Lately more often in houses of fans of animals the krasnoukhy turtle appears. This interesting look freshwater skulls is unpretentious in contents. At a krasnoukhy turtle an interesting coloring – on each side the heads brightly red spots, and a neck and paws are decorated with bright black-and-white strips. The krasnoukhy turtle lives in bondage up to 30 years. But that your turtle lived up to such respectable age, look after her correctly.
It is required to you
- - glass aquarium;
- - plastic ready island;
- - saucer with low edges;
- - special lamps for reptiles;
- - powerful filter for water;
- - special vitamin supplements for feeding water skulls.
Instruction
1. Krasnoukhy turtles need to be supported only in aquaterrariums. Capacity of 100-150 liters is necessary for one turtle. Completely change water in an aquarium once a month. At the same time surely wash walls with special disinfectant. Water before filling of an aquaterrarium needs to be settled. To limit water pollution to excrement of turtles, surely use filters. Buy devices with a performance of 8-10 times more of water volume. Besides consider that turtles often tear off the details of filters which are in water. Paste the glass or plastic plate which is not reaching to the bottom an aquaterrarium in one of corners.
2. Krasnoukhy turtles though spend the most part of time in water, nevertheless need the land. Insufficiently just to make the plastic balsa. It is difficult for turtle to climb on such balsa. Make the real island for your alumna, its size has to be not less than a quarter of total area of an aquaterrarium. Make an entrance on the land rather flat and rough. Turtles climb on the coast, clinging claws therefore the smooth surface will not approach. Ready islands for turtles can be got in pet-shops.
3. It is necessary for turtles warmly. Hang up over the island a special lamp for reptiles, in this case it is possible not to put the heater in the rest of an aquaterrarium. The turtle will be able to get out on the island to get warm. It is possible to install also the ordinary glow lamp, its thermolysis is enough that the turtle could be warmed. But in a range of ordinary glow lamps there are no colors necessary for full development of an animal. Especially it concerns the ultra-violet radiation compensating a lack of sunlight. Temperature of keeping of turtles on the land has to be equal +26-28 degrees, in water +24 degrees.
4. Food of turtles has to be various. The diet has to contain both animal, and vegetable forages. Krasnoukhy turtles well eat a crank, small cut meat, the special granulated forage. Though this species of turtles belongs to predators, surely give lettuce leaves, pond seaweed, young leaves of cabbage as a vegetable forage. The turtle is more senior, the more in her diet has to be vegetable forages. If the same aquaterraium contains small fishes, the hungry turtle can eat small copies, for example, of the guppy or neon. Therefore you feed her in time. To accustom a turtle is on the land, at first put forage pieces near water. The turtle will get used to come for feeding to the island. Put a saucer with low edges for a forage later. Add a little water to a saucer - so it will be more convenient to turtle to eat. It will save you from frequent change of water or a laying which very quickly become soiled the food remains.
5. Try not to lodge several males as they will surely fight in one aquaterrarium. Also it is not recommended to support together turtles of the different size. Big turtles will attack small. Choose individuals of one age.
6. At turtles grow claws which they can damage each other. From time to time cut them cuticle scissors. Do not try to cut a beak, it is necessary to a turtle to break off food pieces.