Turtle - the most suitable pet for those who are attracted by quiet and slow creations. But in their contents there are subtleties. For example, both the amphibious, and overland turtle needs to create comfortable conditions for contents as they cannot walk about together with the person on the apartment, just as a cat or a dog. What will be required for keeping of a domestic turtle?
It is required to you
- For a krasnoukhy turtle:
- - aquarium;
- - glow lamp;
- - soil (small gravel or coarse sand);
- - one or two thermometers;
- - filter for water purification;
- - heater for water;
- - island of sushi for rest.
- For the Central Asian turtle:
- - open-air cage or terrarium;
- - soil (sand with peat);
- - thermometer;
- - glow lamp;
- - container with water.
Instruction
1. The most widespread types of turtles - krasnoukhy and Central Asian. The first of them is a freshwater inhabitant, the second - overland. Representatives of both of these types can be held in one apartment, but conditions of their contents adequately differ.
2. If you plan to lodge at yourself a krasnoukhy turtle, you will need an aquarium of 100-150 liters on one individual. It is better to choose capacity from silicate glass as on an aquarium surface from organic glass scratches from turtle claws will be too noticeable. As soil clean coarse sand or small gravel will approach.
3. Krasnoukhy turtles spend rather most part of the time in water, but for rest by it islands of sushi are vital. The island has to be rather big, the size about a quarter of the total area of an aquarium. In order that it was convenient to turtle to rise from water by the land, gradually rising slope with an uneven surface to which your alumna can cling claws is especially good. The similar island can be got in pet-shop.
4. Over the island it is necessary to install the glow lamp that the turtle who left water could get warm. Plants in an aquarium where the krasnoukhy turtle lives, you should not plant as they there all the same will not remain for a long time - your alumna will eat them. Therefore for registration of an aquarium it is better to use large stones and snags. Artificial plants a turtle are will not become (though by all means will try), but she can dig out them.
5. Water temperature in an aquarium for a krasnoukhy turtle has to be 25-30 °C. For temperature maintenance at the necessary level you will need the aquarian heater and a temperature regulator. It is also recommended to buy two thermometers - one for control of external temperature, another for observation of water temperature. In an aquarium it is also necessary to install the filter for water purification as forages for krasnoukhy turtles belong to a kind of perishable.
6. In an aquarium, to be exact, a terrarium, for the Central Asian turtle it is not necessary to pour water. To such turtle will enough have in free access the container with water in which she will be able to lie down if desired, as in a bath. Popular belief that the overland turtle can live, creeping on all apartment, quite misleading. Such turtle soil which she could dig, povinuyas is necessary for the natural requirements and also a lamp under which it could be heated. The risk is high that unintentionally will step on the turtle walking on the apartment. The danger is constituted also by drafts which can provoke cold. Therefore it is better to make a choice for rather spacious open-air cage where the turtle will be is in rest and safety. As soil the sand mixed with peat will be suitable for her. You watch that temperature under a lamp was about + 25-28C.