Will turtles freeze to death in winter?

Will not freeze to death, will hibernate, before hibernation, to feed the turtle fat, from September onwards, to let the turtle eat, twice a day, eat for a month, reserve enough winter fat. Your turtle doesn't eat now, and hibernation is risky. You can keep warm for winter. If you don't want to hibernate, just buy a heating rod, 25 watts is enough, and it doesn't consume electricity. The electricity bill is less than a few cents a day.

Under what conditions can turtles hibernate?

During hibernation, turtles will completely shut down the functions of all their body organs to ensure that the energy consumption of the body is minimized. If the feeding situation of the tortoise is abnormal, it seems to be malnourished. The specific symptoms are: the tortoise is thin, the limbs are weak, the skin and muscles are inelastic, and it feels lighter in the hand. Then, letting such a turtle hibernate may be a devastating decision for it.

For turtles living in colder regions, the optimum hibernation temperature should be between 7- 10C, which may be slightly different. If the temperature is too low for a long time, turtles will die. If the temperature is too high, they may not go into hibernation at all. When the temperature is lower than 15C, the tortoise will go into hibernation. If you don't plan to hibernate, keep the temperature at 22C-30C. If the temperature is lower than 15C, and you don't want the tortoise to hibernate, you should gradually raise the temperature, not too fast. Moreover, turtles can't be fed during the transition period, and they can only eat in the environment of 20 C-30 C.

The best time for turtles to hibernate is 3-4 months. Generally, wild turtles hibernate for a long time, but in the case of artificial feeding, shortening the hibernation time appropriately will not have adverse effects on the body.

If the breeder wants to check the hibernating health of the turtle, he should do it at most once a month. Only in a very special emergency can the breeder disturb a hibernating turtle. This kind of inspection can only be carried out occasionally, and it must not be carried out frequently, otherwise it will disturb the hibernation of turtles and make them unable to completely enter the hibernation state, thus making it difficult to achieve the purpose of letting turtles enter hibernation. Too much disturbance is likely to increase the hibernation mortality of turtles.

In addition, once the breeder chooses the feeding containers for hibernating turtles, the breeder must never simply put them at the outside temperature and expect to do so until the turtles finish hibernating. This is true of any kind of turtle, whether it is a water turtle, a semi-water turtle or a tortoise. If the temperature is kept below 3C for a long time, it will produce a very high mortality rate. Before letting the turtle hibernate, it is also necessary to ensure that the turtle's body is completely "emptied" to avoid rectal infarction caused by temperature drop. A simple and obvious method is to let the tortoise take a warm bath for half an hour every day one week before hibernation, which is the key to make the tortoise's gastrointestinal system "clean". Finally, before letting turtles hibernate, let them know whether this turtle has the habit of hibernating. Some breeders indiscriminately try to hibernate those species that are not used to hibernation, which is extremely stupid. The result will only be the death of the tortoise.

Problems that should be paid attention to after hibernation: When the hibernation period is coming to an end, the breeder can "wake up" the hibernating turtle. The breeder should pay attention not to simply move the hibernating turtle to a warm place for convenience, which will cause sudden death or other diseases of the turtle. Therefore, it is necessary to gradually increase the environmental temperature of hibernating turtles, so that turtles have a gradual adaptation process. This process will last for about a week, so don't rush for success!

In addition, the breeder should not be surprised if the turtle just woke up from hibernation has no interest in food and refuses to eat. Like many people who just woke up from hibernation, turtles also feel dizzy and need some time to adjust, but turtles need much more adjustment time than people, about 1-2 days, or longer. Many turtles who have just woken up from hibernation look skinny or malnourished, which is normal according to the usual situation. At this time, the breeder needs some patience. The previous feeds should be small and refined, and appropriate nutritional drugs and antibiotics should be mixed into the feed. Gradually increase the feeding amount, and after a period of time, feed the turtle according to its maximum food intake, so that the turtle can recover as soon as possible.

