can eat normally. The lowest correct feeding water level should be above 15-30cm.

After buying a soft-shelled turtle, we should first raise it correctly and let it eat normally as soon as possible, which is also the most basic condition for it to survive well. If you can't eat normally for a few days, it will become more and more anorexia and poor appetite. The longer it takes, the harder it is to feed. If you can't eat normally every day, the fat and muscle tissue stored in your body will start to metabolize and then die. You can't starve a turtle just because it is relatively hungry, which is very wrong ~! The longer it takes, the harder it is to feed, and the greater the damage to the body ~! !

Now is the time when turtles consume the most in a year, and it is also the time when they eat normally and are most active (May-September every year). There is no so-called adaptation period for turtles in the right feeding environment. When buying turtles from vendors, eating normally and taking the initiative is an important criterion for selecting turtles ~! At this time of year, if the tortoise doesn't eat for a few days, the tortoise's physical consumption is very large ~! In the same period, the proportion of physical consumption is also 2-3.5 times that of March in spring. Soft-shelled turtles don't enter the water for more than 2 days, or are raised in the wrong shallow water level, such as using ultra-low wrong water level or even less than 5cm ~! The water of active cells in the body will be gradually consumed, and the physique and activity will be greatly reduced ~!

Usually feed fresh fry, fresh shrimp, live shrimp, live breadworms, etc. It is the most suitable food for turtles, and turtles like it very much. Don't choose vendors to sell feed. Not every turtle can adapt to the small-scale feed, and the nutritional level is not good, which can't afford the turtle's appetite ~! It is also very common that turtles refuse to eat feed ~! ! It's all inferior feed sold by hawkers by deceiving people to make money ~!

Feed fresh fish and shrimp food every day, cut the fry into several sections and cut them into appropriate sizes to eat. Put it in water with tweezers or toothpicks and feed it slowly and patiently in front of its nose and face ~! Or put it in water, put it in front of it and let it feed on its own. For some turtles, especially small turtles, they don't eat the whole fish directly in the water. You need to cut it into several pieces and cut it into a size suitable for it to eat in one bite. The same is true for shrimp. Peel off the head and tail of the shrimp, cut it into small pieces, put it in water or feed it. Don't feed the turtle with the meat of domestic animals such as lean pork, because there are many parasites in it and it is easy to get sick. There are also many shellfish parasites such as snails, and food parasites are very harmful to soft-shelled turtles.

Usually, we should give priority to fresh fish and shrimp food. Like cooked meat and ham sausage, you must never eat it indiscriminately ~! Be sure to pay attention to some necessary knowledge ~! First, don't feed the turtle salty food, such as salted shrimp, dried fish sausage and so on ~! ! After sodium chloride (salt) is ingested, it will cause edema and renal function damage. Turtle should absolutely avoid salt intake ~! It's a little salty ~! Similarly, the rice we usually eat, all kinds of cooked food, rice, steamed bread and bread are not suitable for turtles. Turtles are standard cold-blooded reptiles, warm-blooded mammals like humans, warm-blooded mammals like monkeys, cats and dogs. , this is very different ~! ! It can't be the same as keeping a cat and a dog. It can't adapt to what people eat every day ~ All kinds of cooked food, cooked meat, meals and any salty food must not be fed ~! !

Don't feed domestic animals (cattle, sheep, pigs and animal livers and viscera) and poultry (chickens and ducks) to soft-shelled turtles. These foods with a lot of parasites are very unfavorable to soft-shelled turtles and will cause intestinal infection ~ aquatic fresh fish and shrimp meat are the most suitable ~! Remember not to eat any cooked meat and salty food ~!

Daily feeding and feeding of soft-shelled turtle. The water temperature of 22-25 degrees is the most suitable, and it feels neither cold nor hot, just like the normal temperature tap water in summer and the cold water temperature in swimming pools. The water temperature at this temperature is very suitable for turtles' daily activities and eating. It is forbidden to feed and clean turtles with warm water, hot water or very cold water, which will cause pneumonia, stress reaction and other diseases, and the temperature difference will consume them to death. Change the water every day and scrub the feeding container carefully ~! Ensure the cleanliness of water quality. Also note that it should be equal to the previous water temperature, and there should be no temperature difference, otherwise it will get sick.

