Chicken turtles are raised in deep water. Chicken turtles mainly live in clear mountain streams. It also appears in swamps, pools, rivers and fields, and is generally active at night. It can climb stone walls or climb trees. With the support of its tail, it can climb walls and branches that are longer than its own length.

According to the observation of indoor breeding: it is found that they usually lurk in the pool water during the day, and when the It starts at dusk and sometimes climbs out of the pool to the sand. Field observations found: more common in the evening and early morning hours. We speculate that it may be lurking on the bottom of streams or under rocks during the day.

Chicken turtles are aquatic turtles and can be raised in containers that can hold water, such as tanks. The actual size of the chicken turtle is larger than it looks, and the amount of exercise is also large, so a larger cage is required. On average, a tank with a side length of 60 cm is still too small and is best kept in a storage box for clothes.