This year's winter in Guangxi is very warm, only a few days of temperature below 10 ° C, most of the time the temperature is above 15 ° C, in this temperature conditions, stone turtles can not enter hibernation, at this time, what should we do? What should I pay attention to when managing?
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First, you can't force feeding. Although the stone turtle cannot enter the hibernation state, but because the overall temperature conditions in winter do not meet the standards of their feeding, they cannot be forced to feed them. Even on some days of warm winter, the temperature reaches 27-8 degrees, to meet their feeding conditions, can not be fed, because this temperature condition lasts too short, may be the noon of the day can reach such conditions, the rest of the time, such as evening and morning, the temperature is still low, the temperature difference within a day is so large, for the stone turtle that eats food, can not effectively digest food, which is easy to lead to food backlog in the intestine and can not be discharged smoothly, increasing the risk of disease, so, the warm winter period, Stone money turtles that cannot enter hibernation are recommended not to be forced to feed food, and the hunger tolerance of stone money turtles is much stronger than we think, so don't worry too much! If you really want to feed food to the stone money turtle, it is recommended to transfer to the warmer box feeding, after the transfer into the warm box, the use of step by step heating method, so that the turtle slowly adapt to the rising temperature and then feed, do not put the stone money turtle into the heating box directly after heating to 25 ° C or more to feed food, because the sharp heating, so that the original adaptation to the natural temperature conditions of the stone money turtle can not adapt to the high temperature above 25 ° C in a short period of time, prone to stress reactions, serious violent death.
Stone money turtle seedlings
Second, change the water. Stone turtles that cannot enter hibernation, although the metabolism is not as fast as in the summer, but they will also carry out fecal excretion, feces excret more, the water quality will become worse, easy to breed bacteria, the water will stink, thereby polluting the living environment of the stone turtles, increasing their risk of disease, such as water mold, white eye disease (turtle seedlings are frequent, highly contagious) and other uncertain syndromes, etc., so it is recommended to feed the main timely water change. In order to reduce the adverse effects of water replacement on the stone money turtle, when changing water, it is recommended to choose to change when the sun is shining and the temperature is warm, and special attention should be paid to: whether it is the stone money turtle farmed in the outer pond or the stone money turtle farmed indoors, when injecting new water, do not directly flush the turtle group, the big punch, the turtle is easy to be frightened, the correct operation should be to use the water pipe to slowly flow the new water to the turtle pond, so that the turtle has enough time to adapt to the environment after the water change. In addition, the water temperature temperature during water change should be consistent with the temperature of the old water, and the maximum temperature difference should be maintained within 3 ° C.
Stone money turtle
Third, less flipping, less disturbing. In addition to the large overturning caused by the necessary water change, when inspecting the turtle pond (turtle box), it is possible not to flip them without turning them, and to make as little noise as possible to prevent disturbing them. Although the warm winter air can not allow the stone turtle to enter hibernation, but they are still in a state of less activity or immobility under relatively low temperature conditions, somewhat similar to shallow hibernation, in order to make them more accustomed to rest, less flipping, less disturbance is the best. However, when inspecting the turtle pond (turtle box), if you find abnormal conditions such as turtle floating water, landing for no reason or suffering from water mold, it is still necessary to turn the turtle out for isolation treatment, if you need to use medication, it is recommended to warm the medication, so the treatment effect will be better.
Turtle base
Because it is very normal for the warm winter air to force the stone turtles to be unable to enter hibernation, so the owner does not have to worry about it, just need to follow the steps, according to the existing breeding experience management, in general, as long as they are not forced to feed them food, do the daily necessary water change work, even if they can not enter hibernation, it will not affect their health, after the spring, they are still alive!