First of all, we should pay attention to the basic environment for raising turtles. First, don't choose round containers to raise turtles. Round containers are not suitable for raising soft-shelled turtles. It will cause it to want to climb out every day, and there is visual impairment. It is inevitable to always want to climb out ~! Don't raise turtles in round pots or goldfish bowls every day. Round containers are not suitable for raising turtles, buckets are even less suitable, and even less suitable than washbasins ~! ! It must not be used to raise turtles. The depth of the barrel is high and the opening area is small. A turtle in an urn is like a frog in a well!

Not only can't swim and eat normally in daily life, but also some turtles will try their best to pull the bucket out ~! In the end, I will exhaust my last strength and be exhausted ~! The daily feeding environment is not good, so it is impossible for turtles to take the initiative to eat normally ~! It won't have any interaction with people ~! Daily life is also a good and suitable breeding habitat that is easy to get sick, and it is the basis for raising turtles ~!

If the daily feeding container is a circular washbasin, or a circular container such as a circular water tank and fish tank ~! And the water level is placed at an ultra-low level below 10cm. If it is too high, it will not be too low, which leads to many turtles' persistent refusal to eat, inability to eat normally, and daily behavior, and they don't like the breeding environment very much ~! To solve the turtle's patience problem and make its daily life happier and healthier, a spacious rectangular feeding container is essential ~! Moreover, the most basic necessary conditions, such as water level and feeding environment, must be correct and reasonable.

For water level, soft-shelled turtle is a highly aquatic habit ~! It is impossible to drown soft-shelled turtles by artificial breeding, even if you have the depth of a large outdoor fish pond. The water level in the artificial breeding environment is like pediatrics for turtles ~! Turtle is naturally good at water. Both newborn turtles and adult turtles can swim in rivers, lakes and seas. They live in a lake in the natural environment every day, and the water level of the river is 3-4m deep, so the water level is very easy for them, and it is also a very shallow river and lake ~ Don't worry about the water level placed during artificial breeding, which will not pose any threat to turtles ~! Much shallower than lakes and rivers in natural environment ~! It is necessary to set up floating islands or platforms for sunbathing in daily life. In normal natural environment, soft-shelled turtles will use natural driftwood, stone platforms, rivers and lakes as places for sunbathing and rest. The wrong environment, such as shallow water level, will lead to its refusal to eat, slow activity, poor mental state, loss of appetite and so on. Very unfavorable. It's no good if the water level is too low. Turtle usually lives, eats and excretes in water, which will cause a lot of bacteria to breed and do great harm ~!

There is no need to spread some opinions on the internet, just use the water that has been dry for a few days or overnight ~! That's meaningless, and it's not a good choice to solve the problem. Chemical additives and chlorine in tap water can be mixed and exchanged with chlorine removal solution or water quality stabilizer necessary for aquarium, and the problem is solved in an instant. It is also a daily necessities for raising turtles. Convenient and practical, Taobao, flower and bird market and aquarium market are all sold. Buying Debon or Aoshen brand water stabilizer has a good effect. Don't let the water hang overnight or for a few days, especially in this hot summer. If the water is left hanging overnight or for a few days, and the water quality is not fresh for a long time, the bacteria in the water will multiply and the water will go bad. This is much more harmful than chlorine in tap water, and it does more harm than good. It's like picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelon, and you can't tell your priorities, not to mention the water quality in many places is not that bad.

