Although the red-eared turtle is omnivorous; 'but the partial eclipse of animal feed, breeding in artificial conditions such as man-breed, red eared slider are given food such as poultry, pigs and other animals, offal and maggots, bread, mainly insects. Sometime with a bit of vegetable mixture for enhancing the balanced diet of red eared slider turtle.
In the spring and autumn adding vitamin E powder, antibiotics, to increase the amount of turtle eggs of pregnant turtle and enhanced physique. Daily feeding should be regular, on-site, will be qualitative.
(3) qualitative feed must be fresh, no smell, scraps should be cleaned first, then remove the excess tendon, skin and other items to avoid indigestion.
Water Quality Management
Red-eared turtles live in water most of the time, and like clear water. Therefore, the water quality is good or bad is very important. Summer of 10 - 15 days changing the water a second. If the water color is brown green or blue-green, indicating that water had "fat" should be changing the water all the time. 6 - 9 months due to high temperature, changing the water after feeding should in 3 - 4 hours. In winter, turtles hibernating as little as changing the water or not changing the water.
Winter Management
Hibernation before the water temperature reached 22 ° C, the mix of people in the feed antibiotics to enhance disease resistance turtles. When the water temperature dropped to 14 ℃, the reduced activities of turtles, most turtles submerged in water, and indigestion, a few turtles eat only a small amount, when required to complete hibernation, and turtles for inspections includes the skin, head, feces , parasites, unhealthy turtle does not hibernate, should pick out the individual feeding, and raise the water temperature to 20 ° C and above, so that turtles eat, while taking appropriate treatment measures. In hibernation, the occasional water temperature rose to 18C and above, do not feed them at night to prevent the temperature decreases, causing indigestion and other aspects of the disease. Hibernation process, a number of floating water, limb weakness, which do not normally fish out of the turtle should be timely, isolation rearing.
(1) regular feeding time for a fixed, the general spring and autumn for the 10 - 14, the summer in 7 - 9 pm or 18 - 19 Shi is appropriate, when the temperature is too high or too low, turtle have Eat or non-food phenomenon.
(2) The fixed feeding sites should be fixed, so easy to observe the turtles eat the situation activities. When the feed after feeding, healthy eating turtle climb up the stage feeding. Those unresponsive or do not eat the turtle should be noted that observation seriously, should be kept separate.
(3) qualitative feed must be fresh, no smell, scraps should be cleaned first, then remove the excess tendon, skin and other items to avoid indigestion.
Water Quality Management
Red-eared turtles live in water most of the time, and like clear water. Therefore, the water quality is good or bad is very important. Summer of 10 - 15 days changing the water a second. If the water color is brown green or blue-green, indicating that water had "fat" should be changing the water all the time. 6 - 9 months due to high temperature, changing the water after feeding should in 3 - 4 hours. In winter, turtles hibernating as little as changing the water or not changing the water.
Winter Management
Hibernation before the water temperature reached 22 ° C, the mix of people in the feed antibiotics to enhance disease resistance turtles. When the water temperature dropped to 14 ℃, the reduced activities of turtles, most turtles submerged in water, and indigestion, a few turtles eat only a small amount, when required to complete hibernation, and turtles for inspections includes the skin, head, feces , parasites, unhealthy turtle does not hibernate, should pick out the individual feeding, and raise the water temperature to 20 ° C and above, so that turtles eat, while taking appropriate treatment measures. In hibernation, the occasional water temperature rose to 18C and above, do not feed them at night to prevent the temperature decreases, causing indigestion and other aspects of the disease. Hibernation process, a number of floating water, limb weakness, which do not normally fish out of the turtle should be timely, isolation rearing.
After hibernation, with the temperature increasing, the water temperature up to 16C or so, the tortoise has a small amount of activities and some turtles have been able to look for food, then should not rush to feed day and night, the water temperature should be no more than about 6 ° C before feeding, the first one need to change the water entirely before feeding and disinfected.
These are the basic care of the red eared slider, with proper care your red eared slider will live happily and healthier. One precaution is that please don't breed this red eared slider turtle. They are already over populated. Will ruin the ecosystem of the nature if uncontrolled breeding continues.
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