How to care for the red-cheeked mud turtle? Husbandry methods and daily management key points

The red-cheeked mud turtle is also called the red-cheeked mud turtle, and keeping it is relatively simple. It has many markings, and the color of its head varies greatly, which is where many people's interest in keeping it lies.How to care for the red-cheeked mud turtle?

1. How to care for the red-cheeked mud turtle

At present, most people, in order to bring out the red face, mainly create a white environment for it, keeping it in a white box. A filter device can be installed in the box, and the keeping environment should be arranged as simply as possible. If conditions permit, shallow and deep water areas can also be set up.

The tap water used for keeping should first be left to stand for 1-2 days, and the water should be changed regularly. The water level only needs to slightly cover the back. The keeping temperature should be kept above 20°C. In winter, it needs to be kept warm and heated; water that is too cold is not good for its life, and its stomach and intestines are prone to indigestion.

Mainly feed pelleted turtle food and an appropriate amount of fish and shrimp. Whether the red face can develop mainly depends on the turtle's genes.

Avoid direct sunlight; it can be sunned when the sunlight is mild.

A newly purchased turtle should first be kept quietly at home for 2 days, with a constant temperature created for it, and fed only after it has adapted to the environment.

2. Morphological characteristics of the red-cheeked mud turtle

When keeping the red-cheeked mud turtle, what everyone mainly cares about is the color change of the red face and head. Some people say that red-cheeked mud turtles in China are not as beautiful in appearance as those abroad. In fact, part of the reason lies in keeping factors, and another part is that the quality of red-cheeked mud turtles imported into China is itself not good.

The shell of the red-cheeked mud turtle is flat, solid gray or nearly black. The plastron is generally creamy white. The center of the shell of young turtles has angles, and the outer edges are serrated, but these gradually disappear with age. Their skin is similar in color to the shell, and there are red markings on the neck and lower body. Male turtles have yellow markings on both sides of the head, but females do not, and the tails of male turtles are also longer and thicker.

In fact, regardless of the genes of the red-cheeked mud turtle, whether or not the red face can be brought out, it should be kept patiently.