Although cold-blooded reptiles such as soft-shelled turtles don't eat for days, even some adult soft-shelled turtles can't die without eating for months, so they are hungry. But it doesn't mean that its metabolic mechanism is slow, it is hungry, and it can't eat normally on time every day ~! ! This feeding is extremely wrong ~! ! First of all, the turtle can't eat on time every day, and there is no energy-consuming food intake in the turtle, so ketone bodies will appear in the body, gradually decomposing the energy, fat and muscle tissue stored in the body. Long-term irregular feeding is very harmful to the liver and digestive system. It is impossible for a turtle to grow well and be in good health, let alone raise a healthy and strong turtle. After ketone bodies appear in the body that can't eat on time in daily life, the body will gradually decompose its own fat and muscle tissue and convert it into energy, which will make the turtle's own weight lower, its constitution worse and its own weakness more and more. It also has a great influence on the normal metabolic mechanism, endocrine system and immune system of the body, making the body more prone to illness ~! Moreover, it is a typical sub-health turtle with weak constitution and poor posture. In the vicious circle of the past, the soft-shelled turtle didn't have a good constitution, and it won't be long before it can be raised, let alone live to the ideal standard age ~! On the internet, there are many kinds of incorrect statements in society. I feel that the tortoise is hungry, so I can't die without a meal. I just fish for three days and dry the net for two days, and feed it irregularly. There is no guarantee to feed turtles on time every day. There is no guarantee for the healthy growth of soft-shelled turtle. Feed it at least twice a day at 7: 00 a.m. and at night 17. In a good and correct feeding environment, healthy turtles will take the initiative to eat and master their own food intake ~! If you are full, you won't eat by yourself. The overall intelligence of soft-shelled turtle is still good, and it will not die because of eating too much, like invertebrates such as goldfish. It can control its food intake. Its own autonomic nerve also has the ability to control and adjust ~! Feeding on time and according to points every day to ensure good and sufficient food is also the basis of raising turtles ~!

Landlord, there should be enough water level and volume to raise it at ordinary times, and the feeding container can at least let it swim. Don't use washbasin or goldfish bowl, which is not suitable. There should be a spacious and clean rectangular turtle as its daily home, so that the turtle can live happily. Round containers are not suitable for raising soft-shelled turtles. It will cause it to want to climb out every day, and it will be visually impaired. Even if it is temporary, it is much better to go to the supermarket to buy a rectangular non-toxic plastic box than to use a round basin fish tank. The lowest water level should be 15-20cm. Buy a floating platform or floating island, which is a necessary tool in the turtle ~! So it can climb ashore to rest by itself. I won't stay in the water all the time. If I want to come up, I will go ashore to bask in the sun. Don't disturb it artificially, control it to go ashore to bask in the sun.

It is most suitable to put the container for raising turtles in a place where the house can receive regular sunlight every day. Soft-shelled turtles can also receive mild sunlight regularly every day to ensure their healthy growth and enhance their physique. Avoid outdoor, windows, balconies and other places with strong sunshine ~! ! Because you can't control the heat of the sun and uvb, it's not as safe as artificial light, but it changes all the time and is very dangerous. Especially in such a hot summer, turtles will suffer from heatstroke due to serious imbalance of body temperature, and the consequences are very serious. It is forbidden to take it outdoors, on balconies and other places that receive strong light. That sunshine is too strong, which is not good for the tortoise ~! It is just right to put the turtle breeding container indoors through the window, where there is proper sunshine every day. The spectrum of natural sunlight is visible spectrum+other invisible waves, and uvb(uvb) is the spectrum needed by reptiles such as turtles to synthesize calcium and vitamin D3 to promote the growth of bones and bodies. It is most suitable for turtles to receive uvb 5.0 sunshine every day, and it feels very soft.

Unconventional daily feeding methods will be very unfavorable to the overall health and natural physiological state of turtles ~! Especially if it goes on for a long time, it will make turtles lose their appetite, behave abnormally, reduce their resistance and get sick more easily. The physique is far worse than that of turtles raised in suitable environment, and they can't reach the ideal life span in line with natural physiological habits. Daily feeding should conform to the natural and physiological habits of high aquatic turtle, with spacious feeding containers and active waters, and the lowest water level is 20-30cm. There is also a floating island, floating platform or shore environment for ashore rest.

