Generally, a newly bought turtle needs to be disinfected with medicine. The commonly used medicine is potassium permanganate. Take an appropriate amount and pour it into water to make a solution. Then soak the turtle in the solution. It is enough to soak the turtle for 30 minutes. In addition to using this drug, oxytetracycline is also a good choice, but the dosage should be strictly controlled. In addition, do not use salt water for disinfection, otherwise it is easy to cause its body edema.
1. Unfamiliar environment: It is a very common phenomenon that the newly bought turtle doesn't eat. Because of the change of living environment, it has a certain sense of fear, so it takes a few days to get used to it. Generally, it will recover its appetite after three days, and it will eat when it is fed again. Until then, be sure to avoid scaring it.
2. Keep a distance: Feeding a turtle is different from feeding a fish. Feeding a fish can be done by throwing feed on the surface of the water, while feeding a turtle requires putting food into the water. Because it eats slowly, it is not necessary to keep an eye on it all the time after throwing food. It is best to keep a little distance. When there are people around, it will also cause it not to eat.
3. Change the food: The tortoise has certain requirements for the feed. If the food is not palatable, it will not eat it. Usually, to open it with meat, you can choose fish and shrimp or lean meat. After that, it can be fed with artificial feed and slowly changed into pure artificial feed.
