? There are two ways for the pet tortoise to spend the winter, one is to heat it for the winter, and the other is to hibernate naturally. Heating for the winter is to maintain a higher temperature, so that the turtle is more vigorous, so it needs to feed and change water, but also let it bask in the sun. And natural hibernation is to let the tortoise itself into hibernation, after hibernation consumption is relatively low, do not need to eat, regular spray moisturizing can be.
pet tortoises 1. Supplement nutrition: If you want pet tortoises to hibernate safely, you must supplement nutrition before hibernation. Usually after autumn, it is necessary to increase the amount of feeding, can be fed twice a day, pay attention to the combination of meat and vegetables, not only to feed it to eat chicken, but also to feed some fresh vegetables.
2. Stop feeding and soak in water: Two weeks before hibernation, stop feeding food and soak it in warm water. The reason for this is to empty the food in its stomach, otherwise the undigested food in the body for a winter will cause harm to its health, and even lead to its death.
3. Hibernation maintenance: When it comes to hibernation, it is necessary to lower the temperature and provide some moist sand and coconut soil, which it will drill into for hibernation. During the whole hibernation period, we should avoid the rise of temperature, spray water regularly to moisturize, and do not let its body too dry.