There is no need to put any bottom sand, stones, pebbles and other objects in the turtle container at ordinary times ~! This is not only not good, but also gild the lily ~! Let bacteria and various harmful pathogenic microorganisms find the most suitable breeding ground ~! ! It is extremely harmful to the health of soft-shelled turtle and the cleanliness of daily water quality hygiene ~! It also makes the daily cleaning and disinfection of feeding containers more complicated, and there is no need to arrange the environment at all ~! When cleaning and disinfecting the turtle container every day, if you can't clean up all kinds of sand and matrix in it carefully, it will definitely make the turtle suffer from various diseases ~! Cause the tortoise to get sick, get sick ~! Moreover, many turtles will eat the bottom sand and sand stones placed in the breeding environment by mistake! Eating sand, stones and other foreign bodies by mistake leads to digestive tract rupture and massive bleeding and death ~! Therefore, in the daily turtle breeding environment, there is absolutely no need to put any bottom sand, stones, pebbles and other objects, and there is no harm at all ~! ! There is a clean, tidy, blank and spacious rectangular turtle tank every day, and it is equipped with floating islands, floating platforms and other appliances for turtles to rest ashore every day. It is a simple and suitable breeding environment for turtles ~!

Don't just find a stone as a floating island or platform specially designed for turtles. Find a stone, blue brick, etc. Do you think it is suitable to be placed on the roadside, riverside, seaside, or other places as a floating island or platform for turtles? Instead of buying a floating island for turtles. It is very inappropriate to be stingy with the breeding environment and find a stone that you think is suitable to make do with landing as a floating island. Many people used to make do with the farming environment in this way, which also greatly caused the tortoise to get sick! Especially the probability of causing eye infectious diseases and skin diseases in the future is 100%! ! Objects like stones, which are found to be floating islands, have just become the biggest breeding ground for bacterial pathogens! It is also the favorite breeding area for invisible and intangible bacteria ~! It is the biggest pollution source in the breeding environment ~! In addition, many people don't know this, and never disinfect the turtle aquaculture environment and containers every 3-5 days on time. And the utensils in the feeding environment, even the feeding containers are never carefully scrubbed and disinfected, and the hygiene habits are very bad ~! As a result, the turtle was sick, and I don't know what the problem is, because the bacterial pathogens in the water are invisible to the naked eye. In addition, the daily bad breeding habits and hygiene, the sanitation of the breeding environment and the unclean water quality all make the turtle easily get sick after proper aquaculture. There are many types of floating islands and floating platforms on Taobao, which are specially designed for turtles. For example, scaling floating islands, water turtle paradise and other products. They are all reasonably designed tools for turtles to rest and bask in their backs after landing.

Usually, the turtle must be raised with clear water, and the container must be disinfected, cleaned and changed in water on time, otherwise it will cause

All kinds of diseases. It is very important to ensure clean water quality and sanitation, so as to prevent various diseases.

Under the premise of normal water, no food residue and no excrement, change the water on time every day ~! And carefully scrub the feeding container ~! Especially this season, it is a period of high incidence of diseases, water quality problems, and water should be changed every day.

After eating, there are leftovers in the excreted water and feces. Clean it up in time and change the water ~! In summer, turtles sometimes excrete 2-3 times a day. Change the water immediately after discovery, and brush the feeding container. Can't be lazy. Otherwise, you will definitely get sick if you soak in dung. Even if it is not reflected at that time, it will happen after a long time. Water quality hygiene is the basis of preventing the recurrence and occurrence of diseases.

