Satisfactory answer à!'Rui!' Level 8 2009-04-251. The turtle eats and excretes in the water. After it eats, it is best to change the water and wait for it to excrete. Then you should change the water again. Turtles love to be clean, but turtles do not breathe in water, so their water requirements are far lower than the standards for fish farming, as long as the water is not too turbid and smelly. If the water is too dirty, the turtle's carapace may be ulcerated and peeled off. In severe cases, it may cause paralysis of the limbs, loss of claws, necrosis of internal organs, white eye disease (infection caused by water pollution), etc. Crayfish, snakes, sea maggots and other animals used as feed, as well as water and gravel (the gravel at the bottom of the water can breed bacteria and pests, so they must be cleaned up in time), polluted water, etc., may be sources of infection. Bacteria can be transferred to turtles Abrasions enter the body. If your turtle is sick, treat it with a medicated bath and systemic antibiotics. However, various turtles are allergic to certain antibiotics and may be poisoned, so special attention is required when using them. If it is an eye disease, take the turtle out of the water and place it in a dark place to allow the membrane in its eyes to flow out. You can feed it some animal liver. Then apply chloramphenicol or other anti-inflammatory eye drops once or twice a day, or feed once or twice with penicillin at 45,000 units per kilogram of turtle body weight; or use a cotton swab or new brush tip dipped in 1% nitrofurazone or Apply a 1% aqueous solution of Revnul to the eyes twice a day and then put it into clean water. It can be cured in basically six days. It is best to put a stone in the middle of the pool (fish tank) for the turtle to bask in the sun and rest, because the turtle cannot always soak in the water, otherwise it will seriously affect the health, and even the turtle shell will rot! The size of the stone should be larger than that of the turtle, accounting for about one-sixth of the area of ??the fish tank. The height should be slightly higher than that of two turtles stacked on top of each other. The top should be flat. Of course, water must be added to the fish tank, and the water surface should be slightly lower than the surface of the stone. Because turtles do not bask in the sun frequently, they cannot be exposed to ultraviolet rays regularly. The turtles cannot use calcium, and the shells of young turtles tend to become soft and soft. Therefore, it is best to sunbathe every day. You can put it outdoors in the morning and move it indoors at night to let it properly bask in the sun and enhance its physical fitness. However, remember to be exposed to the sun in summer. 2. Turtles are omnivorous and usually feed small fish, shrimps, pig liver, loaches, red worms, earthworms, insects (such as cockroaches), etc. Feeding materials should be thrown into the water, but it is best not to put pebbles in the water to prevent the feed from rotting in the gaps between the stones and affecting the water quality. Although turtles eat many foods, constant feeding of cheap foods with low nutritional value may cause malnutrition, so special care must be taken. Turtles need a lot of calcium and should be fed food that contains a lot of calcium. Occasionally feeding some boneless fish, snake meat, mice and other fresh food will surely win the turtle's favor. However, feeding only fish and meat slices will cause malnutrition and requires the addition of water-soluble nutrients. The food introduced above is for turtles that often live in water. For example, turtles such as tortoises that do not go into the water and prefer plant foods are less suitable for artificial feed feeding. Generally, leafy vegetables, cabbage, carrots and other vegetables can be used. , fed with nutrients. Turtle food is also sold in the market now, and you can also buy some for feeding. If you just bought a turtle, its eating ability is generally weak and it cannot catch live food yet. At this time, you need to feed it little by little. Be very patient when feeding it. Cut the fresh meat into mung beans. big or small, use tweezers to hold it and slowly stretch it in front of the little turtle's nose. It will smell it carefully before eating. Sometimes the response is very slow, so don't rush. Practice makes perfect after trying a few times. Generally, feed one at a time. Just as much meat as cigarette butts. If you still don't eat, you have to put some glucose in the water to let the turtle supplement its nutrition, and then forcefully stuff the turtle with meat. If the turtle doesn't eat, it will be in poor health and will easily get sick or die. Also, turtles are slow to eat. In short, raising turtles is not an easy job, so you need to be patient. I hope the above is helpful to you and wish you good luck.