Scientific feeding is essential in soft-shelled turtle hatchling rearing, and mastering the method is key

affects the farming of adult soft-shelled turtles. Whether scientific feeding can be carried out is the technical key affecting the growth and quality of soft-shelled turtle hatchlings. For this reason, here is an introduction to scientific feeding in soft-shelled turtle hatchling rearing, for reference and application. As with farming other aquatic animals, feeding can follow the four-fixed principle, namely fixed quality, fixed quantity, fixed time and fixed location. However, the four-fixed contents of feeding in soft-shelled turtle hatchling rearing have their own characteristics.

Because soft-shelled turtle hatchlings, during their growth process, not only need to accumulate energy and increase body weight, but also need to provide various nutrients and energy for the growth and development of the various functional organs in the body. Therefore, the feed quality in soft-shelled turtle hatchling rearing is extraordinary. There are many commercial feeds for soft-shelled turtle hatchlings on the market at present, but those are all machine feeds processed by machines through multiple procedures, and some nutrients with relatively strong activity will inevitably be lost during processing. Therefore, during rearing, some nutrients necessary for the growth and development of soft-shelled turtle hatchlings should be added on the basis of the commercial feed. Such as fresh carrots, fresh eggs, calcium-containing milk powder, fresh fish, fresh red worms, etc. The added amount is 5%-10% of the dry feed amount of the day. Before adding, they must be processed into pulp or mash and mixed into the commercial feed to make pellets before feeding.