In the turtle and soft shelled turtle industry, we often hear the terms wild turtle, imitation wild turtle, in particular, the mention of seed breeding, have had the experience of breeding imitation wild turtles breeders are bound to prefer imitation wild turtles. However, in the breeding team of the southern species of stone money turtle, due to the breeding of commercial turtles in particular, most farmers lack of scientific and professional stone money turtle breeding knowledge, knowledge of imitation wild turtles know very little, and even there are a lot of misunderstandings and prejudices. In order to facilitate the correct understanding of the imitation wild southern species of stone money turtle (hereinafter referred to as the imitation wild turtle) knowledge, in order to better improve the breeding efficiency of the species of turtles, now the imitation wild southern species of stone money turtle (hereinafter referred to as the imitation wild turtles) of the basic common sense is introduced as follows:
First, the imitation of the wild turtles of the origin of the wild turtles
In recent years, the southern species of stone money turtle farming industry is gradually developed to find the excellent species of turtles breeding to get rich and investing in Value-added people gradually increase, wild turtles become the first choice (wild turtles grow and develop in the wild environment, through the sun and rain, sharpened the strong immune function and competitive survival ability, casting the quality of its longevity and exuberant reproduction function, and thus become the most excellent breeding stock for breeding offspring). However, with the hunting and killing by human beings, as well as the change and deterioration of the environment, the wild southern species of the stone money turtle is becoming less and less, and is on the verge of extinction. The diminishing wild turtles are far from meeting the gradually expanding breeding needs of farmers, so there are two ways to choose breeding:
The first one is to choose commercial turtles for breeding. Many farmers because of the lack of scientific knowledge of turtle farming, the commercial turtles (heating turtles or a large number of food feeding fast-growing turtles) as breeding turtles. These turtles are fast-growing and fast-maturing, and they start laying eggs in 3 or 4 years, which will cause three kinds of harm: First, short life. Commercial turtles have low immunity, high disease rate, high mortality rate and short life span. Secondly, the egg-laying period is short, commercial turtles start laying eggs at the 3rd or 4th anniversary, and then enter the egg-laying peak soon, and then the egg-laying quantity decreases year by year and enters the elimination period. Thirdly, the quality of reproduction is poor. The hatchlings of commercial turtles are weak, with high deformity rate and mortality rate. To breeding commercial turtles known as Nanning, Qinzhou, some masters, a few years ago breeding commercial turtles early maturity and fast egg production used to make them complacent, at that time, some people told them that commercial turtles can not be used for breeding, they do not care. In recent years, these teachers personally feel the harm of commercial turtles for seed, after a deep lesson they came hundreds of miles to Maoming Jinyuan turtle seedling base to buy imitation wild turtle seedlings. When it comes to commercial turtles for seed, they appear to have palpitations, very guilty and helpless: "Hey, no experience can not believe that the early turtles so soon no egg production. A few years ago, I told my relatives and friends to take the greenhouse turtles for seed, these turtles in the successive reduction in production, they now think that I cheated them, in fact, I did not experience really do not know that there is this kind of harm.
The second: the imitation of wild turtles for seed. Imitation of wild turtles is in accordance with the growth and development of wild turtles in accordance with the laws of wild cultivation into the turtle: let the turtle grow in a similar environment to the wild - completely open-air places, sun and rain, such as ponds, etc., in accordance with the feeding characteristics of wild turtles turtle feeding, let the turtle like wild turtles as natural growth, natural development, natural maturity. These imitation wild turtles maintain the original good quality of wild turtles - a strong immune function and strong competitive ability to survive, long life, long egg-laying period, good breeding quality, and become a substitute for wild turtles for breeding the best populations. In recent years, the farmers who buy the imitation wild tortoise seedlings from Maoming Jinyuan Turtle and Turtle Seedling Base to go back for breeding, as long as they insist on breeding in accordance with the imitation wild technology, these imitation wild tortoises will have the same body shape and reproduction quality as the wild tortoises when they reach the stable laying period (the age of tortoises is up to 10 years or so). Some farmers who have been comparing the breeding of commercial turtles and wild turtles for a long time said: "The wild turtles in the Maoming Jinyuan Turtle and Pelodiscus Seedling Base have matured naturally, and as long as they can continue to insist on wild turtle breeding, their appearance and reproduction quality will be like that of the wild turtles in a few years' time. Breeding commercial turtles early egg laying 2, 3 years, but lost decades of egg-laying period; imitation wild turtles late egg-laying 2, 3 years, but get more than commercial turtles decades of egg-laying period".
