The soft-shelled turtle is a carnivore and generally eats some small aquatic animals, mollusks, crustaceans, fish and shrimp.

Learn about the eating habits of Shan Rui soft-shelled turtle, and then learn about the living environment of Shan Rui turtle . Shan Rui turtle likes to live in the crevices of creeks in Shishan Mountains. The best water temperature for the growth of the shanrui soft-shelled turtle is 25-32 ℃. When the water temperature is 37-38 ℃, the soft-shelled turtle is easily killed by heat. When the water temperature is 12 ℃, the activity of the soft-shelled turtle is reduced, it does not feed, and goes to sleep in the sand. As long as the temperature rises above 20°C, the soft-shelled turtle will burrow out of the bottom of the water and come out for food.