In ordinary life many partners will choose to raise some small animals as a small companion, some will choose to raise cats, dogs, rabbits, etc., and some will choose to raise turtles, but the Brazilian tortoise is the most ornamental value inside the tortoise, but also a lot of tortoise partners admire the species. For newcomers, how should Brazilian turtles be raised? Today, you can learn together with me.
The Brazilian tortoise’s diet is omnivorous, but it loves animal bait. Under the conditions of captivity, the main food is the offal of animals such as chickens and ducks, fly larvae and eggs, and breadworm. The diet is supplemented with fruits and vegetables and mixed feeds to enhance the nutrients in the Brazilian tortoise’s body. In spring and autumn, we can add vitamin E powder and antibiotics to strengthen the body of Brazilian tortoises and promote their egg production. You should feed your tortoise regularly, regularly and quantitatively to develop a good habit, and before the tortoise enters hibernation, you should provide them with sufficient and rich feeds, so that they can get enough nutrients and accumulate fat to provide energy during hibernation.
2. Brazilian turtles need to be kept in clean water, free of foreign substances, and the water should be changed regularly. The temperature should be kept above 25℃ and the water used for replacement should be dechlorinated because chlorine is very harmful to turtles. In addition, we must also clean the bottom of the water with fillers such as sand, which can effectively avoid the breeding of bacteria and pests.
3. Brazilian turtles should not be bred too intensively, and they should be bred according to their size. There is a natural biological chain where the weak are stronger than the strong, and turtles are no exception, so they should be bred at intervals to facilitate management and promote their growth and development.
Brazilian turtles have the habit of sunbathing but they are pretentious and can’t sunbathe for a long time, so we can put the turtle’s box outdoors, but we can’t let the turtle be in a place where the sun can shine directly for a long time and need to configure shading facilities. If you keep your tortoise indoors, you can use a UV light, placed at a distance of about 30 cm from the tortoise box, for about 15 minutes a day.
In winter, the water temperature should be lowered so that the Brazilian tortoise can hibernate better. In winter, the tortoise should also be given proper sunlight, but dry sunlight should be avoided, and the water in the tank should not exceed the tortoise’s shell, while ultraviolet light can also kill bacteria and viruses in the tortoise’s shell through the water layer. When the Brazilian tortoise is hibernating, you should put some sand and weeds or hay in the box, and the height of the grass should be higher than the tortoise stands up, so as to avoid the sun and UV light from making the temperature of the sand higher, which will interfere with the tortoise’s hibernation and make the tortoise wake up, destroying the tortoise’s biological clock and causing the tortoise’s life span to be shortened.
