The yellow-throated terrapin is an omnivorous turtle. It eats a wide range of food, including poultry and livestock meat, viscera, and plants, fruits and vegetables. It likes to forage in water. In artificial breeding, artificial compound feed is the mainstay.

After understanding what the yellow-throated terrapin eats, let's introduce its living habits.

The yellow-throated terrapin inhabits hilly areas and mid-level mountains In the waters of basins and river valleys, sometimes they often go to the bushes and paddy fields. During the day, they play and forage in the water. On sunny days, they like to be on land. Sometimes they climb to the shore to bask in the sun. When the weather is hot, there are more activities in the morning and evening. At noon and night, they often hide in the water, in the dark or in the sand, and keep their heads and do not move.