How long can a fortune cookie turtle live
How long can a fortune cookie turtle live, turtles are a very long-lived animals, because their activities are relatively small, physical exertion is naturally also very small, we for such amphibious turtles are very favorite, the following for you to share the fortune cookie turtle can live long.
How long does a fortune cookie turtle live1
20-30 years or so.
Is the fortune cookie turtle good to live?
The Fortune Turtle is a complete omnivore, with a slight bias towards plant food, so it can be fed vegetables, and fruits such as figs, apples, fruit and bananas, with a small amount of fish and shrimp and other animal bait. Synthetic fish feed or turtle feed can also be fed, and calcium and vitamins should be added appropriately. Healthy fortune-telling turtles have a large amount of food and can eat almost from morning to night. After each feeding, the food residues should be salvaged with a netting to keep the water clean. This is especially true when feeding foods that tend to spoil the water, such as bananas.
Hatchling turtles tend to be carnivorous, so you can feed more fish, shrimp, beef, earthworms, red worms and other animal bait to meet its growth needs. Due to the specialization of the turtle's limbs in the form of flippers, it is not conducive to tearing food, so it should be cut into appropriate small pieces before feeding so that the turtle's swallowing. Hatchling turtles generally do not like plant food, but some owners believe that they will prefer corn, bananas, pears and other fruits and vegetables with high sweetness, and you can also try to feed the bitter herbs, goldfish algae, chrysanthemum rotundiflorum and other aquatic plants, in order to balance the nutrients.
How to raise a fortune turtle:
1, water quality management: feeding should be based on the degree of cleanliness of the water to decide whether to change the water, found that the water quality is contaminated or turbidity should be changed, the water should be changed diligently in the summer, the winter can be less change, hibernation should not be changed and the new water should be replaced with a slightly higher than the usual temperature of the water 1 ~ 2 ℃.
2, temperature management: egg turtle is a thermophile, the water temperature drops to 15 ℃ below the water will be lying underwater to start hibernation, to the spring and summer of the intersection of the water temperature rose to 15 ℃ above the start of the activities, foraging, the appropriate temperature of 25 ~ 30 ℃, more than 35 ℃ to stop feeding.
3, light control: the small egg turtle placed in the sun can be sunny place, but to avoid exposure to the sun, there should be a cool ` place and pool or water basin for rest, play. And the movement of the small egg turtle is relatively large, the appropriate activities of the muscles and bones, is conducive to the development of bones.
4, feed selection: egg turtle belongs to omnivorous animals, both eat animal feed such as small fish, shrimp, snails, mussels, earthworms, maggots, livestock scraps, etc., but also eat plant feed such as tubers, vegetables, grains, aquatic plants.
5, feeding food: egg turtles are usually fed once every 3 days, the amount of feeding can be based on the size of the egg turtle and discretionary increase or decrease, generally can be fed according to its body weight of 5 to 10%, in the spring and fall temperatures moderate appetite can be increased appropriately, and before the arrival of winter to feed more than usual.
Wealthy turtles are omnivorous, tenacious, good living, and have the meaning of great wealth, we are interested in the wealth of turtles, you can raise.
1, morphological characteristics
The fortune cookie turtle is one of the most peculiar-looking freshwater turtles. Its dorsal armor is more rounded, dark gray, olive gray or brownish gray, with a row of white spots near the edge. The edges are slightly serrated, and there is no skirt like that of the turtle because the outer edge of the skeleton is well developed and structurally intact.
There is also no shield, but a continuous and slightly wrinkled skin. The dorsal armor has a row of spiny crests in the middle. The ventral armor is pale, white, cream or yellowish, and slightly cross-shaped.
The head is of moderate size and cannot be retracted into the shell. There is a gray stripe behind the eyes. The snout is plump, fleshy, and very long, resembling a pig's snout.
