All hungry and rotten flesh, the bitch doesn't lose and has problems. Damaged fruits and vegetables, surimi, food for aquarium fish not enough. Like jellyfish, you are all humans who need a variety of calcium-rich and phosphorous conditions. We feed food, fruits, vegetables, animal protein.

Some suitable foods are: peach, strawberry, ribbon, banana, plum, parsley, cucumber, lettuce, bell, broccoli and rice. The main condition proper nutrition land turtles is the realization that the land turtle is primarily a herbivore with a metabolism and digestive system adapted to processing poor, rich, fiber-rich ballast foods low in sugars and proteins.

The nutritional composition of land turtles in captivity can be divided into two main points. Spring to fall feeding and winter feeding, assuming we don't kill turtles. From spring to winter, 95% of the food consists of wild grasses. The basis of the cream is a medical leaflet, flower, clover, all types of alfalfa, different kinds thistles and various weeds. For example, from spring you can feed many flowers of plants and trees. Very nice acacia flowers. In summer, you can offer a dish such as strawberries or green peppers.

In autumn, for example, a piece of apple, a grape ball, a grape leaf, a kohlrabi leaf, cabbage leaves. The same thing with the introduction of protein. Adults can be offered once a week, such as an earthworm or a couple of pellets for terrestrial turtles. But squirrels should not be served at all. Higher protein intake affects the turtle's body enormously and can be the cause of many diseases.

During the winter months we are dealing with food composition, especially for young people, that we do not imitate or build for a shorter period due to their size and age. As a supplement, you can sometimes give some carrots, kohlrabi leaves, a cabbage leaf or a piece of pumpkin. For those who don't know much about meadow plants, here are some photos of plant names or brief descriptions.

The basis of the food should be dandelion. Dandelion is the best tortoise we can offer in our environment. Other excellent grasses include lanceolate, big squirrel, clover, or creeping clover. Other plants that can be fed regularly are, for example, hake, nettle, but also locus and milk, which are very similar to turtles. These are weeds that you will find almost everywhere. Also, the scrotum of both leaf and flower turtles has universal access.

Many strawberry pickers also find strawberries or blackberries to be excellent as well. In addition, blackberry leaves are green until autumn, so it may be advisable to feed at a time when we cannot find many in the meadow. Additionally, leaves, but especially tree flowers, can be successfully fed. Especially flower acacias and linden turtles are very tasty.

If we decide to offer turtle salad, then we will choose romaine lettuce, which is probably the most suitable of the salads. But even in this case, food should only be complementary. When raising a small number of turtles, it is very good to germinate clover seeds or plant dandelion root in a box in the fall to grow suitable green food and winter.

Especially during the winter months, it is important that turtles have constant access to crushed eggshells, which are an excellent source of calcium for them. It is also helpful to “sniff” green food about 3 times a week to maximize your intake of much-needed calcium. For small individuals, 2-4 soaked granules per week are sufficient. Some people may feel a little bad, but in my opinion, no commercially prepared food fed to turtles in large quantities has long been beneficial to their health or appearance.

This is only for diversification and enrichment of fresh green food. With this lamp we invite unimaginable young people for about half an hour in a free space, for example, while bathing. The young people then recover well, they are more active, and the winter season is better for survival. Aquatic turtles rarely have a terrarium large enough to swim in. The garden pond is ideal place for relaxation in a turtle. Give them water and sunbathing in the garden. However, they need a slow shore and large quantities sunlight, preferably on islands in the middle of the pond.

Natural bathing ponds are all the rage. The aquatic turtle is also used for this purpose by a small garden pond. Generally, turtle farming can be enjoyed outdoors from early summer to late summer. Not only do they enjoy movement in their natural environment, but the direct ultraviolet rays of the sun are the best bark for hard bones and shell.

After the bath, the turtles will be gourmets in the sun. The pond can be large and deep, but there should not be a shallow spot. Turtles should have easy, gradual access to the shore and enough space on land to allow all turtles to sunbathe well.

