When breeding tortoises, reasonable feeding is an important aspect. The tortoises are omnivorous turtles. When they are young, they can feed live bait and meat food, such as earthworms, fish and shrimp, as well as various insects, as well as lean meat, animal viscera are also their favorite food. Before feeding, we should pay attention to disinfection, chopping, and then feeding, so as not to cause indigestion or intestinal diseases.
It is also important to note that although young turtles are carnivorous, as they grow older, adult turtles tend to be more herbivorous. They can eat a lot of plant foods, such as aquatic plants, vegetables, melons and fruits. And if the time is busy, you can buy some good quality feed, but not for a long time this kind of food, because it contains some additives. In a word, even if you only feed vegetarian food, you should keep the variety of food, alternate feeding, and avoid too single food.
In the process of raising the tortoise, the frequency of feeding is also an important issue. In the young period of the tortoise, because they are just in the period of growth and development, they grow faster and need to be fed once a day in the morning and evening. But don't feed them too much at this time because they are small. With the passage of time, when the tortoise grows to adulthood, its growth rate slows down, and it can be fed once every 1-2 days, but because of its large size, the amount of feeding should be relatively increased.
Also, the frequency of feeding can vary from season to season. In summer, the temperature is high, the metabolism of the tortoise is fast, and the tortoise can be fed once a day; When autumn air temperature begins to drop, need not feed everyday, can feed 2-3 days; Until winter comes, they reach a certain temperature and enter hibernation, at which time they need to stop feeding.