The limbs, which have been specialized into fins for aquatic life, also cannot be retracted into the shell. Two distinct claw-armors near the midpoint of each forelimb are also characteristic. The tail is on the short side, and the dorsal surface is covered with an array of crescent-shaped scales that taper from the base to the tip of the tail. The underside of the tail is flanked by distinctive folds of skin that extend through the roots of the thighs to the hind limbs.
2, how to raise
Fortune turtles are full of omnivores, and slightly biased in favor of phytophagy, so you can usually feed vegetables, as well as figs, apples, fruit and bananas and other fruits, or add a small amount of fish and shrimp and other animal bait, but also can be fed to the synthetic fish feed or turtle feed, and to add calcium and vitamins. Add calcium and vitamins, healthy fortune turtle's food is very large, almost from morning to night. At the end of each feeding, the food residues should be salvaged from the net to keep the water clean, especially when feeding bananas and other foods that can easily spoil the water quality.
Hatchling turtles tend to be carnivorous, so you can feed more fish, shrimp, beef, earthworms, red worms and other animal bait to meet its growth needs. Due to the specialization of the turtle's limbs in the form of flippers, it is not conducive to tearing food, so before feeding, it should be cut into appropriate small pieces, so that the turtle can swallow it. Hatchlings are generally not fond of plant food, but some owners believe that they will prefer corn, bananas, pears, and other fruits and vegetables with a high degree of sweetness, and you can also try to feed the bitter herbs, goldfish algae, chrysanthemum algae, and other aquatic plants, so as to help balance the nutrients.
3, feng shui taboos
1, placed in the living room door
placed in the living room in the fortune tortoise, the front and the head, should be charged at the door, so that the gas absorption of wealth.
2, placed in the bedroom should be inward
placed in the bedroom of the fortune turtle, the head should be facing inward, the tail should face outward.
3, with the god on the side
Some people's homes in addition to placing the fortune turtle will also place other gods of wealth, bodhisattva and other deities, if the gods and bodhisattvas placed together, the fortune turtle should be placed on the side of the most.
4, avoid outsiders touch
Many people's home fortune turtle placed in the living room, so that guests and friends will see and touch, in fact, this is not good, placed in the home of the fortune turtle in addition to their own family members, do not be touched by outsiders.
Fortune Turtle Feng Shui role
1, you can attract wealth and transit
Fortune Turtle is very spiritual, there are a lot of valuable roles, suitable for placing in their own rooms. Feng Shui has a cloud: "to fast hair, fighting three deaths", the fortune-telling turtle placed in the home of the financial position has a role in promoting wealth; the fortune-telling turtle placed in the water heavy feng shui position can be dissolved tongue, and enhance the fate of the people; if the family encountered the official wrong, right and wrong, guilty of small people, insolvency, financial weakness, etc., it is desirable to the fortune-telling turtle placed in the hall, dissolve the evil gas! It can also be used as a house-suppressing and family-boosting device.
2, you can open the luck of the curse
Turtle in fact in feng shui has the role of the curse, feng shui is known as the turtle of the curse, is also known as the turtle of fortune. The original is because the turtle on the back of the turtle
ripples, turtle lines in the center of the three compartments, symbolizing the three talents of heaven, earth and man, next to the twenty-four compartments, symbolizing the twenty-four mountains, there are ten compartments symbolizing the ten heavenly trunks.
At the bottom of the turtle shell, there are twelve compartments, symbolizing the twelve branches of the earth. It is amazing that the layout of a tortoise shell contains all the codes that symbolize the mysteries of the universe, so the tortoise has been described as one of the four spirits. Therefore, you should not underestimate the turtle, turtle and feng shui actually have a very far-reaching relationship.
Fortune Turtle Placement Taboo
1, avoid belly up
We all know that the turtle if the belly up to be trapped, fortune turtle placement is also so, avoid turtle back down, belly up placement.
2, avoid outsiders touch
Many people's home fortune turtle placed in the living room, so that the guests will come to friends will see and touch, in fact, this is not good, placed in the home of the fortune turtle, in addition to their own family members, don't be touched by outsiders.