1. Check whether the water temperature and quality are appropriate. When the water temperature is lower than 25 degrees, the appetite of the pig-nosed turtle begins to decline, when it is lower than 22 degrees, it will prolong the eating time, and when it is lower than 20 degrees, it will stop eating. If the temperature is not enough, you can first raise the water temperature to 28 degrees to see if the pig-nosed turtle becomes more active.
2. Check whether there is rotten nail skin on the body surface of the pig-nosed turtle, whether there is white spot ulcer on the eyes and nose, and whether there is deep red subcutaneous bleeding or trauma on the abdomen. When these problems occur, especially when the mouth and nose are infected, the pig-nosed turtle will stop eating and should be treated symptomatically before resuming eating. Pay attention to maintain the water quality, heat it to 28 degrees, and give erythromycin ointment locally to diminish inflammation, which can treat rotten skin.
3. Check whether the food type is appropriate. Pignose turtle is a vegetarian turtle. Can be fed with vegetable leaves rich in plant fiber, such as turtle food, oil wheat vegetables, tomatoes and so on. Pignose turtle is nearsighted, but it is quite sensitive to red. You can feed a small tomato to see if it smells or bites people. Generally, any healthy pig-nosed turtle will open its mouth.
4. Try to feed it every few days. You can rule out indigestion. Pignosed turtles are quite hungry. Unless they are young turtles, healthy adult turtles should not be fed every day. Feed every other day according to the temperature change (water temperature is 25-28 degrees); Or two or three times a week (22-25 degrees water temperature) is the best feeding frequency. Pig-nosed turtle is Nocturnal Animals. You can try feeding it at night to see if it has an appetite.
Healthy pig-nosed turtles have little resistance to tomatoes at water temperatures above 25 degrees.