1. Maintain necessary temperature and humidity.
Animals can easily understand the requirements of suitable temperature. At a suitable temperature, the leopard turtle is more active and has a better appetite, which is more conducive to the health of growth and development.
Regarding humidity, the current mainstream view is that feeding turtles with high humidity food and taking a bath regularly can effectively prevent the occurrence of back enlargement. Admittedly, humidity is very important, but it should be treated differently according to different varieties and different situations. For example, red-legged turtles can make full use of high humidity, and turtle seedlings can also increase humidity accordingly.
It is true that leopard turtle larvae can be raised in a slightly closed space with a humidity of about 80% (some say as high as 85-90%) (pay attention to environmental ventilation). However, as turtle pets grow up year by year, we will find that they don't want to stay in humid space for a long time, but prefer outdoor activities. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure the division between the hot zone and the cold zone in the feeding space, and to place enough shelter facilities, often the humidity in the shelter is higher than the humidity of the outside air (in fact, here is an introduction? Microclimate? The concept of).
2. Adequate ultraviolet lighting
Sunbathing is an important factor to promote calcium absorption, so UVA and UVB lamps are one of the necessary facilities for artificial turtle breeding. Leopard-print turtles have high requirements for UVB, and a simple artificial light source can't fully meet their daily needs. It is best to ensure that they can be outdoors 2-3 times a week. Sunbathing is undoubtedly good for their health. supplement
3. calcium and vitamin D3
Leopard turtles grow rapidly, so they naturally need to supplement a lot of calcium and vitamin D3 to ensure bone development. The bone mineral density of soft-shelled turtles with calcium deficiency will decrease and tend to be soft. It is suggested to supplement calcium powder 1-2 times a week.
In addition, it is suggested to leave a cuttlefish bone for turtle pets to chew at any time. In addition, it is forbidden to give turtle pets excessive phosphorus. The correct ratio of calcium to phosphorus should be 2: 1. Excessive phosphorus intake will hinder the absorption of calcium.
4. Reasonable feeding and balanced nutrition
In the wild, tortoises basically eat while walking, and often have to walk for miles in a foraging process. It is difficult to simulate a similar field scene under artificial breeding. It is necessary to expand the breeding environment as much as possible, provide turtle pets with food with correct and reasonable nutritional ratio, and avoid overeating.
Many leopard turtles have hunchbacks since childhood, so they can be fed? Eat less and eat more? The strategy is to divide the daily food intake into two parts, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Of course, sub-adult leopard turtles should not be overfeed every day, and adult leopard turtles can be fed once every other day.
The food choice for feeding leopard turtles is mainly plants, and weeds, grasses, leaves, flowers and vegetables without oxalic acid should account for most of their diet.
5. Actively cooperate with and treat diseases.
If possible, it is best to seek medical advice in time for turtle pets, because only professional doctors and professional equipment can diagnose the disease and prescribe the right medicine. If it is caused by related diseases, then when the symptoms are relieved, the related back augmentation phenomenon can naturally be improved!