CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How to identify turtles raised with hormones

1. How to identify turtles raised with hormones

The difference between wild turtles and domestic turtles:

First try catching it with your hands. Wild turtles are very ferocious, while domestic ones are gentler.

Secondly, wild turtles have thin and long legs due to long-term survival in the wild, while domestic turtles have thick and short legs.

The claws of wild turtles are usually very sharp because they often use their claws to tear food in the wild, so their claws are often sharpened. The claws of domesticated turtles are usually not very sharp because they eat commercial bait and crawl in cement pools. The backs of wild turtles are green (generally, the color varies in different waters). The color of farmed turtles is relatively dull.

2. How to distinguish the quality of soft-shelled turtles?

1. From the appearance of the carapace. The carapace of wild turtles is smooth and flat, with thin and even skin, waxy luster, and the outline of the shell can be seen faintly. However, the carapace of domestic turtles is slightly thicker, with rough warts and dull texture, and it is difficult to see the outline of the shell on the toad skin.

2. Look at the color of the carapace. Wild turtles are gray-black, khaki, brown with black spots, etc., while domestic turtles are mostly black with green, yellow with green, green moss, etc.

3. From the perspective of body shape. Wild turtles have been foraging for food in the natural state for a long time, so they are strong, slightly flat, and have firm muscles. However, domestic turtles are bloated, thick and clumsy, and have loose muscles.

4. Press the plastron. The elasticity of the ventral cartilage of wild turtles is relatively high, and the rebound force is large when pressed with fingers. However, the elasticity of the ventral cartilage of domestic turtles is weak, and it feels soft and weak when pressed with fingers.

5. The appearance of wild turtles is intact, without any injuries or diseases. The back plastron is shiny and feels quite smooth. The bottom plate is white with red streaks. The individual is relatively thin, with a wide and thick skirt that is upward. The action is agile, and the limbs are coordinated when turning over, which is quite flexible. The above aspects of free-range turtles are inferior to wild turtles. The worst is the indoor turtle, which has the worst back luster and often has scars. In addition, because it is full all day, the individual is fat and strong, the claws are blunt, and the action is clumsy when turning over.

6. The claws of the turtles raised in greenhouses are short and do not often paddle; the claws of the turtles raised in ecological environments are sharper and often paddle. The skirts of the turtles raised in greenhouses are thinner and easy to droop; the skirts of the turtles raised in ecological environments are thicker and not easy to droop; they are also flatter. In addition, the back shell is thinner, black in color, smooth, without bumps, and the color is natural yellow-white.

7. The appearance of domesticated soft-shelled turtles is black with a slight yellow-green tint. Because they grow in a natural aquatic environment, surrounded by mud, their claws are sharp. Because they take a long time to mature, their skirts are wide and thick. After being slaughtered, you can see that their body fat is yellow. The body surface of artificially raised soft-shelled turtles is black. Because they grow in a cement pool, the soft-shelled turtles will wear their claws blunt during the crawling process. Compared with domesticated soft-shelled turtles, their skirts are narrow and thin, and their body fat is white.

3. Why are turtle claws green?

Because its claws are always in the mud.