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What does a turtle look like and how should it be raised?

Marie Schrader
2021-04-29 13:55:18
Flower tortoises, also known as pearl tortoises, are flat and have a small head, with green and black stripes on the head, neck and limbs. The carapace is brown or chestnut, with three edges, the edges of the carapace are serrated, and the scutellum is evenly distributed with concentric lines. The plastron is flat, the anterior part is smooth, the posterior part is concave, and the carapace bridge is obvious. The tortoise's limbs are also flat, its toes are webbed, its forelimbs are five claws, and its hind limbs are four claws.
What does a turtle look like and how should it be raised?

1. what does

the turtle look like? The turtle is flat, with a small and pointed head. The carapace is relatively gentle and prominent, with three obvious ridges. The adult tortoise will have a neck shield, which is usually trapezoidal or rectangular, with five vertebral shields, eight costal shields and 24 beak shields, each of which has concentric lines. The plastron of the flower turtle is yellowish with chestnut markings. The front end is flat, the back end is concave, the limbs are flat, the forelimbs have five claws, the hind limbs have four claws, and the tail is slender. The whole turtle is black and green, with black and green stripes on its head, neck and exposed limbs.

2. How to raise

turtles 1. Water temperature: Turtles like warm environment, breeders need to control the water temperature above 25 degrees, if the water temperature is below 20 degrees, they will refuse to eat.

2. Water quality: The flower turtle is a terrapin, which has higher requirements for water quality. Therefore, the breeder needs to change the water 1-2 hours after each feeding to ensure that the water quality is fresh.

3. Feeding: Turtles can eat some small fish, shrimps, earthworms and other animal feed, as well as some corn, sweet potatoes, pumpkins and other tender vegetable leaves.

4. Container: It is better to choose a larger container and build a terrace in the container, because the turtle likes to bask in the sun, but it can not bask in the sun for a long time, and the time of basking in the sun should not exceed 3 hours a day.

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