Indented tortoises
Indented tortoises are protective animals and are common They are all wild, and the domestic wild population is small. Therefore, the few indented tortoises on the market generally come from Southeast Asia. The initial sacrifice rate of artificially domesticated tortoises in wild tortoises is high, so it is very important to choose and buy them. affairs.
1. When choosing
The concave tortoise is an Asian Hot-wearing animals like warmth and are afraid of cold. When the temperature is above 20C, there is more movement; when the temperature is below 18C, there is less movement and the head retracts into the shell. Therefore, in the southern area, it should be from April to September every year, and in the Shuofang area from June to September
Second, choose the body weight of the turtle< /strong>
When a wild turtle weighs 200 grams, it is a larvae, but it can already adapt to changes in the environment. At 750 grams, it is already an adult. Adult turtles have strong conformity and good physique. Therefore, when choosing a turtle, you should choose a turtle with a body weight of more than 200 grams.
3. How to choose a turtle
Choose a concave tortoise You can look at it and take it. The details are as follows:
1. Look: First of all, it is best to raise turtles that weigh more than 250 grams, and some weigh around 750 grams. Already an adult. Turtles with strong body joints have strong adaptability and good physique; then, check whether the turtle's appearance and body surface are damaged, whether the scales on the hands and feet are missing, and whether the claws on the hands and feet are insufficient. Check whether there are parasites in the armpits and crotch of the hands and feet, whether the eyes are swollen, and whether there are white spots on the surface of the eyeballs; finally, check whether the turtle's muscles are swollen, whether there is emphysema or edema under the skin, and whether there is emphysema or edema under the skin. His hands and feet supported him, instead of his plastron dragging him along.
2. Hold: Pick up the turtle and weigh it with your hands. If it is a strong turtle, it feels heavy; if it feels very light, it is No display of robust turtles.Put the turtle into shallow water and check whether the turtle can drink water. If it drinks a lot of water for a long time, it is an unhealthy turtle. Then stand the turtle up, let it open its mouth, and observe the color of the turtle's tongue surface. If it is a healthy turtle, the surface of the tongue will be pink and moist, with a thin white coating or thin yellow coating on the surface of the tongue; if it is a turtle that is not healthy, the surface of the tongue will be white, red, or cyan, and the tongue coating will be thick and dark yellow. , milky white or black. Whether there is nasal fluid in the turtle's nose. If it is a healthy turtle, the nose will be dry but there will be no cracks in the nose. If the mouth of a healthy turtle is clean and free of mucus; if the turtle is not healthy, nasal fluid will flow out of the nose, and the nose will be moist on all sides; if the turtle is seriously ill, the nostrils will bleed.
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