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How to raise alligator turtles

How to raise baby alligator turtles

(1) Normal temperature breeding

Under natural conditions, juvenile alligator turtles grow slowly, and it takes two years for them to grow to about 200 grams. Especially in the first year, the survival rate of juvenile alligator turtles is only 30%-50%.

(2) Heating culture

The use of heating in the juvenile and young alligator turtle stage breaks the hibernation rule of alligator turtles. Experiments have shown that the hibernation of alligator turtles is just a protective reaction to resist adverse environments. From October of the current year to May of the following year, alligator turtles can grow to 350-1000 grams, completing 3 years of growth at normal temperature in 7 months. Juvenile and young alligator turtles safely pass through the life-threatening period (below 50 grams) in a very short time, with a survival rate of more than 80%-90%, spanning the slow growth period (below 150 grams).

Therefore, building various types of greenhouses according to local conditions to meet the needs of breeding young and juvenile alligator turtles during the winter is an important measure to shorten the breeding cycle of alligator turtles and improve economic benefits and breeding technology.

(III) Two-end heating breeding

This breeding method is to breed the snapping turtles under natural conditions when the natural water temperature is above 25℃ after they are hatched. When the natural water temperature starts to fall below 25℃ in mid-September, the temperature is raised to 28-31℃. When the natural water temperature starts to fall below 15℃ in early November, the heating is stopped and the windows and doors of the greenhouse are opened to allow the water temperature of the greenhouse pool to drop naturally, so that the snapping turtles enter a dormant winter period. When the water temperature rises above 15℃ in mid-April of the second year, the temperature is slowly raised to 28-31℃. In early June, when the natural water temperature stabilizes above 25℃, the heating is stopped and the turtles are separated and raised in outdoor pools. Production practice has proved that the "two-end heating breeding method" is technically feasible and economically cost-effective to avoid the severe winter.

Diet: It has a mixed diet and likes to eat small animals and water plants in the water. On the shore, it also eats dead and live animals, fresh grass leaves, and flowers and fruits. Artificial feed includes: fresh small fish and shrimp, snails, clams, insects, earthworms, silkworm pupae, maggots, mealworms, various livestock and poultry viscera and scraps, and expanded feed. Its food intake varies with the ambient temperature, generally accounting for 3-5% of its body weight. After artificial breeding and training, it also eats compound feed.

Feeding Instructions:

Feeding: Raised under natural conditions, feed once a day in early spring and early winter, and feed at noon when the temperature is higher. The period from early spring to late autumn is the peak season for turtles to eat. Feed twice a day, preferably at 9-10 a.m. and 4-5 p.m., 40% of the total feed in the morning, and 60% in the afternoon. Feed is thrown on the slope or corner of the pond, or a wooden board can be set up under the water on the slope to place food. Once the feeding place is fixed, do not change it frequently. Feed until the turtles finish eating within 90-150 minutes. If they cannot finish eating, feed less next time. Feed more for large turtles and less for small turtles. Generally, the amount of feed accounts for 3-5% of the turtle's body weight. They eat less in spring and autumn and more in summer.

There are many types of feeds, and compound feeds are also acceptable. But be careful, large ones should be cut into small pieces, and hard ones should be softened with water. They can be eaten raw or cooked. Young turtles should be fed more nutritious feeds, and cut as finely as possible to facilitate digestion. Do not feed spoiled feeds. You can also mix them with some plant feeds, such as fruits, etc.

Environment: 1. Stocking in different ponds at different levels: 1 group of breeding turtles (1 male and 2 females), 3 groups of medium-sized turtles, 5 to 10 groups of young turtles, or 10 to 20 groups of juvenile turtles can be stocked per square meter. They should be raised in ponds according to their sizes and should not be raised together to avoid affecting the growth of the young turtles.

2. Feed at a fixed point, at a fixed time, and with a fixed quantity. Feed once at noon every day in early spring and early winter. Feed twice a day, 40% at 9 a.m. and 60% in the evening. Feed should be fixed in one place. The food should be eaten within 1.5 hours. If it is not finished, feed less next time. Cut large food into small pieces, soak hard food, and feed raw or cooked food. Feed young turtles with nutritious fine feed, and do not use spoiled feed. Feed is mainly animal feed, which can be appropriately matched with some plant-based flower, fruit, and vegetable feed. It can also be fed with turtle feed.

