How to Select Stone Turtle Hatchlings? Detailed Guide to Selection Methods and Tips

I. Try to select stone turtle hatchlings with relatively good constitutions

Hatchlings with good constitutions and strong disease resistance have a lower probability of falling ill; hatchlings with poor constitutions and weak disease resistance have a higher probability of falling ill. The constitution of a hatchling depends on the quality of the turtle breed. Analyzing from the perspective of turtle breeds, hatchlings hatched from wild and semi-wild stone turtle breeds have the best constitutions, with very strong growth and development ability and disease resistance, and a relatively low probability of falling ill. Therefore, try to select hatchlings hatched from wild or semi-wild stone turtle breeds. In reality, stone turtle hatchlings hatched from wild stone turtle breeds are especially favored by the vast number of breeders, mainly because of their good quality, low incidence of illness, and easy growth.

II. Select stone turtle hatchlings that have undergone professional disinfection and care after hatching

Whether a hatchling can receive correct disinfection, feeding, and care in a timely manner during the few days after hatching has a direct and crucial impact on whether it can grow up healthily in the future. If disinfection, feeding, and care are not carried out in a timely manner, the hatchling will become weak and prone to illness, or even die.

III. Select stone turtle hatchlings from turtle and soft-shelled turtle seedling farms with relatively high professional breeding technology and relatively good after-sales service

Professional farms generally carry out professional disinfection and care for newly hatched turtle hatchlings, and provide after-sales follow-up service for the hatchlings they sell, so breeding technology is guaranteed and the probability of hatchlings falling ill is correspondingly reduced. By comparison, the illness rate of hatchlings purchased by turtle dealers is generally relatively high, because the purchased hatchlings come from different breeders, and ordinary breeders generally do not disinfect or feed newly hatched turtle hatchlings in a timely manner, which leads to a decline in the hatchlings' constitutions, and there is also a risk of cross-transmission and cross-infection of bacteria and diseases among hatchlings from different breeders.