Second, imitation of wild turtle feeding principle
Wild turtles in the wild to eat food is basically ripe to fall to the ground without rotting fruit, dead and unaltered animal limbs, poor defense ability of insects, these food varieties but low calorie, wild turtles are basically in the state of satiation of a hungry meal (wild turtles generally in the air temperature is higher than 20 degrees Celsius before they start to ingest, according to the annual 365 days, it is equivalent to 3-5 days in the food and food, but not the same as a meal. It is equivalent to 3-5 days in food and nutritionally full 1 time), it is this semi-starvation competition state, so that the wild turtle sharpened and created a strong competitive ability to survive, body immunity, so as to maintain a strong vitality (long life) and strong reproductive function (laying a long period of eggs). On the contrary, if the wild tortoise is transferred to artificial breeding, let it live and eat well and feed it once a day for the whole day, it will slowly reduce the body function, immunity, competitive survival ability and reproduction ability, and will soon reduce the production and elimination, and even accelerate the aging and death. However, it does not mean that the less the wild turtle eats the better, if the non-hibernation time is too long not to eat more than the limit will appear excessive hunger and malnutrition, affecting the normal development and health of the turtle. Dwelling in the wild turtle these characteristics, in the cultivation of imitation wild turtles, to let the turtle grow in a similar environment in the wild - completely open places, sun and rain, such as ponds, etc., in accordance with the feeding characteristics of wild turtles and the growth and development of the law of feeding, not only to let the turtle is in the semi-starvation of the competitive state, but also balanced nutrient supply to ensure that the imitation of the Wild turtles are similar to the natural growth and development of wild conditions, both to prevent feeding more food to reduce the turtle's ability to compete for survival, but also to avoid malnutrition to affect the natural development of turtles, to ensure that the imitation of wild turtles have the excellent quality of wild turtles.
Third, the imitation of wild turtle quality characteristics
Imitation of wild turtles and wild turtles, the same growth environment, feeding methods, etc. determine its quality characteristics:
(a) long life. Imitation of wild turtles in the imitation of wild environment growth and development, sun and rain, with strong immunity, competitive survival ability, vitality, its life expectancy is generally more than a hundred years.
(ii) long laying period. Imitation of wild turtles to maintain a strong reproductive function of wild turtles, its egg-laying period is generally equivalent to about 60% of the life expectancy.
(C) good offspring. Imitation of wild turtles have strong physique, the hatchlings have strong physique and high survival rate.
Fourth, the imitation of wild turtle quality change
Imitation of wild turtles and wild turtles, the same as the quality of its breeding for breeding is not static, but with the amount of feeding and growth environment changes and changes:
(a) the change in feeding methods. If fed according to the breeding methods of commercial turtles, imitation wild turtles will be commercialized, and over time will become commercial turtles, and their breeding function will decline accordingly. Even for wild turtles, if the number of artificial feeding is too much (such as more than 1 time a day), turtles eat every day, will obviously reduce the body resistance and competitive survival ability, will eventually lead to low reproductive function.