Alligator turtles not only have delicious meat, but also have high medicinal value. They are effective for treating deficiency of essence and blood after long-term illness, fatigue, paralysis, and consumptive cough. They are also suitable for those who have postpartum progress, anemia, insomnia, and mental decline. Due to the medicinal value of alligator turtles and their high price, there are more and more farms raising small alligator turtles.

Alligator turtles are aquatic turtles. They are gentle in water, but become fierce and bite when out of water. They like to live in clean and fresh water environments, and the best water temperature is 28-30 degrees Celsius. When the water temperature is above 1 degree Celsius, alligator turtles can survive normally. When the water temperature is above 12 degrees Celsius, they can enter a light sleep state. When the ambient temperature reaches 6 degrees Celsius, alligator turtles can enter a deep hibernation.

Alligator turtles have a rather varied diet, and fish, loach, meat, etc. can all be their food. When feeding alligator turtles, the amount of compound feed is generally 1.5%-2.5% of the total body weight of the alligator turtle, and 5%-10% of fresh feed. Feed them three times a day at regular times and in fixed quantities, and the range of food fed should be uniform and wide.

Alligator turtles like to live in clean water environments. Therefore, during the breeding process, we should pay attention to changing new water. Moreover, to ensure the survival rate of alligator turtles, we must keep the water temperature environment stable. Although alligator turtles can live in a hydrological station of 2-28 degrees Celsius, it is also necessary to keep the water temperature environment stable. If the water quality changes too much, the alligator turtle will become sick or even die because the body cannot adjust and adapt quickly.

The alligator snapping turtle is an omnivorous animal. It does not require very high breeding conditions and can adapt to water temperatures ranging from -2 degrees to 40 degrees Celsius. In terms of food, it can eat vegetables, small fish, shrimps or snails, but it is recommended to feed it with animal protein. The alligator snapping turtle lays 30 to 120 eggs a year. In the later stage, it can be fed some cooked protein. After ten days, the food intake will slowly increase, and it can eat some cooked shrimp meat. When it is completely normal, it can eat raw food.

The water can be slightly deeper, the breeding area should be larger, alligator snapping turtles can grow very large, and the food should be a variety of raw meat mixed with vegetables and fruits.

Which alligator snapping turtle is the most valuable to raise?

The most valuable alligator snapping turtle is the pure Buddha turtle.

The small alligator turtles on the market are analyzed and summarized in order from low to high:

1. Black shell: the most common type, with the largest number, including pure black and gray-brown ones. The price of breeding turtles does not exceed 80 yuan per kilogram.

2. Mixed yellow: It looks a little better than the black one, but it is the same, it can't escape the black shell gene. The price of breeding turtles will not exceed 100 yuan per catty.

The above two types of turtles are now almost obsolete as pets. They are basically served on the dining table, especially the black-shelled ones, which grow very large. This is what many people call the "bigger the less valuable" species; the seedlings are still worth 100-160 yuan, but they are ugly when they grow up. As for breeding, the yield is average, the emergence rate is not very high, and many female turtles are at risk of laying eggs!

3. Miscellaneous Buddha: The price is mainly determined by the quality (purity) and how many Buddha genes are in it. The price range is 150-700 per kilogram. This depends on whether the buyer knows the goods and whether the person who raises it knows how to sell it.

4. Dahuang: I don't see many of this species. The price of seedlings seems to be 300 to 400 this year. The above two species are really egg-laying machines! They are more productive than real Buddhas! It is common to lay hundreds of eggs, and some even lay 130 to 150 eggs! The size of the breeding mother is proportional to the yield. I have a business friend whose 5 Dahuang breeding mothers laid almost 700 eggs! The rate of return is quite good! These two species mainly depend on what price you buy them at... Relatively speaking, the risk factor is a little lower than that of Buddhas, and I personally think it is still a product worth investing in. Even if the seedlings fall in price in the future, it can be compensated by the output, but the premise is to buy a high-yield turtle. Don't mistakenly think that all mixed Buddhas are the same. As long as they are mixed, there are good and bad ones. Some have good appearance and some have high egg production; but there is no necessary connection between the two. The risk lies in the fact that good appearance does not necessarily have high production, just like beautiful women must give birth to many children? On the contrary, women with big bodies generally give birth to more children... If you happen to buy a cheap and good one, then your forehead will hit the ceiling. But when you don't want to raise it anymore, you may pay a high price when you buy it, but when you sell it, the other party may not understand the product and be willing to pay you a high price. Only you know this.

