Tips for raising bell-backed tortoises

bell fold The key points of raising the bell-backed tortoise
The bell-backed tortoise

The bell-backed tortoise Tortoises are not overly picky about food. Generally speaking, bell-backed tortoises are vegetarians. Therefore, when raised artificially, they should try to avoid too much meat and maintain a variety of diets. And robust.

The bell-marked tortoise mainly eats forage, grass, leaves, flowers and fruits in the wilderness, but it also eats snails, some small insects and animal carcasses. . Food that should be provided under artificial feeding includes:

1. Main feeding (>90%): dark green leafy plants. For example: cabbage, kale, purslane, dandelion, plantain, alfalfa, wild mustard, grass, chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum lettuce, mulberry leaves, hibiscus flowers and leaves, etc.

2. Occasionally feed (<10%): earthworms, slugs, snails, grasshoppers, super wheatworms, crickets, etc. Giant palms, aloe vera, figs, carrots, apples with skins, peaches, various berries, weird fruits, pumpkins, beans, peas, almonds, fungi, nutritionally balanced and high-quality artificial turtle food, etc.

3. Not to be fed (0%): overly juicy fruits and vegetables, tomatoes, bananas, lettuce, broccoli, broccoli flowers, cabbage, cabbage, Cucumbers, rhubarb, broccoli.

The bell-backed tortoise needs high fiber, high calcium, low phosphorus, and appropriate protein. Bell-backed tortoises will have a very good appetite after becoming familiar with the environment; however, most of them are wild individuals, so they will have a partial eclipse or even refuse to eat at first. This should be noted.


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