Landlord, you should pay attention to the fact that it is impossible for young turtles whose body length is less than 20cm and weight is less than 1000-2000g to hibernate safely for the winter after the temperature drops from 1 1 ~! There are no adult turtles, and there are no turtles whose weight and size are not up to standard because of hunger. It is impossible to hibernate safely for the winter like a strong adult turtle. That will consume you to death ~! 165438+ every year1The period from mid-October to mid-March is the normal hibernation time of soft-shelled turtles. Even adult turtles must bear the weight to confirm whether they meet the standard before hibernation, and never hibernate blindly. Therefore, in the winter when the weather is not very warm, if the water temperature can't be guaranteed, the special heating rod for aquarium is the most common necessary tool for raising turtles, and it is also an indispensable tool for wintering and after the temperature drops. The purpose of using heating rods is not to heat water into warm water or hot water, and soft-shelled turtles are also forbidden to use warm water or hot water. The purpose is to raise the cold water in winter to a temperature that does not freeze to the bone, which is the same as the water temperature of cold water, instead of 22-25 degrees of ice water. Many people don't have the concept of temperature, and there will be great misunderstandings, thinking that water at 25 degrees is warm water, which is absolutely wrong ~! The temperature of a normal person is between 36 and 37 degrees. Only when the water temperature is close to or equal to our body temperature will we feel warm. The water temperature of 25 degrees is the feeling of standard cold water, just like the water temperature of swimming pool when swimming, but it is definitely not warm water ~! Because the normal temperature and water temperature in winter are very cold, both at 13- 15 degrees. 13- 15 degree water temperature, it feels like ice water and iced coke in summer. Therefore, turtles can't eat and move normally, and their eating and activities are based on temperature changes. It will fall into a state of consumption due to low temperature drowsiness, and adult turtles can survive, while small turtles have little chance of survival and are in danger of death at any time. Therefore, a heating rod should be used to raise the water temperature to the same level as that in spring and summer, so that the turtle can take the initiative to eat normally. Aquarium heating rods and boiling water heating rods are completely different. Taobao, flower and bird market and aquarium market are all available, and they are easy to buy. Choose good quality and reliable quality, not cheap ones. Note that the heating rod must be completely immersed in deep water ~! ! No part of the whole body can be exposed to the water, otherwise it will leak, which is very dangerous ~! Therefore, the water level is too shallow, for example, the water level is lower than 10cm, so it cannot be used safely. Cold and hot water temperature is the most unfavorable to soft-shelled turtle, which is very easy to get sick. But with a heating rod, you don't have to worry about this problem. Set the temperature at 22-23 degrees. Turn off the heating rod when it is not used, so there will be no constant temperature effect. Just leave the power on. When it reaches the temperature, it will automatically turn off the power, and when it reaches the specified temperature, it will automatically start to turn on the power for heating. Must be completely immersed in water, in the deep water area, so as to ensure the temperature control and safe use of the heating rod. In the future, the body length will be about 15cm when it grows up. Eat strong, it's cold in winter, and you can hibernate. If the house has heating, forget it. Don't take it outdoors either, or you'll freeze to death.

The tortoise must enter the water correctly and hibernate in the water ~! Humid environment is very important, you can't hibernate dry, winter is very dry and humidity is not suitable, you will dehydrate and die ~! And it consumes a lot of body ~! If turtles are not properly raised and hibernate for the winter, they will become a pile of mummies ~! Hibernate in water, which is also their way in the natural environment, instead of hibernating on land. There may be some shit at first, so you need to change it immediately after you find it, or you will get sick. Pay attention to changing water and carefully scrub the feeding container. There should be no temperature difference between water temperatures, and constant temperature water is needed. Otherwise, it will wake the tortoise and break its hibernation environment, which is very harmful to its health. In winter, cold water at room temperature is enough, which is just the temperature at which turtles hibernate. Then change the water every 1-2 weeks to ensure that the water quality is sanitary and clean during hibernation and will not get sick.

Real hibernation if the room has heating, it won't work. Although it seems to hibernate with eyes closed, it is actually not a real hibernation state, but a shallow sleep state caused by a dry environment. It is essentially different from hibernation. If the air conditioner is often turned on at home or the room is heated, the tortoise will not hibernate at this temperature. Never take it outdoors, it will freeze to death. The temperature difference between day and night is huge. Turtles are not cold-tolerant, and they can't stand the cold in the north. Feeding should be done as usual, fresh fish and shrimp should be fed regularly, water should be changed as usual and feeding containers should be carefully scrubbed to ensure the sanitation of feeding environment and water quality and prevent turtles from getting sick.

If the landlord is in the south and there is no room with heating and air conditioning, the tortoise can hibernate. Don't put it outdoors either, it will freeze. You don't need to bask in the sun when you hibernate, it will wake you up. Hibernation requires a quiet environment without strong light. The landlord must pay attention to 1 week or more-stop feeding 2 weeks before hibernation and let it naturally excrete the remaining feces in the body. This is very important. If there is fecal residue in the intestine, it will cause obstruction and the consequences will be very serious.

I hope your little turtle can grow up healthily ~!