1, cultural environment
You can use flat-bottomed containers such as pots, glass jars and aquariums to breed Brazilian turtles and disinfect them. Then, you can inject clean water into the container, so that the water surface just reaches the back of the Brazilian turtle, and you should build a terrace with bricks or stones in the container, so that the Brazilian turtle can climb onto the terrace to receive the sunshine.
2. Feeding management
Brazilian tortoises like animal food. In the process of feeding, young turtles can be fed once a day and adult turtles should be fed once every three days. The food is mainly turtle food, shrimp, small fish, pork and animal offal, and the feeding time should be at 6-7 am or at night. Excessive temperature in the afternoon will affect the eating of Brazilian tortoises.
3. Change the water regularly
Attention should be paid to the hygiene of water quality in the process of raising Brazilian turtles. Generally, the temperature is suitable in spring, and the water can be changed once every 15 days. The temperature is high in summer, so it is necessary to change the water for 3 hours every day. In winter, the temperature is low, so don't change the water or reduce the amount of water, so as not to freeze the Brazilian tortoise.
How to distinguish the male and female of Brazilian tortoise
1, observing crustaceans
The males and females of Brazilian tortoises can be directly distinguished by their carapace. When Brazilian tortoise was young, the female tortoise's carapace was short and wide, and its ventral carapace was relatively flat, with no depression in the center, while the male tortoise's carapace was narrow and long, with its ventral carapace slightly depressed inward and its tail thicker than that of the female tortoise.
2. Physiological characteristics
The sex of adult Brazilian tortoise can be judged by its physiological characteristics. Generally, a single female turtle weighs 2-4 kg, and her abdomen is densely patterned, and her body color is original or brown. However, when the male turtle weighs less than 1 kg, her whole body will turn black.
3. Observe the drain hole
The sex of Brazilian turtles can also be judged by observing their reproductive pores. Generally, the reproductive pores of male Brazilian tortoises are long outside the shell, which is very easy to observe, while the reproductive pores of female Brazilian tortoises are long inside the shell and need to be turned over to see.