Question 1: How long can a turtle live without eating? A turtle is both gluttonous and resistant to hunger. It will not die even if it does not eat for a long time after eating once. Of course, this relies on its own accumulated nutrients to maintain life activities.

Turtle is a cold-blooded ectothermic animal and is very sensitive to changes in surrounding temperature. When the outside temperature drops below 15°C, they start to stop eating and hibernate in the mud and sand at the bottom of the water (usually from October to April of the following year). The hibernation period lasts as long as half a year. Therefore, under natural conditions, growth is slow, generally only about 100 grams per year. In order to speed up the growth rate of soft-shell turtles, heating measures are often used in artificial breeding to break the hibernation habits of soft-shell turtles and speed up the growth rate.

The temperature of a soft-shell turtle can directly affect its mobility and feeding level. The suitable growth temperature for soft-shell turtles is 25-30°C. Appetite will decrease below 20°C, food intake will stop at 15°C and activity will be sluggish. At 10-12°C, it will enter hibernation and dive into the bottom mud without moving. Turtles have cruel and greedy eating habits and generally do not eat each other. However, when raised at high density and lack of feed, they can easily bite each other and cannibalize each other. Turtles have a strong ability to tolerate feeding. They will not starve to death if they do not eat for more than 3 months, and can move normally. Their life span can reach 40-60 years. Turtles use their lungs to breathe, so they sometimes surface.

When the turtle is small, it should be fed three or four times a week to allow it to adapt to the environment and grow up quickly, because it will go dormant if it is hungry for a long time. If a turtle is too young, it will often wake up when it is dormant. But it will come, so you need to feed it more to prevent it from going dormant. When it grows bigger than a matchbox, it will usually eat on its own. At this time, you can put some very small fish and shrimp in the water to let it practice hunting. Don't let it go. Too much, otherwise it will bite a lot to death but not eat, so the water will smell bad in just one day at most. The same goes for feeding meat. Don't waste it, and feed it as much as it can eat, otherwise it will burst, I Turtle often stretched his head and limbs so much that he couldn't retract them. It was very funny. He actually vomited several times, which shows how hopeless Turtle is! Feeding too much will make the turtle grow too fast, and it will not be fun and cute at all when it grows up, unless you are raising it for food, haha! A friend of mine bought a tortoise with me, but he fed it too much. In less than two years, it grew to the size of a bowl, all the patterns on its body were gone, it looked gray and ugly, and it made a huffing and puffing sound. , like a dinosaur, it can already eat a basin of loaches a week when it is that big, which shows how terrifying it is, so when it grows up, it is enough to feed it once a week. It is best to feed it some small fish, which can supplement calcium to its shell. Longer and harder.

Question 2: How long can a turtle live without eating for a long time? A few months is no problem

Question 3: How long can a turtle live without eating? Two months to three months Months! The tortoise I raised asked about it not eating, and later died.

Question 4: How long can a turtle live without eating or drinking? Generally, a turtle can live for half a month without water, without eating or drinking.

Question 5: My turtle died suddenly after not eating for a few days. First of all, I hope you won’t be too sad~ I also like turtles very much. I am not a professional veterinarian, but based on my personal experience Let me tell you from experience, generally speaking, there are two possibilities for turtles not eating: 1. It is affected by the environment, including water quality, weather, etc.; 2. It is sick. I have searched for specific common cases on the Internet. There is a lot of content. If you like to raise turtles, you may want to read on. It will be helpful. The details are as follows: It may also be really sick

Healthy turtles: 1. Have clear eyes. Neither convex nor concave. With a light touch, the eyes immediately close and then open again.

Responsive to light, moving objects, etc.