(ii) the change of environment. If the imitation wild turtles are transferred to indoor or no sun and rain place breeding, and a longer time (more than 1 year), will make the turtle to change in two aspects: First, the turtle shell and head color will become pale, white, and even become green and green. Secondly, the quality of the turtle for breeding will be adversely affected to a certain extent (if the age of the imitation wild turtle reaches more than 6 years, the impact will not be very big, if the imitation wild turtle is below 6 years, the younger the age, the more obvious the quality of the turtle for breeding will be affected when it is transferred to indoor culture, for example, 2 or 3 years of the imitation wild turtles are transferred to indoor culture, and their degree of commercialization is bound to be very high). Therefore, for wild tortoises, wildlife imitation during the growth period (i.e., from hatchling to mature egg-laying stage) is very critical, and the subsequent wildlife imitation is equally important. Growing period of wild imitation cast the turtle's excellent quality, but the follow-up does not imitate the wild may also be imitation of wild turtles into commercial turtles; Growing period (i.e., from hatchling to mature egg-laying stage) in accordance with the commercial turtles breeding methods of commercial turtles, regardless of how to imitate the wild follow-up, can not be raised into imitation of the wild turtles, because growing up breeding method is to determine the quality of the turtle is the most fundamental and most critical foundation, just like the building, the foundation of poor certainly Can not build a skyscraper.
Fifth, the standard of imitation wild turtles
Imitation wild turtles must meet the following three standards:
(a) environment imitation wild. Growing in completely open places, such as ponds and so on.
(ii) Feeding like the wild. 3-5 days to 1 food intake (equivalent to the amount of wild turtles eat).
(3) Development imitating the wild. Natural development, natural growth, natural maturity, start laying eggs in the 6th and 7th year.
One of the above three criteria is indispensable, turtles that do not meet these three criteria at the same time are not wildlife-like turtles, such as: turtles cultured indoors are not wildlife-like turtles; turtles that are kept warm in the hatchling period over the winter and then put out of the outside pond are not wildlife-like turtles; turtles that are not heated but fed once every two days or once a day, resulting in the turtles appearing to be precocious (less than 6 years of laying eggs) are not wildlife-like turtles.
Six, the external characteristics of imitation wild turtles
Compared with the same age of commercial turtles, imitation wild turtles generally have the following three characteristics:
(a) small body size. Relative to the same age of commercial turtles, imitation wild turtles are obviously smaller than commercial turtles. Imitation of wild turtles weight increase of about 3 two per year, while the commercial turtles increase 7 two-1.2 pounds per year.
(ii) strong aesthetics. Imitation of wild turtles are thicker and stronger, bright color, well-proportioned body shape, with a strong sense of grace. Commercial turtles are more flabby and weak, dull color, complex body shape, not strong sense of grace.
(C) energetic. Imitation of wild turtles in the appearance of natural maturity characteristics, while the commercial turtles are precocious aging characteristics. That is to say, the commercial turtles than imitation wild turtles old (this is the result of the commercial turtles were catalyzed growth and maturation, before the old first decline), while the imitation wild turtles natural maturity, full of vitality. Imitation of the 6th anniversary of the wild turtle shell, bottom plate growth line is clear, than the 4th anniversary of the commercial turtles (shell, bottom plate growth line disappeared or faded) looks healthy and youthful. Like the normal development of childbearing 18-year-old woman, healthy and young, not as old as 10-year-old childbearing precocious woman (precocious, premature aging).
Seven, the challenge of imitation wild turtles
Although the imitation wild turtles than commercial turtles (precocious turtles) have unparalleled advantages of species, but the growth and development of the law of the decision of its more than the commercial turtles small, young, late laying of eggs and other characteristics, but become entrenched in the commercial turtles breeders to attack the target. At present, the southern species of stone money turtle breeding industry is in the stage of seed expansion, breeding southern species of stone money turtle 90% of farmers, farms, are raising commercial turtles, and commercial turtles as seed turtles to sell. At the same time, many farmers on the "early maturity will inevitably lead to early decline" and other biological laws are ignored, the imitation wild turtle knowledge is not understood, and even take a skeptical, hostile attitude. Some unscrupulous tortoise dealers and commercial tortoise farmers to protect the commercial tortoises as seed tortoises to sell the high profits, and even to the imitation wild tortoise malicious attacks, and to choose to buy the imitation wild tortoises for breeding obstruction. In this case, the purchase and breeding of imitation wild turtles will encounter a lot of interference and resistance:
(a) Commodity theory. Many people say that commercial turtles can also be used for breeding, there is no need to buy imitation wild turtles. There are two kinds of these people: one is to taste the conscience to tell lies, want to sell commercial turtles to you to earn your money, or introduce commercial turtles to you to get kickbacks from the seller. The other is not a long-term comparison of breeding imitation wild turtles and commercial turtles, blindly mislead you.
