Food: small fish, shrimp, raw shredded pork (imitating the length and shape of small fish, preferably slightly smaller than small fish), and you can also feed a little bread bug and soft steamed bread residue. It is better to mix the above kinds, but the proportion of small fish is the largest, with a little less raw meat, followed by small shrimp (note that shrimp shells and pliers will pierce turtles, and I personally disapprove of feeding shrimp), and the rest is used as an occasional snack supplement. Attention! It is best not to feed turtle food. In any case, turtle food cannot keep up with the quality of its own food. And according to the experience of raising turtles, my turtles don't like turtle food, and even get sick after eating it. So it's best not to feed turtle food. Pay special attention not to feed fat, the tortoise may vomit!
Water depth: Brazilian turtle belongs to water turtle. If you don't keep it in a professional turtle tank, you can put water on the edge of the turtle shell to ensure that the turtle can completely immerse its head (the Brazilian turtle eats completely in the water) and can easily put its nostrils out of the water to breathe freely without swimming. In fact, it is best to ensure that the water is shallow and deep (the deepest part is no more than 25 cm), so that turtles can enjoy themselves and have a place to get out of the water and bask in the sun. This is the best way.
Water quality: Because Brazilian turtle is a water turtle, there are certain requirements for water quality. Make sure to change the water every day. If you are too lazy to change the water, you can buy a filtration system. But even so, change the water frequently to ensure the water quality, even during hibernation.
Spring:
The tortoise has just woken up from hibernation, so it is not advisable to feed it more, but it must be eaten until it is 7 minutes full and eat well. After a winter, the tortoise has consumed all the fat, so if it is not properly induced to fatten, the tortoise may die after waking up from hibernation. If the tortoise still doesn't eat after fully waking from hibernation, you can gently hold food (preferably raw fish, raw shrimp and other fishy things) with tweezers or toothpicks and gently shake it in front of it to attract its attention and lure it to eat. It would be great if there were live fish. You can put a fish directly into the turtle pond and let the turtle prey on itself. If the turtle turns a blind eye to the fish for several days, you can hold the fish's tail with tweezers and put it in front of the turtle's eyes, let the fish struggle by itself, attract the turtle's attention, and hold the fish down until the turtle successfully bites the fish. However, if the tortoise doesn't eat for two months after waking up, it is necessary to pay attention to whether the tortoise has opened its mouth to breathe, bark, and can't open its eyes. It often scratches its eyes with its claws, and its shell rots and falls off. That means the turtle can't eat when he is sick, so he should be examined and treated in time.
Summer:
Summer is the peak season for turtle activities, and they eat like crazy every day. The activity and food intake of turtles are now at their peak. Feed the turtles in moderation and get two hours of sunshine every day. But the weather in summer is changeable, and it is also a frequent period for turtles to catch cold and catch cold. Therefore, turtles should always stay in the water in case they catch a cold. Because turtles are more active in summer, they should change water every day, even 2 ~ 3 times a day according to the water quality. Ensure that turtles can eat every day. The tortoise's daily appetite is about the size of its head. Don't feed it too much, it will easily cause gastrointestinal diseases, and don't starve it for three days, otherwise it will die in hibernation because of insufficient fat reserves, which is also terrible.
Autumn:
In early autumn, according to the feeding method in summer, we should try to store and accumulate more fat before hibernation. In less than half an autumn, we should slowly reduce the food for turtles, not stop giving them food, but slowly and step by step. After about a month, from June, 65438 to1October, 65438+May, two or three fish or one or two raw shredded pork will be fed every day. Slowly, the tortoise stopped eating. At this time, it is necessary to take a warm bath for a while to empty the excreta in the stomach, so as to prevent the tortoise from suffering from gastrointestinal diseases because these excreta are not excreted during hibernation. After 3 hours, the turtle basically empties the contents of its stomach (generally, it can be emptied in 20 minutes, subject to the appropriate amount of turtle excretion), and it can be placed in a basin, which is filled with normal turtle water, and the depth is probably less than that of turtle claws. Put the basin in the corner of the balcony to ensure that the temperature is lower than 10 degrees and higher than zero degrees, and there is less noise and light interference, and the tortoise officially begins to hibernate. The start time of hibernation is about 10 to 12 months. The end time is about February to March.
Winter:
When the tortoise is hibernating, in order to ensure less disturbance to the tortoise, the water can be changed once every two to three days, and the water temperature is almost the same each time, and the difference is not more than three degrees, so as not to disturb the tortoise. But if the temperature is below 0 degrees, it is extremely dangerous, and the tortoise is likely to freeze to death! Therefore, it is necessary to monitor the temperature at any time and put it indoors when the weather is cold. If you don't want turtles to hibernate, you don't need to prepare for hibernation in autumn. You should feed them at about seven o'clock in spring, summer, autumn and winter. You should feed more in summer and less in winter. However, pay attention to the water temperature. It is best to buy a heating rod and gradually increase the water temperature by increasing it once a day until it is above 25 degrees and below 3 1 degree. Turtles will eat normally.
The above is my experience in raising turtles. As an old hand, let me say something first. Everyone is a turtle lover, so I won't bring unrealistic long speeches online. I hope these are helpful to you. My turtle was raised according to the above method. It has been kept in my family for seven spring and autumn, and it is still very good.