Fans of turtles get one of two species of reptiles: either the Central Asian, or krasnoukhy turtle. To provide to animals of a condition, as close as possible to natural, owners should equip a terrarium. The Central Asian turtle at liberty lives in holes, she got used to dig out everything the powerful claws. Present what noise in the apartment will stand if to fill up a terrarium with a layer of sand and stones. And if he is naked, the turtle can ache and die. Therefore it is better to get a krasnoukhy turtle.
Instruction
1. Take the aquarium which is stuck together from sheets of natural or organic glass. Remember that it has to be rather spacious, considering that the turtle quickly grows. Consider also that water should be changed often therefore at once think over as you will merge terrarium contents – whether by means of hoses, whether having equipped the bottom with the shut-off valve.
2. Divide an aquarium terrarium into two zones: water and overland. In live to the nature krasnoukhy turtle periodically gets out of water. Therefore across a narrow part of an aquarium terrarium paste to sidewalls or establish the horizontal sheet of glass on motionless support. Its width has to be from 1/4 to 1/3 lengths of an aquarium.
3. Fix an inclined glass plate on which the animal will be able to get out to the land from water. Consider that the surface of this plate has to be rough, otherwise the turtle just will move down on it back in water. Will not prevent to make rough as well a recreation area surface. Simpler than all this, it is possible to achieve if before installation of plates in an aquarium to rub them a coarse-grained emery paper.
4. Try to determine correctly the general height of a terrarium and its overland part. It has to tower a little over a water surface that the turtle could dry. But at the same time depth has to be sufficient that the turtle could float and dive freely. Again consider that the animal pretty fast will grow and that over an overland part there has to be rather high side that the turtle accidentally did not roll over through it. Anyway, side height over water level has to be not less than 20 centimeters.
5. Choose for installation of a terrarium the most solar place in the apartment. At a lack of sunlight (in the winter or at long rainy weather), it is necessary to irradiate a turtle with an ultra-violet lamp from time to time.
6. Plant water plants. Then the terrarium will be much more beautiful, and the turtle through some time will begin to eat them.