a small turtle can bask in the sun, but not for too long, and not at noon. For turtles, proper sunning has many benefits, such as eliminating bacteria on the back armor and preventing diseases. At the same time, it can promote the synthesis of vitamin D, which is conducive to its absorption of calcium. But if the sun is too long and the temperature is too high, it will lead to dehydration.
1. Promoting metabolism: The first benefit of tortoise sunbathing is to promote metabolism. Because when basking in the sun, the temperature will also rise, thus accelerating metabolism, which is conducive to the digestion of turtles.
2. Accelerate calcium absorption: Although exposure to the sun cannot directly supplement calcium to the tortoise, exposure to the sun can help synthesize vitamin D3, which is a substance that can help the tortoise absorb calcium, thus preventing some diseases such as soft shell disease.
3. Favorable hair color: For some turtles, their own color may be relatively dark, but more exposure to the sun can make the color more bright and bright, such as the yellow-throated water turtle, the painted turtle and so on, their exposure to the sun helps to precipitate pigments, thereby promoting hair color.
4. Disease prevention: As mentioned above, exposure to the sun is conducive to the absorption of calcium, and can prevent soft shell disease. But the sun can prevent more than one kind of disease, through the sun, can kill the bacteria on its back, so for fungal diseases also have a good preventive effect.
