Dear turtle friends, do you often hear turtle friends sigh like this: "I raised another turtle!" and many turtle friends have found that many turtles that have been raised to death are still inexpensive and close to the people.
In the past, we have believed that the more expensive things are, the more valuable they are. So the more expensive the turtle, the more difficult it is to raise, because expensive means less, and rare is expensive. Cheap turtles must be better to raise, because they are easy to breed and have a large base, so they are cheap. It's not wrong to think this way, it's completely true in theory.
But in fact, many turtle friends now realize that this is not the case, but some more affordable turtles are difficult to raise. Some of the more expensive turtles are the ones that are easy to survive and keep for a long time.
The well-known Mississippi red-eared turtle is often referred to as the Brazilian tortoise. Many people think that Brazilian turtles are cheap and easy to raise, but some turtle friends feel that this is not the case. I felt that Brazil, which was still a seedling, was very fragile, and if I raised it, I got sick, and I had rotten skin and white eye pneumonia, and I died soon.
Although some turtle friends have raised Brazilian turtles with just a basin, the number of dead turtles is probably not a minority. The reason for this, in addition to the improper environment of raising turtles, is also related to the physique and immunity of turtles. Don't think that you won't feel distressed if you buy a cheap turtle, raise one after another, and your wallet is also quietly slimming!
The Brazilian turtle is indeed still relatively fragile when it is young, if you want to be safe, just feed it turtle food, and slowly let it grow for a year and a half, Brazil is very awesome. If you don't do it, you won't be able to die.
There is also the representative of our national turtle - the grass turtle. The grass turtle has an elegant temperament and is a favorite turtle species for many people. The black body is shaking its little head, and it is still very cute. But turtle friends who have raised grass turtles know that the physique of grass turtle seedlings is not strong, and they are easy to get sick if they are not careful. Many turtle friends reported that grass turtle seedlings often have problems such as rotting skin, colds and pneumonia.
This is true of grass turtles, and so is flower turtles. The main reason is that they have a strong stress response. What is needed is that when raising in the early stage, the environment is quiet and stable, and the owner should not feed too much and not act too rudely. If the grass turtle can be quietly raised for more than two years, it is also a very tenacious guy. The same is true for flower turtles, which also need a previously stable environment.
If we raise turtles from the viewpoint of "turtles are tenacious in life and can be raised casually", then it is not surprising that we cannot raise affordable grass turtles and flower turtles.
Of course, now the yellow-throated Xiaoqing is also very cheap, and compared to the grass turtle and the flower turtle, I personally think it is much easier to raise, after all, the stress response is not so strong. In other words, not all low-priced turtles are difficult to raise.
Think about it, the turtles that can be bred and bred in a large area will definitely not be difficult to raise. Otherwise, how can we spread our population? It's just that we haven't found the right way.
Expensive turtles are relatively good to raise, but don't go to extremes. Most of the egg turtles are high because of the current hype, and most of them are still easy to raise. If it's like the yellow forehead, many of them are not domesticated, and they are scarce, and they are indeed expensive and super difficult to raise.
Cheap turtles are not necessarily easy to raise, in fact, expensive turtles are the same, it depends on the species. The price is not directly related to the difficulty of feeding. But in fact, the turtles that can often be seen on the market are difficult to raise, and they do not exist. Our so-called difficulty is not difficult, but we don't understand it enough, if we use the right way, it is not difficult to keep the turtle alive in good health.