Turtles breathe differently from humans and most other animals. Turtles can dive into the water for a long time in one breath. Humans need to breathe all the time and can hold their breath for a short time, while turtles can hold their breath for a long time. Generally speaking, they can hold their breath in water for half an hour to an hour at a time. In addition, there will be turtles with better water that can last for several hours. When the water temperature is lower than 15℃, the soft-shelled turtle will dive into the mud at the bottom of the pool to hibernate, and at this time it will rely on gill tissue and other auxiliary respiratory organs at the throat to breathe.
Turtle culture skills
1, stocking
Before stocking, the pond should also be disinfected to kill pathogens. The medicine can be quicklime or disinfectant. Clear pond 10- 15 days later, add water for stocking, and the stocking ratio should be 200 ~ 300 per mu.
2. Feed feeding
Correct feeding is an important link in cultivating adult soft-shelled turtle. According to the principle of "four fixed", the feeding should be carried out reasonably with "fixed time, fixed point, quantity and quality guarantee". The amount of bait depends on the weather, water quality and the last feeding.
3. Water quality management
Trionyx sinensis likes fresh water environment, the water color is green or greenish brown, and the transparency is 30 ~ 50 cm. Trionyx sinensis is a freshwater organism with low salt tolerance, and its safe concentration in salt solution is 1 1%. In high temperature season, the water level should be deepened to cool down, and a shade shed can be built above the turtle pond.