How do you build a softshell turtle breeding pond? Pond construction methods

When it comes to softshell turtles, I think many people do not know them particularly well. The softshell turtle is very rich in nutrients, and many people like to eat softshell turtle, but there are still many people who do not know much about softshell turtles, so the market prospects for softshell turtle farming are still quite good.

How to build a pond for raising softshell turtles

As for the pond, it is best to first dig a trench around the bottom of the pond and lay bricks in it, then plaster all around the pond with concrete. In any case, the softshell turtles must not be given a chance to dig holes. Around the upper edge of the pond, build a ring of bricks along the pond edge, with one third overhanging, so that the softshell turtles cannot climb out. On the outermost side, it is best to block it off with netting, or build a ring of wall with bricks, or dig a trench and stand stone slabs upright in the trench as a wall, to prevent outsiders from stealing and to keep a quiet environment inside, so the softshell turtles can eat more easily.

How to select softshell turtles  

1. Grasp: Grasp the softshell turtle by the armpit area of its hind legs. If it moves quickly, kicks its four legs wildly, and is fierce and strong, it is a superior softshell turtle; if it moves sluggishly, its four legs move slightly or not at all, it is an inferior softshell turtle.  

2. Look: Mainly look at every part of the softshell turtle. Any softshell turtle with a complete appearance, no injuries or diseases, thick muscles, a glossy plastron, blurred ribs on the dorsal shield, a thick and upturned skirt, thick and strong four legs, and agile movements is a superior softshell turtle; otherwise, it is an inferior softshell turtle.  

3. Check: Mainly check whether there are hooks or needles in the softshell turtle's neck. Softshell turtles with hooks or needles cannot be kept for long or transported over long distances. Checking method: use a hard bamboo chopstick to stimulate the softshell turtle's head and let it bite it, then pull the chopstick with one hand to stretch its neck, while the other hand feels carefully around the neck.  

4. Test: Turn the softshell turtle upside down and place it flat on the ground. If it can quickly turn itself back over, escape swiftly, and move agilely, it is a superior softshell turtle; if it turns over slowly and moves sluggishly, it is an inferior softshell turtle.

Methods to shorten the softshell turtle farming cycle  

1. Strengthen the rearing of parent softshell turtles to promote earlier reproduction. The main methods are to put shallow pond water to raise the water temperature; place floating boards on the water surface to increase the softshell turtles' opportunities to bask in the sun, so as to raise body temperature and increase appetite.  

2. Control temperature to hatch young softshell turtles. Under normal circumstances, the time for softshell turtle eggs to hatch into young turtles is 20 days. If the incubation temperature is controlled at around 32 degrees Celsius, the young turtles can hatch 20 days earlier.  

3. Ensure the temperature required by young softshell turtles to promote normal growth. Generally speaking, the suitable temperature for young softshell turtles is above 25 degrees Celsius, but in early summer and late autumn, the pond water temperature is often lower than this. An effective method is to concentrate the young softshell turtles for temporary rearing and artificially raise the temperature, so as to maintain the growth rate under normal water temperature.  

4. Make full use of hot spring water and unpolluted waste heat water from factories to raise softshell turtles. Even in the cold winter, as long as feed can keep up, they can still grow normally.

5. In places without warm water conditions, the heat-collecting effect of plastic greenhouses can be used to effectively extend the softshell turtle growth period. Using the above methods can shorten the softshell turtle production cycle by 40-80 days, and the benefits are invisibly improved.

Suitable groups for softshell turtle  

1. Suitable for people with weak constitutions, yin deficiency of the liver and kidneys, steaming bone and consumptive heat, and malnutrition; suitable for people with pulmonary tuberculosis and extrapulmonary tuberculosis with persistent low fever; suitable for people with chronic hepatitis, cirrhotic ascites, hepatosplenomegaly, diabetes, and nephritic edema; suitable for patients with various types of cancer and after radiotherapy and chemotherapy; suitable for patients with Sjogren's syndrome; suitable for patients with hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease, and hypertension; suitable for patients with hypoproteinemia; suitable for patients with beriberi;  

2. Softshell turtle is rich and greasy, and eating it for a long time damages the stomach and middle burner, causing indigestion. Therefore, people with poor appetite, reduced digestive function, pregnant women or those with postpartum deficiency cold, and people with weak spleen and stomach and diarrhea should avoid eating it; people with chronic enteritis, chronic dysentery, or chronic diarrhea with loose stools should avoid eating it; hepatitis patients who eat it will increase the burden on the liver, and in severe cases it can induce hepatic coma, so they should eat little of it; pregnant women who eat it will affect the health of the fetus; in addition, those with excessive phlegm and food stagnation should eat it cautiously.

Before farming softshell turtles, you must first build a suitable softshell turtle pond, but building a softshell turtle pond requires a certain amount of investment cost. Softshell turtle ponds should mainly take convenience as the first principle, and then try as much as possible to save some investment cost.