2. There are no foreign objects, mucus, etc. in the nostrils and mouth. The tongue is pink and moist.

3. The neck can stretch and contract freely without edema or flatulence.

4. The limbs are strong, can stretch and contract freely, and can support the body in crawling.

5. The carapace and plastron are relatively hard, and the scutes are intact and undamaged

6. It can catch and eat on its own.

7. The feces is cylindrical and wrapped in a transparent film.

Once the turtle does not meet the above conditions, it must be observed carefully and pay attention to its condition. If conditions permit, they should be sent to a pet hospital for examination and treatment. If there are no conditions, you can also treat and handle it yourself. But pay attention to the correct judgment of the disease and proper treatment. Sick turtles should be isolated and raised individually, and the original breeding container should be soaked in potassium permanganate solution for more than 30 minutes for disinfection. Other turtles that are not sick should take preventive measures and feed some antibiotics. Keep the turtle house clean at ordinary times and do not feed spoiled food.

During the change of seasons, appropriate nutritional drugs and antibiotics should be mixed into food for prevention.

Once sick, treatment and treatment should be carried out immediately, otherwise the aggravation of the disease will lead to the death of the turtle.

Medicine feeding method:

For turtles that can eat on their own, you can smash the tablets or grind them into powder and mix them with the food for feeding. Turtles that cannot eat on their own must be artificially fed. The method is as follows:

1. With the person feeding the medicine in a sitting position, turn the sick turtle's plastron to the left and gently clamp it with the inner thighs.

2. Use the thumb and middle finger of your left hand to hold the turtle's neck so that its head is exposed from the carapace. Pay attention to using moderate force. If it is loose, the turtle will shrink its head, if it is tight, it will hurt the turtle. In particular, do not pinch the turtle's eardrum with force, otherwise the turtle will lose its ability to control its balance.

3. Use your back index finger to gently open the turtle's mouth. Do not pick it with your nails, but follow the force gently.

4. Use your right hand to insert the pill into the turtle’s mouth. You can also use tweezers to hold the tablets and put them into the mouth, but be careful not to damage the turtle's head and mouth with the tweezers.

5. The moment the tablet enters the turtle's mouth, the turtle may push the tablet out with its tongue, so be careful. Don't let your guard down after putting the pills in. Pay more attention and observe for a while to make sure the turtle swallows the pills.

White eye disease

Cause: Due to excessive stocking density and failure to change water in time, the water quality deteriorates and is caused by excessive alkalinity. The onset seasons are mostly in spring and autumn, and the spring after winter is the peak period of epidemic. The disease is more common in Brazilian painted turtles, tortoises, eye-spotted terrapins, painted turtles, etc., and the incidence rate is higher in young turtles.

Symptoms: The eyes of the sick turtle become inflamed and congested, gradually turning gray-white and gradually enlarging. The cornea and nasal mucosa are eroded due to eye inflammation. In severe cases, blindness may occur and breathing may be obstructed. The outside of the eyeball is covered with white secretion and the eye cannot be opened. Sick turtles often wipe their eyes with their forelimbs, move slowly, stop eating in severe cases, and eventually die from weakness and other diseases. Some sick turtles only have one eye affected in the early stages of the disease. If no measures are taken, symptoms will soon appear in the other eye.

Prevention and treatment: The water should be changed frequently to keep the water clean, and nutritional drugs should be fed on time to improve the turtle's own resistance. Turtles that are already sick should be raised alone, and the original breeding container should be soaked in potassium permanganate solution for more than 30 minutes for disinfection. If it is found that some of the turtles raised in the same tank have white eyes, the others can be soaked in nitrofurazone (or furazolidone) solution. This is both a preventive measure and an early treatment. The concentration of 20 mg/L is used for juvenile turtles, and the concentration of 30 mg/L is used for juvenile to adult turtles. The length of soaking time depends on the water temperature. If necessary, soak once a day (40 minutes) for 3-5 consecutive days.

For turtles with mild illness (those that can still open their eyes and actively eat), the turtle can be soaked in low-concentration salt water or kept in a 15 mg/L nitrofurazone or furazolidone solution for one week. It will be cured in about 1 minute. Or soak it in a medicinal solution with a concentration of 30 mg/L for 40 minutes every day, and it can be cured after continuous soaking for about a week.

