What is the exterior of a healthy turtle?
When choosing a turtle, look at the surface condition of the turtle first. All healthy turtles support their bodies when crawling, and they are sensitive and have bright eyes. They should pull their limbs with their hands. They are strong and should not be pulled out. This turtle can take the initiative to eat and sink into the water. (Terrestrial turtles and semi-aquatic turtles are exceptions. ) put the tortoise in your hand and weigh it. I feel that the turtle body is relatively heavy, the surface of the turtle body is not damaged, and there are no defects in limbs, claws and tail. The turtles that meet the above conditions are basically healthy turtles.
What are the characteristics of stunted turtles?
Well-developed turtles have well-developed limbs, uniform muscles, full and elastic muscles, and hard carapace and abdominal carapace; On the contrary, turtles with soft shells, shriveled limbs and slow growth are regarded as stunted turtles.
How to judge the malnutrition of turtles?
The nutritional status of soft-shelled turtle reflects the overall level of substance metabolism in its body. How to judge the nutritional status of soft-shelled turtle is generally based on the muscle fullness and scales of soft-shelled turtle limbs, which are usually divided into three categories: good, medium and poor.
Turtle's skin is shiny and elastic, full of muscles, and even has fat and thin scales. , is considered to be a good nutrition.
The tortoise has dull skin, many wrinkles, dull limbs, shriveled muscles and exposed bones. It feels light in the hand and belongs to malnutrition. This turtle is also prone to diarrhea, anemia and other diseases, often between good and bad.