Flame turtle is a turtle whose appearance is easily confused. Similar to the scarab in the west (details), doughnut turtle, Nestor's fake turtle. Of course, breeding methods can also be used for reference. The most beautiful thing in flame turtle is flame turtle with a red belly. Young turtles are more lively and grow faster, which is a better breed to raise.

First, how to raise flame turtle?

1. purchase points: healthy tortoise shells are hard and complete, with bright eyes, clean nostrils, flexible back of the head and limbs, and some will climb onto other tortoise shells to rest and sink well in the water. In short, choose a lively and energetic turtle. When people approached the basin, did it try to escape by diving? Turtles with difficulty in swimming or diving, turtles with blocked nostrils or swollen eyes are dying. Don't buy them. Most healthy tortoises are undamaged, and their shapes are even and normal. If you feel the turtle shell is "soft" when you touch it, you have rickets. You can feed some feed, pay attention to which one to eat first, and also judge their health. It is wise to be cautious about turtles that refuse to eat feed. As for flame turtle's appearance, it's hard to find. It is best to have clear lines on the carapace and no variegated abdominal carapace. You can make more choices.

2. Feeding environment: Young flame turtles can be raised in flat-bottomed containers, such as plastic pots, plastic cans, glass cans or boxes, and aquariums. Each young turtle should have five liters of water, and the water depth should not exceed the length of the turtle, so that the turtle can support its feet when breathing on the water. At the same time, they must be made of bricks and stones, or buy a terrace so that turtles can bask in the sun on their backs. Floating islands are not suitable because young turtles often can't climb up. The water temperature that young turtles can adapt to is about 23~28 degrees Celsius. When it is cold, the air above the container should also be heated. Adding a cover lamp to the breeding box can kill two birds with one stone. If the water temperature is still too low, you can put a heating rod in the water and try to adjust the temperature. In fact, I suggest that when you buy feeding containers, you should consider that turtles grow faster, and you can buy bigger ones, which can meet the needs of adults and avoid changing feeding boxes.

3. Feeding methods: flame turtle has a wide range of food habits, including animal feed and plant feed. Its delicious bait is small fish, mussel meat, snail meat, earthworm and so on. In some farms, in order to reduce the feeding cost, you can also feed some corn, sorghum, millet and other grain feeds. However, it is suggested that animal feed should be given priority to, supplemented by grain feed, so as to ensure the normal development and health of the turtle. June-September is the peak of feeding activity and the fastest weight gain. Therefore, we should provide them with adequate and high-quality feed in these four months, so that they can eat more and grow faster. We should also pay attention to adding vitamins, trace elements and calcium into the feed, and feed it on time every morning 10 and 5 pm, and the feeding amount is about 20% to 30% of its body weight. In order to keep the pool water clean, change the water frequently, usually once every seven days in spring and autumn and once every three days in summer.

Flame turtle (Details)

Second, is flame turtle easy to raise?

Generally speaking, the flame turtle is a kind of turtle that is easy to raise. As a colorful turtle, flame turtle, like Brazilian tortoise, grows fast and needs a lot of food. As a turtle who likes to eat and drink Lazar in water, it is particularly important to keep the water quality in flame turtle. Therefore, it can save a lot of trouble to choose some containers that are convenient for changing water for raising flame turtles.