Turtles like people to touch its neck and shell, do not like to be touched head, tail and limbs, once stimulated, they will shrink it into the shell. Usually, do not hold it in your hands to play, the temperature of the palm and the ground temperature is still a gap, this temperature difference is harmful to its health, and even increase the risk of disease.
1, slowly familiar with: bought the turtle is not a hand can play, the first thing to do is slowly familiar with, let it feel you are not a threat around, so as to rest assured. Usually as long as it can walk around more, it should be noted that do not provide it with shelter, with shelter after it is difficult to raise mature.
2. Luring and feeding: After the tortoise is familiar with it, you can try further interaction. When feeding, you can use tweezers to hold meat, shake it slowly in front of it, attract its attention, wait until it starts to move, slowly pull away, let it a little closer, but do not take too far.
3. Touch the head: The easiest way to test whether the turtle is afraid of you is to touch it. If it feels threatened, it will shrink its head, limbs, etc. Into its shell. It should be noted that do not touch all the time, the temperature of the human body is relatively high for it, there is a certain temperature difference.
