Breeding Flame Turtles

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China Animal Husbandry Street The Flame Turtle is a particularly interesting and rare new species of turtle introduced from the United States in the last few years by the Longtouge Animal Breeding Farm in Yuanhua Town, Haining City, Zhejiang Province. This turtle body pattern is like a flame rising, head spots also like flame-like. Its growth and development is fast, monthly weight gain of 30 to 40 grams, miscellaneous food, feed sources are very wide, feeding the same way as ordinary turtles, annual egg production of 20 to 40. No odor, gentle character, do not fight, bold, fast action, the meat of this species of turtles is very tasty, can be said to be similar to the carp. Flame tortoise is a precious little animal that combines ornamental, edible tonic and medicinal use. Its meat is not only palatable, but also rich in protein, a variety of vitamins, minerals and amino acids, is the old, weak, sick, disabled people's ideal tonic. Its medicinal value is very high, meat, armor, blood and so on can be used as medicine, with Yin and blood, benefit essence, help impotence effect, can prevent and cure all kinds of cancer, neurasthenia, anemia and other chronic diseases and difficult illnesses. Therefore, the flame turtle's value is very high, raising the flame turtle is a good way to get rich. At present is only the introduction stage, its quantity is very small, far: can not meet the market demand, flame turtle 10 years will be in short supply. To this end, now the Haining City, Zhejiang Province, Yuanhua Town, Longtouge Animal Breeding Farm Jiang Zhanglin summarized the flame turtle breeding technology is introduced as follows:

(a) feeding equipment. Flame turtles are both cold-resistant and heat-resistant, the feeding conditions and environmental requirements are not high, as long as there is water and food can be normal growth and development. With water tanks, pots, pools can be kept. Professionals should build a pool for breeding. Use bricks and cement to build a 60-centimeter-deep pool, the area of which should be based on the number of turtles. The new cement pool must be rinsed with water and dried for 3 to 5 days before use. The bottom of the pool should be used to lay 20 centimeters of sand, outside the pool around the 60-centimeter-high fence to prevent the turtle from escaping. In addition, between the pool and the fence also need to lay a layer of fine sand, for its activities and laying eggs on the shore.

(ii) reproduction. About one year old flame turtle gonads are basically mature, usually mating in early May, June to September into the egg-laying period, the annual egg-laying is completed in four times, each time the egg-laying 5 to 10 or so. In order to improve the hatching rate, the method of artificial incubation can be used. That is, after the turtle spawns eggs, collect its eggs, aligned with the sunlight observation, pick out the internal reddish good eggs, placed in the high 10 centimeters or so, wide 50 centimeters or so, 70 centimeters or so of the incubator box, the box paved 6 centimeters thick of fine sand, the eggs are set up and then covered with 4 centimeters thick of fine sand, to maintain the temperature of 25 ℃ to 32 ℃ between the sprinkling of water 3 times a day. After 60 to 80 days of time to hatch baby turtles.

(C) feeding management. (1) feeding management of young turtles: Haining City, Zhejiang Province, Yuanhua Town, Haining City, Longtouge Animal Breeding Farm Jiang Zhanglin on the shell of young turtles, the umbilical cord should be dry off with 10% saline disinfection, and then placed in the water temperature of 25 ℃ to 30 ℃ in the water tank, change the water once a day, 2 to 3 days after the feeding of boiled wheat, millet, eggs, pumpkin and other mixtures, or feed the chopped turtle meat clams, snails, animal offal, etc., feeding 2 times a day, feeding amount of water in the form of a mixture of wheat, rice, eggs, pumpkin, etc., or feeding chopped turtle meat, clams, snails, animal organs, etc., every day, feeding the turtle meat. Feed 2 times a day, feed the amount of less surplus is appropriate, and to remove the residue in a timely manner, in order to prevent the water quality spoiled. In winter, we should pay attention to keep warm so that the young turtles can overwinter safely. ② feeding management of adult turtles: at the end of March and early April each year, the flame turtle woke up from hibernation and began to move, the temperature reached 20 ℃ to start feeding, from 26 ℃ to 32 ℃ when the appetite is the most vigorous, the flame turtle's diet is broader, both animal feed, but also ate plant feed. Its delicious bait is small fish, clam meat, snail meat, earthworms and so on. In order to reduce feeding costs, you can also feed some corn, sorghum, millet and other cereal feed. However, animal feeds should be the main, cereal feeds for the store, in order to ensure the normal development and health of the flame turtle. June to September each year is the peak of feeding activities, weight gain is also the fastest. Therefore, these four months should be supplied with sufficient and good quality feed, let it eat more fast growth. Feed should also pay attention to add a variety of vitamins, trace elements and calcium, every day at 10:00 a.m., 5:00 p.m. on time to feed, feeding accounted for about 20% to 30% of its body weight is appropriate. In order to keep the pool water clean, we should change the pool water often, generally every seven days in spring and fall, every three days in summer, Haining City, Zhejiang Province, Yuanhua Town, Longtouge Animal Breeding Farm, Jiang Zhanglin in the breeding found that: every year after January, when the temperature is lower than 15 degrees Celsius, the flame turtles will be ambushed in the bottom of the pool at the mud and sand, into the winter hibernation state, when there is no need to feed, and do not need to change the water. But pay attention to the insulation work, it is best to cover the straw around the pool, can use plastic film to cover the pool is better.