Yellow box turtles
The best way to raise box turtles (Pellow box turtles) It is recommended to buy turtles from April to August every year. During this time, turtles are plentiful, cheap, and suitable for domestication and breeding. From l to March, the turtle is dormant or about to hibernate, and it is not easy to observe the turtle's movement, eating, feces, etc. It is difficult to grasp the survival rate of turtles. The source of adult yellow-margined box turtles mainly relies on purchasing wild turtles. Wild turtles are slender and weak, with many wrinkles on the skin of their hands and feet. The turtles feel lighter when eaten with their hands.
When using turtles, you can start from two aspects: the surface of the turtle and its feces. A healthy tortoise has bright eyes, no white spots on the corneas, no blood in the mouth and nose, and no mucus penetration. The skin, carapace and plastron are not damaged or corrupted. When crawling, the hands and feet can support oneself. Can run away immediately after being surprised. The feces of a healthy turtle is in the shape of a ball, covered with a white film, and it is unusual for the feces to be egg blue, blood red, or light green.
The yellow-margined box turtle has a diverse food habit and is highly adaptable. The bait mainly consists of mealworms, earthworms, lean pork, waterfowl offal, silkworm chrysalis, snails, etc. The feeding point should be fixed and should not be changed frequently. Do not shake the turtle when feeding every day. Place the food directly in front of the turtle, and then observe the turtle's behavior in the dark. Feed once a day from April to September, and the feeding amount should be 18% of the turtle's body weight. The amount of feeding from August to September should be increased correspondingly, so that the nutrients stored in the turtle's body can meet the needs of the turtle when it is dormant. Feed a variety of multivitamins regularly, and mix the medicine with minced meat. Generally, turtles that weigh about 20 to 30 grams should increase their bone calcium to prevent the turtle from suffering from osteomalacia.
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