They prefer to sun themselves on a large rock or tributary, forming an island in the middle of the tank where they feel safe and quickly slide into the water if necessary. Even if shade is rarely sought, they should also have shelter in the form of a shallow or bank protected by a dense bunch of water or marsh plants or a small roof. If there are more turtles in the pond, the islands should have plenty of room for everyone. . If the turtles are still small, they may fall victim to prey. Therefore, secure the tank at the top and top.

Keep young turtles outdoors only in warm weather. It is advisable to build a pond around the pond - not only against the canopy, but also against the undergrowth, which makes them difficult due to the strength of the front legs. Recessed sheet metal, wood or concrete slabs must be three times the size of the turtle. However, it is true aquatic turtles have a much lower tendency to leave their favorite waters to explore, unlike traveling land-based turtles. If there is no water in the garden, it is usually left without a fence.

However, if there is a reservoir nearby, the pond must be secured so that it does not escape into the wild. They are able to survive long term because the most beautiful breeding turtles are fairly hardy North American species, but as a non-native species there is nothing to do in our country.

Fish and turtles don't go together!

You can also decide the aesthetics, build it from stones or vice versa from an almost invisible green mesh. We feed the turtles in the pond and also in the terrarium. aquatic plants usually keep turtles pretty much untouched so we don't have to worry about creating a pond. For the same reason, it is recommended to pour turtles into the pond only after the ripple, if they find refuge here, turns into a frog and shoots to the ground.

At this time, the turtles are still too cold. The belief that the turtle is an undemanding pet is firmly entrenched among people. Why this is not so was asked by veterinarian and herpetologist Zdenek Knotek from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the Veterinary Pharmaceutical University in Brno.

“Unfortunately, this is an old myth that needs to be debunked,” the doctor said. "The fact that the turtle is good gift for a child that it is a random creature is absolutely false,” he added. According to him, any other animal reproduces more easily than a young turtle.

When a turtle is born it is smaller than a ping pong ball, and after a few years it is ten times larger. Another “catastrophe” is feeding, says Knotek. “People feed the animal the same food they feed themselves, and they don’t understand what the turtle naturally takes in as food.”

Currently, turtles can provide adequate conditions for breeding, but not all do. Sometimes customers do not receive enough preparation to purchase an animal in a store. And before the start of the breed, people do not read the literature, which is extensive on the market.

These breeding errors account for up to 75% of the reason why an animal ends up in the veterinary clinic, the veterinarian recalls. So how do you know a reptile is sick? “In general, the metabolism is slower in reptiles, and therefore changes in the body appear later,” the veterinarian explained.

Therefore, he understands when someone does not know in time that something is wrong. “I understand that the breeder does not take this day, but after a few days he should know that the animal is sick.” Interest in food and daily activities such as sunbathing, climbing out of hiding always disappears. But if someone tells us that a turtle has not eaten for a month and is in one place, it is very amazing,” said Zdenek Knotek.

When deciding to buy a turtle, we must first become familiar with the characteristics of each species in order to match the future fader with our living conditions, breeding skills and the time we are able and willing to sacrifice. Aquatic and amphibian species require more care than land. The main thing here is the need to exchange water in aquariums and pools, use water for this, etc. they do not require walking, but they also require contact with the sun.

Earth turtles are easier to tame. They are temperate animals and can be cared for without fear and undergo all skin care routines. You just need to be more careful with predators. Despite the tendency to buy small sweet turtles, adult breeders are recommended for beginners. They better tolerate changes in living conditions and stress associated with the transition from a store or home to a terrarium. Large turtles are also more resistant to disease, and if they do get sick, their treatment has a good prognosis.

It is safer to buy a turtle from a specialized pet store or from an experienced breeder. Purchasing from markets and of unknown origin carries the risk of acquiring a diseased animal that is ruled out due to inadequate transport or contamination by bacteria such as salmonella, which is common in steppe tortoises.