Hawksbill turtle is mainly distributed in the south of China, is China's freshwater turtles in the most special kind, breeding hawksbill turtle need to pay attention to what? The following is a compilation of my content on how to raise hawksbill turtles, I hope you like it!
Hawksbill turtle rearing methods
Artificial rearing Hawksbill Long-tailed Turtle conditions are not harsh, like raising the general turtle method that can be, but with freshwater rearing, pooling, swings, pots, tanks can be, to keep the water fresh, not in the hot sun can be exposed to the sun, and every day to throw to the food, but also like to eat animal feed, such as a variety of animal offal, lungs, intestines, small fish, shrimp, shellfish, earthworms, Insects, silkworm pupae and pellet feed. An adult female turtle reproduces 1-6 eggs per year.
The hawksbill turtle is a famous edible turtle, which is eaten by people in China and Myanmar. Indiscriminate hunting and killing is the main factor causing the endangerment of this species. Zoos and private individuals keep a small number of them for viewing. Many provinces have listed the Hawksbill Turtle as a key wild animal for provincial protection. Protective measures: ① It is recommended that the provinces and autonomous regions where the Hawksbill Turtle is distributed should put it on the list of key wild animals for protection in their provinces (regions). ② Capture and sale are strictly prohibited. ③ Create conditions for the development of artificial breeding, to achieve the protection of relocation.
Hawksbill turtle ferocious, more in the night activities, feeding pool or breeding vessels should be based on its characteristics, pool walls must be smooth around the depth of more than three times the length of the turtle body, in order to prevent the turtle vertical climbing to escape.
The hawksbill turtle is a kind of wild turtle, it is much more vicious than other turtles, it is not easy to adapt to the living environment in captivity. Newly arrived turtles can not be put directly into the tap water, it should be placed in a dry place, appropriate to its body and the surrounding environment to splash some water, to ensure that the surrounding environment is moist. Slowly let them eat some live feed bait, tadpoles, young frogs, earthworms and so on. If the hawksbill turtles eat, the hawksbill turtles are kept separately, in the case of the whole field feeding, after three or five days can be put into the stale water, preferably river water, pond water and other natural water, the depth of the water should not be more than 15 centimeters, preferably about 10 to 15 centimeters can be. When they can actively eat, you can feed them some poultry offal or small live fish and so on. When the turtles have adapted to their surroundings, the depth of the water can be deepened to about 30 centimeters. If they do not eat for a long time, they still need to put live bait, and also inject Vitamin B and Vitamin C into their bodies to increase the nutrients in their bodies and maintain their health. Hawksbill turtles are willing to live in clean and clear water, but the bait is put into the water, so the residual impurities can easily contaminate the water, and the whole body of water will stink, which is very unfavorable to the growth and health of turtles. So you should always ensure the cleanliness of the water, in the spring and summer seasons, when the hawksbill turtle after feeding as much as possible to change the water, the fall to wait until noon to change, and to the cold winter will not have to change the water.
The hawksbill turtle is a peculiar species of turtles, originally living in the mountainous areas of the rocky shallow streams, strongly advocate the domestication and artificial breeding of parrot turtles is very necessary. It has sharp claws, 5 claws on the front limbs, 4 claws on the back limbs, webbing between the fingers and toes, can crawl quickly, and can climb rocks and tree trunks, squatting face like an owl watching for prey. It is often hissing when provoked, and open the hook curved mouth in self-defense. If it encounters an animal larger than it, its mouth suddenly emits an angry roar to scare away the enemy. Parrot turtle is very ornamental value, it is unique appearance characteristics, laughable posture, peculiar behavior to make people happy, raised in a glass tank, up and down when it seems to be like a golden dragon haunted by the sea, so that people relaxed and happy.
Disease prevention and treatment of hawksbill turtlesHawksbill turtles have a strong vitality, and usually do not get sick. But if the feeding is not good, it will also occur nutritional, metabolic and other aspects of the disease.
1, malnutrition disease
① Causes: long-term feeding of a kind of feed with low nutritional value.
② Symptoms: the sick turtle body thin, spirit, accompanied by indigestion, turtle weight loss of about 20%.
③ Prevention and treatment: increase the feeding of nutrient-rich feed (such as: pig lungs, cow lungs, liver, etc.) and the appropriate amount of yeast tablets and other drugs can be cured.
2, fat metabolism disease
① Causes: overfeeding denatured fatty acids in the turtle body a large number of accumulation, resulting in liver, kidney, pancreas dysfunction, metabolic dysfunction and lesions.
② Symptoms: the sick turtle line movement retardation, often swim in the water, appetite reduction, and finally refused to eat and died.
