What are yellow-margined box turtle prices like in 2019, will they rise or fall?

The yellow-margined box turtle has been a fairly popular pet in recent years, and many people like to keep yellow-margined box turtles; compared with the past, the number of people keeping yellow-margined box turtles has risen several times over. So what are yellow-margined box turtle prices like in 2019? Will prices rise or fall?

1. Yellow-margined box turtle prices

There are mainly three varieties of the yellow-margined box turtle: the Taiwan variety, the Anhui variety and the mainland variety, and there are certain differences in the prices of the three. As things stand now, the price of the Anhui variety is around 1200, the Taiwan variety is 700, and the mainland yellow-margined box turtle is around 900. Prices for yellow-margined box turtles differ by region and variety, so it depends on the actual market situation.

2. Yellow-margined box turtle price trends

Back around 2003, the price of the yellow-margined box turtle was still fairly low, at about 130 yuan, and from 2004 to 2006 there was a small increase. Starting in 2007, the turtle market began to take off, and the prices of most turtle species rose; by the peak period of the turtle market in 2014, the yellow-margined box turtle even reached as high as 8000 yuan, after which prices fell back somewhat. As things stand now, the price of the yellow-margined box turtle is still fairly stable, and a small decline may follow later.

3. How do you keep a yellow-margined box turtle?

Under artificial keeping conditions, in April-May and September-November, when the temperature reaches 18-22°C, the turtle is less active in the morning and evening and more active around midday; in June-August each year, when the temperature is 25-34°C, the turtle is mainly active at night, early morning or dusk, and hides in caves, among trees or in sand and soil during the day. If it is the rainy season, it often goes outside the cave to get rained on. From December to January-March of the following year is the turtle's hibernation period. When the temperature is 19°C, the turtle stops eating; when the temperature drops to around 10°C, the turtle enters hibernation. During hibernation, it likes to hide in caves, piles of branches or under a fairly thick layer of withered grass, and mostly in sunny, wind-sheltered spots. When the temperature is 13°C, the turtle wakes up again.

Keeping yellow-margined box turtles is fairly simple, and in recent years more and more people have been keeping turtles, so if conditions allow, you can keep them.