Winter is the time when most water turtles and turtles living in the wild hibernate. Generally, when the temperature is below 20 degrees, the activities of turtles begin to decrease, and their food intake also decreases, so they eat less or not. Hibernation is usually accompanied by the shortening of the day, the invasion of cold current leads to the lack of food, and the climatic conditions that are not conducive to the normal behavior of reptiles. During hibernation, metabolism slows down, digestion stops, circulation drops, and immune and other self-protection systems slow down or stop. Because these diseases will take advantage of these changes, some seemingly insignificant ailments will bring great trouble to turtles, so it is suggested that turtle owners should not let sick turtles or weak turtles hibernate. For newly hatched turtles, it is best not to let them hibernate for the first two years. And those turtles brought by heat have no habit of hibernating, so don't let them hibernate. For turtles that are not allowed to hibernate, measures can be taken to raise them by heating when the temperature drops in winter. If it's a turtle, you can use an ordinary incandescent light bulb or an ordinary desk lamp with a special light bulb for reptiles (including ultraviolet rays), an electric blanket and a heating stone for reptiles, or put an electric heater in the room, but be careful not to let the air be too dry (fish house has it).

What should I pay attention to in heating feeding?

1. First of all, pay attention to the temperature when heating the culture. This includes the temperature of water and the temperature above the water surface. You can buy two thermometers, one on the surface and the other underwater, so that the temperature difference between them can be seen at a glance.

2. Heating equipment. The heating equipment includes heating pads, heating rods and ceramic heating. There is also a heating box for turtles. Here is a brief talk about heating with a heating rod. Because heating rods are cheap, most people use them.

3. Precautions. Besides the temperature difference of surface water, we should also pay attention to the arrangement of heating rods. Here, I suggest that you put the heating rod vertically, so that the end of the heating steel wire can completely invade the water. Of course, it can also be placed horizontally. When you put them horizontally, you should pay attention to the fact that the water surface must be a little higher than the diameter of the heating rod. Be very careful if you want to change the water. Pay attention to whether it bursts.

Note: Some problems with heating rods.

1. Glass heating rods are prone to burst when exposed to water, which will lead to continuous heating. The tortoise will die of high temperature. It is suggested that you choose a good brand and use stainless steel metal heating rods when using heating rods. You can also consider riot control.

2. All heating rods have the problem that shrapnel can't bounce off, especially quality problems and products that have been used for too long.

3. Brand of heating rod. Generally, it is recommended that you use the Jiabao in the market. Of course, you can also choose imported products. Consider configuring a digital thermostat to prevent the problem of shrapnel.

Heating rod price. The cheap daily production price is10 $-25 $50-100 w. Jiabao explosion-proof is 25-35.100 w. Heating rods with different power consumption can be equipped according to the cylinder size. 300w can be considered.

About casing

Advantages of friction. The possibility that the heating rod burns the tortoise is avoided. There are two kinds of friction. One is that small crocodiles use their own water, which is the plastic box of 5 yuan that we see in the market. It is also called the mobile turtle box. The other is a tropical fish breeding box, which is used to raise tropical fry and fighting fish. It can use the same water as a big crock. The former is slow in temperature and completely isolated from the outside world. The latter is heated at the same time as the big crock. If so, infection. The former is recommended. For the sake of health, the latter is recommended. If you don't want to use casing, you can consider isolating the heating rod with plexiglass. Avoid direct contact between turtles and heating rods. There are also protective covers for heating rods on the market. You can also consider using them.

Isolation box price

Generally, mobile turtle boxes are sold in 5 yuan-15 yuan. Changsha and other cities are in 8 yuan. Prices are different in different regions. The price of tropical fish isolation box in Shanghai is the same as that in Changsha. 5 yuan, 15 yuan can return to 8 yuan. Turtles of different sizes use boxes of different sizes. The big one can buy a plastic box in the supermarket.

pay attention to

Turtles don't warm up well. Of course, it is recommended to heat the seedlings born at the end of the year, such as those born after September, if their body size is less than 5 cm. And sick turtles (big or small) should be heated and fed. After recovery, they need to replenish energy. Therefore, it is recommended to wait until the weather gets warmer to keep warm.

Healthy seedlings don't have to be completely preheated. 165438+1It takes a long time to stop hibernation and start eating in the second year from the middle of early October to the end of April and mid-May of the following year. Not all turtles can survive.

Everyone is worried that their little turtle or friends who have been raised for many years will not survive the winter, so they can consider shortening the hibernation time and realizing safe winter.

Here, we can consider using all kinds of heating equipment mentioned above to heat animals. In June 5438+10, the temperature difference began to increase. At this time, we heated them until February of the following year. We give turtles energy, trying to make them reach a satisfactory body shape and let them hibernate for a short time. Pay attention to emptying the tortoise's stomach before hibernation to avoid some accidents.