③ Prevention and treatment: First, do not throw high-fat feed (such as fat) and long storage of dried silkworm pupae; Second, do not feed spoiled feed; Third, add VE, VC, etc. in the feed to prevent the feed protein and fat oxidation and deterioration; Fourth, animal feed and plant feed in proportion to the matching of feeding. Attention and do the above problems and matters, you can avoid the occurrence of this disease.
Hawksbill turtles leave their native habitat is very difficult to adapt to the environment of the family glass tank, especially less than half a pound of sub-adult hawks. Turtle friends are advised not to keep hawks. It is also necessary to raise the conditions of the environment to imitate the wild:
1, water quality: the best is the spring water. If you have tap water, you should have a ceramic tank to dry the tap water. Water change can only change 1/3, the difference in water temperature as consistent as possible.
2, the environment should be cool and quiet, not in the sun. Try to raise outdoors in the open air, such as balcony to have flowers and plants to shade.
3, the water level: there should be deep water 20cm-50cm, shallow water 10cm-20cm. small hawksbill turtle (less than half a catty) over the backwater can be. Turtle tank must have land, exposed to the water surface of the stone is also OK.
4, turtle tank: preferred pottery tank, both from the breathable and maintain water quality than the glass tank. The only drawback is the lack of ornamental. If you leave the ornamental side of the glass tank, the remaining 3 sides of the fish tank can be used to paint paper stickers. Anyway, Hawksbill turtles are timid by nature and love to be quiet but not to move. Usually feed live shrimp, small fish, loach can not feed too much too hard, hawks have the habit of biting live fish and shrimp, to clean up in a timely manner, so as not to pollute the water quality and overfeeding. Eagle in the wild food is not enough, grow fat will die quickly. Hawksbill is most afraid of hot weather, environmental temperature over 33 degrees life-threatening. Hawksbill turtles like a shady environment, clean water, preferably flowing water.
Morphological Characteristics of Hawksbill TurtlesThe turtle has a flat shell, a large head and a long tail, which cannot be retracted into the shell. Adult turtles dorsal carapace is about 12-18 centimeters long, long oval, the front edge of the central concave, the back edge of the rounded out; ventral carapace is nearly rectangular, the front edge of the flat cut, the back edge of the central concave. The back of the head is covered with a large horny shield, and the jaws are stout and significantly hooked and curved in the shape of a hawk's beak, hence the name Hawksbill Turtle. The dorsal and ventral armor is significantly flattened, only slightly higher than the head, between the dorsal and ventral armor with the lower edge of the shield. Webbed between the fingers and toes, clawed; post-femoral and anal side of the conical scales; dorsal armor brownish-yellow, dark brown or chestnut, ventral armor life with orange; tail long, almost equal to the length of the body, covered with a circular arrangement of rectangular scales, and the big snapping turtles and snake snapping turtles have a lower marginal shield, this species of small individuals, the dorsal head of the scales for a whole piece.
Hawksbill turtle, also known as hawksbill dragon tail turtle, scientific name big head hawksbill turtle, commonly known as hawksbill turtle, big head turtle, mountain turtle, is a peculiar species of turtles. Its long tail is like a dragon's tail, scaly armor, clanging, its head, eyes, mouth are like a parrot and some people call it a parrot turtle, amusing. The head is large, triangular, and the back of the head covered with a large horny crust, the upper beak hooked curved in the shape of a hawk's beak, the eyes are large, no external ear drum. The dorsal armor is brownish, long ovate and flat in the center, with the anterior and posterior edges not toothed.
The eagle-billed turtle's gaster is olive-colored, small and flat, and the dorsal and ventral carapaces are connected by a ligament with a lower marginal angular plate. The limbs are gray, with tile-like scales, the hind limbs are longer, in addition to the outer fingers and toes, there are sharp long claws, fingers and toes between the semi-webbed, which is conducive to land crawling, but also easy to swim in the water.
The tail is long, individually exceeding the length of its own dorsal armor, and the tail is covered with a ring of short scales. The head and limbs of this turtle cannot be retracted into the plastron, which is one of the more special turtles known in China. The limbs are stout and powerful, claws are sharp, when crawling fast, it looks like a unicorn dragging the dragon's tail and hooves, when squatting, its face looks like an owl watching its prey, and when walking sideways, it looks exactly like an eagle taking flight. This turtle is basically a combination of the dragon, unicorn, turtle, our history of the four legendary beasts is the dragon, phoenix, unicorn, turtle, the turtle embodies three forms, only missing phoenix. Therefore, it is of great ornamental value. When this turtle encounters an animal larger than it, it will find a roar in its mouth to scare away the enemy, and it is not afraid of mountain eagle attacks. The green turtle bred from this turtle is also a curiosity. Hawksbill green turtle can make its head, mouth, tail and limbs, abdomen can grow on the green hair, wading in the water when walking just like a green dragon head chopping wave swing tail shape is really strange.