How to choose a concave tortoise
(1) First of all, raising concave tortoises, it is best to raise a turtle weighing more than 250 grams, and the individual is about 750 grams. Heavy color tong stress is strong and good physique. Then, see if the surface of the turtle's body is broken, whether the scales of the limbs are dropped, and whether the claws of the limbs are missing. Whether there are parasites in the armpits and sockets of the limbs, whether the eyes are swollen, and whether there are white spots on the surface of the eyeballs. Finally, to see if the turtle's muscles are full, whether there is emphysema under the skin, edema and crawling, the limbs will support themselves, rather than the abdominal nail dragging the ground.
(2) Pick up the turtle and weigh it with your hand if it feels heavy, it is a healthy turtle; If it feels light, it is an unhealthy turtle.
(3) Put the turtle into shallow water, the water level is half the height of the colored back carapace, observe whether the turtle drinks water, if you drink a lot of water for a long time, it is an unhealthy turtle.
(4) Erect the turtle, use a small wooden stick to induce it to open its mouth, and observe the color of the surface of the turtle's tongue.
The tongue of the turtle is generally pink and moist on the surface, and the surface of the tongue has a thin white or thin yellow moss; Unhealthy turtles have a red, white, and cyan tongue surface, and a thick tongue of dark yellow, milky white, or black. Also see if there is nasal fluid in the nose of the turtle, the nose of the healthy turtle is dry, and there is no crack in the nose. If it is a healthy turtle, its mouth is clean and free of mucus; Unhealthy turtles, there is nasal fluid flowing out of the nose, the nose is damp around the nose, the disease is serious, and the nostrils are bleeding.
What factors need to be paid attention to in raising concave tortoises
(1) Under artificial breeding conditions, the habitat point of the concave tortoise is fixed, and it often crawls to the dark place to stand still during the day, stays for a long time, and there are tears discharged from the clear eyes. When the ambient temperature is about 25 ° C, the turtle is active, often crawling out of the turtle nest and moving everywhere. When the ambient temperature is 32 ° C, the turtle often climbs into the basin to drink water, and sometimes rests in the basin for 5 to 10 minutes. The ambient temperature reaches below 18 ° C, the turtle moves less, puts it into the sand, the turtle only exposes its head, and the whole body is buried in the sand and goes into hibernation.
(2) Behavior: Timid temperament, when frightened, the head will be shrunk into the shell, immediately extended out of the shell, repeated several times, and the mouth constantly emits a "whoosh" deflation sound, after calming, the head shakes up and down, and then slowly extends out of the shell. If picked up, stretch out your limbs and open your mouth to bite. After normal feeding in the new environment, the habitat is relatively fixed. During the day, he was seen crawling around the pool, and at night he returned to the turtle's nest.
(3) Feeding habits: In the wild, concave tortoises love to eat plant foods such as bamboo shoots, weeds, and wild fruits. Captive-reared turtles love cucumbers, watermelons, banana apples, and rotifers, but not potatoes, carrots, lettuce, and cabbage leaves.