In fact, a turtle can't be very healthy before it dies. He had many signs, but you didn't realize it. You kept them in the wrong way until you died.
In fact, I believe that many turtle friends have observed the change of turtle color.
Only one-sided emphasis on body color, without considering what body color represents, the most typical example: turtle friend asked: how to make my turtle (edge) red, turtle friend replied: eat shrimp, eat more shrimp. Eating shrimp will turn red. Shrimp does contain astaxanthin, but that astaxanthin doesn't work at all Some turtles change color because shrimp is rich in protein.
It is precisely because of the long-term sale of turtles lacking nutrition that they have been physically supplemented and thus become more robust. So it changed color. But simply saying that discoloration means eating shrimp, which is absolutely misleading.
Need specific analysis of specific problems. Let me talk about several reasons for the change of turtle body color. The most obvious thing that can reflect a turtle's health status is his body color, red, yellow and yellow, with bright colors and bright eyes. The most representative ones are yellow edge, yellow forehead and ground turtle. Because they are the turtles with the biggest color change.
It is also our most common variety. A turtle with a sub-healthy or diseased system has a dark orange throat with a yellow edge. For yellow-fronted and ground tortoises, even the body color of turtle shell has changed obviously. If you observe that the original gorgeous features of your turtle are not as good as before. Then it is necessary to think about why this is the case. According to my observation, the turtle's body color will be dim in the following situations: 1. The tortoise itself is sick, such as gastroenteritis and indigestion. Before we see its stool, or its food intake has not been significantly reduced, then its body color is the first to change.
2, transitional diet, eating too many turtles, there will be obvious dullness within two or three days after eating, especially the turtles with yellow forehead and ground, the original bright red body color will obviously become pale. But if you fast for four or five days, your body color will slowly return to its original color.
3. A turtle that doesn't eat for a long time, a turtle that wakes up from hibernation or goes on a hunger strike for a long time is definitely not much better in color. Especially the yellow forehead, not eating for a long time definitely eclipsed him, his shell was angry and his face was pale.
4. Turtles with unreasonable diet structure for a long time are well reflected in the ground turtles and the side. Although eating beef for a long time has nothing to say to a terrapin in terms of stool or liveliness, its shell color and meat color will never be better.
5. The humidity is too low, which is very important for turtles. Too low humidity will first dry the turtle shell, and long-term drying will obviously change the color of the turtle shell. You can do an experiment with tortoise and yellow forehead in autumn dry season, which is very obvious.
6, the environment is not adapted, for a turtle who wants to escape from prison in the locker all day, the shell color and flesh color can not reach the peak state.
7. Too bright or too dark. The lack of light is often caused by water turtles. A well-lit water turtle living outdoors is obviously better in color than that living indoors. However, turtles, yellow forehead, or yellow edges that do not like light will appear obvious body color darkening within 1 hour.
8, mating transition, improper male-female ratio, and excessive feeding density are very unfavorable to adult turtles. Most turtles with yellow throat and yellow forehead are in estrus, and male turtles will have aggressive teasing behavior towards female turtles. If there are too many males or the environment is too small, it will cause mating harassment and transition of females. This is not good for the mother turtle. However, if the males mate too much, there will be a violent ending. Having said that, in fact, raising turtles depends entirely on observation Only through careful observation and continuous improvement, I think your turtle will give you a surprise return.