Spotted pond turtles do not live completely in water. Only pure water turtles eat, reproduce and breathe in water. Spotted pond turtles do not belong to pure water turtles. They breathe with their lungs, so they need to swim to the water regularly to breathe fresh space. In addition, they also need to reproduce and eat on land, so they do not live completely in water. The favorite breeding environment for spotted pond turtles is "water and land". Breeders can build a pond with half shallow water and half land for them, which is beneficial to their development.

Spotted pond turtles not be raised in deep water. Although they can live in deep water when they are in the wild, most of them are artificially bred now. Because their carapace is heavier than that of ordinary turtles, their activities are not too flexible. If breeders raise them in deep water, they are easy to choke or suffocate on their way upstream. In addition, deep water breeding is troublesome, so breeders had better use shallow water to breed. Moreover, they can't expect to be in the water for a long time. They need to be exposed to the sun for several hours every day to ensure their health. If the water level is too deep, it will affect their exposure to the sun.