Your shallow smile is like black plum sauce, and this lyric is a perfect description of the West African side-necked turtle. Many turtle lovers first encounter the West African side-necked turtle because of its shallow, charming smile.
Hello everyone, I'm Adu, and the turtle I'm going to talk to you about today is the West African side-necked turtle. When it comes to the West African side-necked turtle, I believe that many turtle friends will be familiar with it, it is famous for its smiling face and backswimming turtle, and is deeply loved by the majority of turtle friends. As a turtle friend who does not follow the usual path, I refused at first when it came to the West African side-necked turtle.
What is the West African side-necked turtle, the West African side-necked turtle is a phylum of chordates, with a typical worm pattern on the head, light yellow or white in the center of the abdominal carapace, native to West Africa, mainly distributed in rivers and lakes, carnivorous, feeding on fish, crustaceans, snails, etc. The West African side-necked turtle is a tropical turtle that cannot hibernate, and needs to be warmed in captivity, and the temperature should be 26-32 degrees.
When it comes to West African side-necked turtles, we have to mention another kind of side-necked turtle that is common in the turtle circle - swamp side-necked turtles, the two of them are accompanied by each other, and basically there are merchants who sell West Africa will definitely have swamps for sale. Compared with the West African side-necked turtle, the swamp side-necked turtle lacks the worm pattern on its head, and the abdominal carapace is also mainly black, which is the main difference between the two types of side-necked turtles, and it is for this reason that the price of the swamp side-necked turtle is slightly cheaper than that of West Africa. Another point is that after raising these two kinds of side-necked turtles, I found that the character of the swamp side-necked turtle is more fierce than that of West Africa, it is not afraid of heaven and earth, it dares to bite anything in the same tank, and even goes back to bite the musk turtle that is twice its size. As for which size is smaller in the artificial environment, West Africa or swamps, I have heard two different theories, and some turtle friends who know can add.
From the beginning of refusing to breed West Africa to slowly accepting it, there must be a process of change, so I will talk to you about the advantages and disadvantages of West African side-necked turtles, and why I chose to breed West African side-necked turtles. The advantage of the West African side-necked turtle is that it always has a smiling face, beautiful head lines, better water nature, and good interactivity, as for the backstroke videos we often see on the Internet, according to my own observation, West Africa will not take the initiative to backstroke unless it is affected by external forces.
Let's talk about the shortcomings of the West African side-necked turtle, the adult size of the West African side-necked turtle will be relatively large, and it can easily reach 20+ in captivity, which is still not very convenient for ordinary families. Since it is a tropical turtle, most parts of the mainland need to be warmed in winter, and I have always been against buying turtles that need to be warmed and larger in my previous days. My point is: I can warm you, but you can't ask me to warm it, and I've always bought turtles that are smaller and hibernating. Why is it starting to change to buying West Africa now, because the price of egg turtles is too hot now, and the prices of almost all egg turtles have risen a lot compared with last year, and there is no trend of cooling down in a short time.
Recently, I opened a new 60 tank, and I wanted to choose a turtle that can be heated for this tank, so that the winter will not be so boring, so I chose to raise West African side-necked turtles in comparison. This West Africa was bought on my online platform, only 2cm+ when I bought it, and I was worried that such a small turtle could withstand a 3-day long journey, but it was in good condition after arriving home, and it was directly put into the tank after standing for two hours, and it was directly eaten after 3 days.
That's all for this issue, thanks for watching, and goodbye.