1. Do red-faced egg turtles need to bask in their backs Red-faced egg turtles need to bask in their backs. Red-faced egg turtles don't like light, but they need to bask in their backs. If you stay in deep water for a long time, the carapace of the red-faced egg turtle will easily rot, which will affect the health of the red-faced egg turtle. In order to avoid its carapace rotting, let them bask in the sun at the right time. Sunbathing can also improve the immunity of egg turtles, make them less likely to get sick, and promote their own absorption of nutrients, so that they can grow faster. Red-faced egg turtles don't need to bask in the sun every day, and they can't be exposed to too strong light.
2. How to raise red-faced egg turtles1. Selection of parent turtles: When selecting parent turtles, the parent turtles with large individuals, strong bodies, no defects in appearance, smooth body surface, no injuries and strong limbs should be selected. When selecting female turtles, their weight should be over 350 grams, and the weight of male turtles should be over 300 grams. The ratio of female turtles to male turtles in the pond is 2: 1, and the stocking density is about 10-12 turtles per square meter.
2. Disinfection: Disinfection is divided into culture pond disinfection and parent turtle disinfection. The culture pond is soaked in the whole pond with 20 mg potassium permanganate solution or 10 mg bleaching powder. After 4 hours, the water is drained and new water is added. After 10 days of disinfection, check the culture pond, and confirm that the toxicity in the pond disappears before stocking. Disinfection of parent turtles is soaked in 3-5% salt water.
3. Feeding method: Although red-faced egg turtle belongs to omnivorous turtle, it can eat animal feed, plant feed and compound feed after artificial feeding. A variety of feeds are alternately fed to ensure comprehensive nutrition. In the feeding process, bone meal and vitamins should be added to the feed to promote the gonad development and maturation of parent turtles and improve the spawning rate, yield rate and fertilization rate.
4. Turtle egg hatching: After the turtle egg collection is completed, lay 3-4cm vermiculite in the hatchery box, lay the fertilized eggs on the vermiculite, arrange the side with white fertilization spots upward, and arrange them left and right at a distance of 1cm. Cover the turtle eggs with 4-5cm hatching medium, and finally cover them with 1cm wet sponge. After recording the hatching date and quantity, put it in the hatching room for about 6 months.
5. Temporary rearing of young turtles: After hatching, put them into a basin with wet cloth, and put them into a smooth plastic basin after the yellow sac converges. The water depth in the basin is 1-2cm, which is placed in the greenhouse for rest and fed with feed. After 5-7 days, it can be put into the young turtle pool for breeding.