(ii) heating theory. Many people say, imitation wild turtle hatchlings must be warmed in the first year, without warming the turtle seedlings can not be raised. This statement is obviously wrong, because the wild turtle hatchlings do not have anyone to warm them, but they can also grow. Those who say that turtles can't survive the winter naturally without heating are ignorant, unskilled (without professional wild turtle breeding techniques) or looking for reasons to raise turtles with heating. As long as there are professional wild turtle breeding techniques, the hatchlings will be able to survive the winter naturally. These people say that they can't raise turtles without heating, they can't tolerate imitation wild turtles in their eyes and hearts, and they never admit that there are imitation wild turtles, and even if they see imitation wild turtles, they still say that they are heated turtles. For example, some people will raise their own imitation wild turtles from the turtle seedling, take out to let the breeding of commercial turtles of relatives and friends or the so-called master authentication, these people say "is a heated turtle" (because they do not recognize the existence of imitation wild turtles, or did not have a real imitation wild turtles, or have not seen the real imitation wild turtles, deliberately will be the imitation wild turtle) as greenhouse turtles in order to eliminate imitation wild turtles and to be able to protect the high profits from selling greenhouse turtles as breeding turtles).
(C) the theory of old age. Imitation of wild turtles natural development and maturity, is natural, slow, healthy old, looks young, but the actual age is not small. Imitation of wild turtles because of its longevity and not old and known as long life, ageless turtles, evergreen turtles (forever young turtles), which is precisely the imitation of wild turtles vigorous life, long life performance. Commercial turtles (early maturing turtles) rapid growth and ripening, is catalytic, rapid, early old (not to the age of maturity pale but early maturity pale), looks very old, but the actual age is not big. In other words, commercial turtles look older than imitation wild turtles (this is a sign that commercial turtles have been ripened and matured before their time). People who breed and sell commercial turtles as breeding turtles, out of protecting the profits of commercial turtles, criticize imitation wild turtles by using the identification standard of commercial turtles, saying that imitation wild turtles are "not old enough". If you listen to them and use the identification standard of commercial turtles to buy turtles, you will definitely reject the imitation wild turtles that can really be used for breeding. If you let the breeding of commercial turtles of relatives and friends or the so-called master authentication of imitation wild turtles, there is bound to be imitation wild turtles "not big enough, not old enough" identification results.
Eight, wild turtle breeding prospects
"Today's commercial turtles, is tomorrow's edible turtles; today's wild turtles, is tomorrow's wild turtles". Although, at present, there are a lot of people who take commercial turtles as breeding turtles for breeding and selling; although, at present, there are a lot of people who don't understand, don't accept, hate and attack imitation wild turtles. However, the biological law is not for the subjective behavior of people and change, distorting the natural growth and development of biological laws of commercial turtles (early turtles) for the harm of the species, is bound to be more and more farmers cognitive and spurned, commercial turtles are bound to return to the edible, pharmaceutical functions; in line with the natural growth and development of biological laws of wild turtle species, is bound to gradually be the vast number of farmers understand, accept and promote the species of wild turtles are bound to become the mainstream of the future. Become the mainstream of the future. Imitation of wild turtles will become the only alternative to the wild turtles can be the only real breeding, for farmers to bring long-term stable breeding benefits of the best populations, for the southern species of stone money turtle farming industry to make a significant contribution to the healthy and sustainable development of history.
If you are now a step ahead of others to take the lead in breeding imitation wild turtles and promote imitation wild turtle breeding technology, you will be able to imitation wild turtles to raise the appearance of the most beautiful and best quality, you can become a leader of the imitation wild breeding of the southern species of pecorinoid tortoises, you can seize the first opportunity to imitation wild breeding of pecorinoid tortoises in the southern species of the first opportunities and business opportunities (imitation wild turtles for breeding will inevitably become the mainstream of the future, in the future, there are bound to be a lot of people behind you), and to realize the imitation wild farming road. (In the future, there will be many people following you on the road of imitation wild farming), and realize the best farming wealth and fun.