The northern melanoma map turtle can live for about 50 years. The quality of the breeding environment has a great impact on the life and health of the northern melanoma map turtle, especially the choice of food and the arrangement of environmental conditions, which are closely related to the northern melanoma map turtle. The lifespan of map turtles is related.

The northern melanoma map turtle prefers to bask on its back, and the artificially arranged environment needs to prepare one for them In the place where the back is basked, some turtle food can be prepared for the northern melanoma map turtle. Their food intake is relatively large, and they are basically not very picky about their food. In the wild environment, they mainly eat snails and aquatic clams. Although they will eat some vegetable foods in adulthood, they are not many, and such foods will not attract the appetite of northern melanoma map turtles, so they should be selectively fed during the feeding process.