When keeping small snapping turtles, extra attention needs to be paid to the feeding equipment, water environment, temperature control, food feeding to ensure the healthy growth of small snapping turtles.
One, feeding equipment
Snapping turtles have a strong vitality, not afraid of cold, not afraid of heat, -6 ℃ safe and sound, 42 ℃ water temperature can also be normal growth.
The requirements for feeding conditions are not high, can be used in tanks, barrels, pots and other feeding, but to build the best pool culture.
The new cement pool must be rinsed with water and exposed to the sun for 3 days to 5 days before use, the use of the bottom of the pool 20 centimeters of sand, the pool outside the perimeter of the 60-centimeter-high fence to prevent the turtle from escaping.
In addition, between the pool and the wall should be paved with a layer of fine sand for the turtles to go ashore and lay eggs.
Two, feeding management
Just hatchling turtles need to be placed in the water temperature of 25 ℃ ~ 30 ℃ container, change the water 2 times a day, 3 days after feeding boiled eggs, millet and other mixtures.
Feed chopped fish, snail meat, animal offal and scraps for about 50 days, and then transfer to cement pond for rearing after 90 days.
Adult snapping turtles' tasty bait is small fish, shrimp, snail meat, animal scraps, etc. They also eat cereals and vegetables and other plant feeds, but usually they should be animal feeds, and they should pay attention to adding many kinds of vitamins, trace elements and calcium.
The snapping turtle enters hibernation in November every year, when there is no need to bait and change the water, but pay attention to the heat preservation work.
Three, water quality management
Small snapping turtles eat more, more sewage, the water quality is very easy to spoil, every time you feed should be removed in time after the residual bait, when the water change to wash the bottom of the pool and disinfect thoroughly.
When changing water, pay special attention to the difference between the new and old water temperature should not be too big, generally not more than 2~3℃. When heating in winter, the temperature of the water surface and the bottom of the water must be measured, and the temperature difference should not exceed 3~5℃. Otherwise the turtle is very easy to disease.
Four, the winter management of small snapping turtles
Under natural conditions, the small snapping turtles hibernate from November to February every year. Under artificial rearing conditions, different methods should be adopted according to the different shelling time of young turtles.
If the baby turtles hatched in July to August, we must strengthen the cultivation, increase the nutritional bait, so that the baby turtles store more energy in the body, weighing more than 10 grams. To late October, so that the baby turtle natural hibernation.
If the baby turtles hatched in late September and early October, because of the substances stored in their bodies. Can not meet the long hibernation period turtle body energy consumption. Therefore, should be installed to increase the temperature facilities to make the water temperature constant at 28 ~ 30 ℃, the baby snapping turtles will not hibernate and continue to grow.
Snapping turtles tolerate roughage, fast growth and development, as long as there is water and food, can be normal growth and development, the general annual growth of 300 grams to 800 grams. In good feeding conditions, the annual growth of 450 grams ~ 1100 grams, is the fastest growing turtle, the highest meat rate of a turtle.