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What kind of tortoise is it? Is it easy to raise?

Hank Schrader
2021-06-18 09:26:06
Flame tortoises, also known as red-bellied tortoises, are a branch of Brazilian tortoises, but their patterns are more beautiful than Brazilian tortoises, and their adaptability is stronger. When they grow up, they are mainly vegetarian, and the cost of raising them is not high, so flame turtles are favored by many aquarium enthusiasts. The carapace of a newborn flame turtle is yellow-green. After a period of development, the yellow-green will turn into black and red, which looks like a flame.
What kind of tortoise is it? Is it easy to raise?

1. what kind of species

is the flame turtle? The flame turtle is a branch of the Brazilian turtle, belonging to the colorful turtle genus, also known as the red-bellied turtle. They are similar to Brazilian tortoises in size, habits and longevity. The difference is that their patterns are more beautiful than those of Brazilian tortoises, because their carapaces change from yellow-green to black-red, and the patterns on their carapaces look like flames, which is also the origin of their name. The flame tortoise is an aquatic tortoise with a mixed diet. It prefers animal feed when it is young and will become vegetarian when it is an adult. Because of their strong adaptability and the low cost of raising them as adults, they are favored by many turtle enthusiasts.

Flame turtles

are relatively easy to raise, because they have strong adaptability, can not only resist cold, but also heat, and the conditions and environmental requirements for raising are not high, when raising at home, they can be raised with basins, water tanks, pools, etc. In normal feeding, they can survive as long as they have enough food and water. In addition, their reproduction is also relatively large. They begin to mate in May and reproduce from June to September. During this period, they will lay eggs four times, each time they can lay 1-10 eggs, and they can lay 30-40 eggs a year.

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