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The Brazilian tortoise is fed with a few grains of turtle food at a time. What will happen if you eat too much?

Skyler White
2021-05-20 22:21:31
How much tortoise food Brazilian tortoises eat depends on their size. The small turtle is fed with 3 to 5 grains at a time, the medium turtle is fed with 6 to 9 grains at a time, and the large turtle is fed with 10 to 14 grains at a time. After eating too much, the Brazilian tortoise will behave lazily and like to climb out of the water and lie motionless on the ground. It will also stretch its neck, open its mouth and stop excreting. Severe overeating can cause Brazilian tortoises to vomit and cause gastrointestinal digestive problems. At this time, it should be treated in time so as not to affect its normal growth.
The Brazilian tortoise is fed with a few grains of turtle food at a time. What will happen if you eat too much?

1. the Brazilian tortoise feeds the tortoise food to eat several grains

at a time, the smaller Brazilian tortoise feeds 3-5 grains at a time, the larger one feeds 6-9 grains, and the larger one feeds about 10-14 grains. This kind of tortoise has a strong ability to adapt to the environment, and its feeding habits are wide and miscellaneous, so it is easy to raise. The juvenile tortoise can be fed twice a day, and the adult Brazilian tortoise, that is, 5-10 years old, can be fed once a day. Turtles over 10 years old can be fed once every two days. When

feeding, we should pay attention to choosing some feed that will not pollute the water quality, and this kind of turtle likes fresh bait, you can choose some red nematodes, mealworms, small fish and shrimp, etc. After feeding, we should pay attention to cleaning up. This kind of turtle has high requirements for water quality, so we should pay attention to keeping the water clean.

2. What

will happen if the Brazilian tortoise eats too much? After eating too much, the Brazilian tortoise will show that it does not like to move and lie there motionless. Brazilian tortoises that eat too much like to climb out of the water and lie on the "shore", and at this time Brazilian tortoises do not like to excrete, they may not excrete for two or three days. This kind of tortoise also likes to stretch its neck out of the shell, stretching long, and unwilling to move after opening its mouth. After eating too much, the tortoise will not eat again for a long time.

At this time, we need to keep the temperature in the cylinder as constant as possible, and let them bask in the sun more. When feeding, we must pay attention to the amount of feeding, generally 5% -10% of the weight of the turtle, do not feed too much. When the tortoise eats too much, it may suffer from vomiting, enteritis and a series of digestive problems. At this time, they should be treated in time, otherwise they may die.

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