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1. Hibernation version
Suitable objects: water turtles and semi-water turtles that can hibernate and are healthy, such as grass turtles, flower turtles, yellow edges and so on.
Suitable temperature: the temperature in hibernation is lower than 15 degrees.
1. 1 shallow water hibernation (heating in the south and north)
Suitable object:
Water turtles that can hibernate and are healthy: flower turtles, grass turtles, Brazil, giants, helmets, flames, etc.
Preparation materials:
A turnover box, let stand for 2-3 days with proper amount of tap water.
Preparation steps:
1) The conversion box is disinfected with potassium permanganate and soaked in water for 24 hours, then the water is poured out and washed clean, and it is placed in a dark place indoors.
2) Put in the tortoise that is going to hibernate, and add tap water that has been standing for a few days, until it is shallow enough to pass the tortoise's back. There is no need to turn the tortoise or change the water in the middle, so as to avoid the tortoise waking up in the middle. If the heating at home will evaporate, just add a little water in two or three weeks.
The advantage of this method is that you can see the hibernating state of turtles more intuitively. If you find that turtles have problems such as rotten skin or floating water, you can heat them up in time, so as to spend the winter smoothly.
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1.2 wet towel hibernation method
Suitable object:
Turtles that can hibernate and are healthy, including but not limited to water turtles and semi-water turtles.
Suitable temperature:
The temperature in hibernation is lower than 15 degrees.
Preparation materials:
The hotel uses many thick towels or unused clothes, some tap water, and a dark turnover box.
Preparation steps:
1) The conversion box is disinfected with potassium permanganate and soaked in water for 24 hours, then the water is poured out and washed clean, and it is placed in a dark place indoors.
2) Wet the thick towel or clothes, wrap the turtle and put it in the turnover box.
3) just change the wet towel once every two weeks, which is also convenient for observing the state of turtles.
The best thing about this is that it is more difficult for turtles to rot and rot than shallow water hibernation, and it can be found in time if there is a situation. However, it should be noted that some turtles just don't hibernate in this way, so we should consider changing other methods to hibernate. For example, the ink turtle in my family is such a rebel.
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1.3 water-retaining agent hibernation method
Suitable object:
Turtles that can hibernate and are healthy are mainly water turtles.
Suitable temperature:
The temperature in hibernation is lower than 15 degrees.
Preparation materials:
A little water-retaining agent, a proper amount of tap water and a turnover box.
Preparation steps:
1) Add water-retaining agent and tap water in the dark turnover box, with the ratio of 1:500, that is, a bottle of water-retaining agent is mixed with 500ml tap water, which is calculated according to the size of the turnover box.
2) Keep stirring until it is jelly-like, then move the turnover box into a dark place indoors and put the turtles.
3) The turtle doesn't need to be buried, but it will go down on its own.
This hibernation method is a popular hibernation method recently, which mainly preserves water, does not need extra water in winter, and has good air permeability, so turtles are not easy to drown, and can climb out at any time when they feel uncomfortable, which is particularly convenient.
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2. Warm up the winter version
Suitable object:
Tropical turtle species that cannot hibernate and water turtles and semi-water turtles that are old, weak, sick and disabled and not suitable for hibernation
Preparation materials:
A heating rod or a heating pad, which can control the temperature at a constant temperature.
Preparation steps:
1) Prepare a heating rod or pad with good quality.
2) according to the indoor temperature, adjust the heating rod or heating pad to 2-3 degrees Celsius higher than the indoor temperature for 1-2 days, and then continue to increase the temperature by 2-3 degrees Celsius on this basis until it is adjusted to a suitable temperature.
Note: generally, the water temperature can be maintained at about 28-29 degrees in winter, and 30 degrees is not necessary. In addition, a small amount of food must be fed during the winter, not often, which may easily lead to gastroenteritis.
In addition, don't set up a water platform, which will cause turtles to catch cold and pneumonia because of the large temperature difference.