5. Pure Buddha: There is no fixed price for breeding turtles. The cheapest I have seen is 500 yuan per pound. The highest I have seen is a turtle friend.

I bought a fine breed male for 50,000 yuan. It's a matter of fighting and fighting... If I use it for breeding, it doesn't matter if it has some defects, as long as the price is low. Investing in Buddha is relatively costly and risky. I think people who really invest in Buddha should first like Buddha. They can't just consider how much money they can make, but how to raise Buddha well. And the price of buying turtles directly is not something everyone can afford. But there is one thing, according to authoritative information, only Buddha crocodiles will lay eggs in the sand as long as there is sand in the breeding environment, and they will never lay eggs in water!

It must be the big alligator turtle. It is not easy for the big alligator turtle to eat when it is just born, but once it is opened, it is much easier to raise than the small alligator turtle. First of all, the size of the big alligator turtle is generally slightly larger than the small alligator turtle when it is born. It can fish by itself. It grows faster than the small alligator turtle. The adult size is much larger than the small alligator turtle. The exquisiteness and hardness of the turtle shell far exceed that of the small alligator turtle. The attack power is dozens of times that of the small alligator turtle. But it is very timid, with typical well-developed muscles and simple minds. Just from the price, the North American small alligator turtle is 34 with free shipping, the Zhafo is 50 with free shipping, and the Chunfo is 500 Free shipping for more, original color alligator turtle 260 not free shipping, light color alligator turtle 360 ​​not free shipping, GOLD alligator turtle just born 480, 880 after 1 year, 1200 after 2 years, 2400 after 3 years, an 11-year-old GOLD alligator turtle with good appearance is worth more than 10,000, so if you buy an alligator turtle and raise it at home for a few years, you can sell it back to the merchant at a slightly lower price, that is, 1200 after 2 years, and they will buy it for 800, which solves the recycling problem. When the small alligator turtle grows up, no one will want it when you sell it back. The platinum alligator snapping turtle above it is a mutant species and is born at around 780-1200 yuan. The WG alligator snapping turtle above it is also the marble alligator snapping turtle, which is around 4000-7000 yuan. So if you want to raise one, raise a alligator snapping turtle. Not only is it more handsome than a small alligator snapping turtle, but you can also make money. The market price of one pound of meat of a alligator snapping turtle is 50 yuan, and the sales volume is very hot. If you buy one original color one for 260 yuan, you will get your money back when it reaches 6 pounds. Theoretically, a alligator snapping turtle can grow to 400 pounds, but in fact the largest one is only 214 pounds. The maximum weight of a domestic one is 100 pounds, so there is no pressure to raise it to 6 pounds.

In fact, small alligator turtles are more expensive than snapping turtles! Because large alligator turtles are larger than small alligator turtles when they are born! They will definitely be heavier than small alligator turtles when they grow up. Small alligator turtles raised at home weigh at most 30 to 40 kilograms, while large alligator turtles weighing 100 kilograms are raised at home. Here, large alligator turtles cost 48 yuan per kilogram! Small alligator turtles cost 72 yuan per kilogram. Especially people here love to eat small alligator turtle meat! They don’t like to eat large alligator turtles very much. Especially small alligator turtles actively catch fish, so their bodies will be richer in nutrition. Large alligator turtles catch fish, and basically they are not full every day, but sometimes they are full!

The marble snapping turtle is a variant of the giant snapping turtle. This year, a 5-cm seedling costs more than 8,000 yuan, and a mature marble turtle costs from 20,000 to 100,000 yuan (depending on the male and female).

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