If the turtle's condition is severe (refusing to eat and unable to open its eyes), it should be soaked in antibiotic solution (containing 500-1000 units of antibiotics per ml) for more than an hour every day, and then treated with antibacterial Apply eye ointment to the affected area and put...gt;gt;

Question 6: How long can a wild turtle be raised if you catch it at home and don’t give it food? Each baby’s personality is different, if he If you are afraid of you, don’t watch it eat. Let it stay by itself. He will eat when he feels safe. Food must be placed in water before he will eat. Change the water in time after eating. It is best to eat in another place. , don't make his water dirty. It's best for his water to be river water. If it's tap water, let it dry out for use the next day. If his water is dirty, change it in time. If the water is clean, only change half of it every day. Don’t change all the water. He is uncomfortable with the new water. There must be a place to land in the water, because the turtle is an amphibian and cannot stay in the water all the time. And it is very important for him to bask in the sun in summer. He always wants to hide. Because he is afraid of people, you cannot let him be too scared to cause an emergency response. Don't let him open in the water. There must be something to cover him to feel safe and not afraid. If the weather is cold, the water must soak his back, and you cannot ignore it. Hot and cold, don't catch cold, otherwise you will be incurable if you catch a cold. Even if you are bitten by a mosquito, you will be incurable. Also, if he bites you, he is afraid of you. If he bites your finger, put your hand into the water as soon as possible. , he will let go. Don't grab him from the front. Of course, my baby turtle was raised from a young age. I use my fingers to wash his face and he doesn't bite me. He obediently lets me play with his head, and sometimes he bites if he wants to. Gently, in fact, I put my finger in his mouth. Sometimes I even give him food and he won’t eat it. He wants me to feed him, and he wants to look for food in my hand. If he accidentally sucks my finger, He would raise his head and look at me timidly and apologetically, which was very lovable. Sometimes he would put his head into my hand and rub it, acting like a child, wanting to caress. Sometimes he would ask me to hug him, and when I came over, he would He first lifted his feet in the distance to see clearly that it was me, and then immediately swam over to me, slapping the water with his hands, as if he was stretching out his hands for you to hug. If I stretched out my two index fingers, he would climb up with all his strength and lie down on me obediently. In the hands... I can't tell many of their stories here. It's like other people raising dogs, there is no difference. He is my child, my family member.

Question 7: Why don't turtles eat it? How do you feed it?

It may be a water quality problem!

According to experience, generally aquatic animals will not eat for a period of time after a sudden change of environment.

Friends who have kept ornamental fish should have this experience. This situation is called "shut-up", and it takes a lot of effort and effort to get them to "open".

Try to provide as much information as possible with them. The water quality is the same as (or close to) the natural living environment, which will help it adapt to the new environment!

The water temperature is around 30°C, which is the most suitable water temperature for the growth of soft-shell turtles. At this temperature, soft-shell turtles eat vigorously and grow rapidly. , appetite decreases below 20℃, stops eating at 15℃, and enters hibernation at 10-12℃. If possible, the water temperature should be controlled at around 30°C.

The turtle has its own growth and living environment. You can buy some turtle feed to feed it

If the turtle eats pork, it needs fresh pork (do not cook it, just cook it) Don’t eat it), cut it into small pieces (the size depends on the size of the turtle). If there are fresh fish and shrimps, the turtle will also eat it. Anyway, it seems that it only eats lean meat and it has to be raw and hard-to-serve fat, not eating at all

Changes in the environment will cause soft-shell turtles to stop eating. You can choose different foods, such as pork liver, lean pork, shrimp, screws, etc. If there is a shell, peel it and break it into small pieces.

Turtles are carnivorous creatures, so they do not eat pasta. In addition, turtles need to go to the shore to move around. You don't want to soak it in a water tank, right? You have to make him a piece of land. In addition, soft-shell turtles are creatures that live in freshwater, and their food is also freshwater creatures. Try using fresh meat as feed? The turtle farmers on TV feed chicken intestines. In addition, soft-shelled turtles are afraid of seeing people, so you’d better use opaque containers to raise soft-shelled turtles.

Question 8: How long can soft-shell turtles live without eating or drinking? This is difficult to determine. I raised two of them and kept them in a basin without eating food for a year and two months, and they were still very healthy.