Florida Snapping turtle, and the Central American snapping turtle belong to the same species, all belong to the family of snapping turtles. It is also known as a lot, mainly including Buddha snapping turtles, small snapping turtles, snapping turtles, flat-back snapping turtles, etc., all of which belong to one kind of snapping turtles. This turtle has a total of Includes four subspecies. Its appearance looks very sturdy and fierce, with a large head and many spikes, which always gives people a feeling of horror. Its distribution is very wide, mainly including Florida, South Georgia and other places, and its reproduction method is oviparous!
It can be clearly seen that the head of the Florida snapping turtle is covered with dense spikes, and the carapace on its back is very developed, almost round or square , the edges are jagged. The color of its carapace is particularly varied, the common ones are yellow, tawny and dark brown, etc. In addition, its abdomen is narrow and the color is light yellow. Not only that, the Florida snapping turtle has a larger head, and the distance between the eyes and the snout is relatively close, which looks like an imposing look.
It goes without saying that Florida snapping turtles are violent and fierce , and has astonishing speed and infinite power. Whether it is playing in the water or eating, it seizes the vanguard and is far ahead, and belongs to a typical representative of water turtles. It can be seen from its size that the Florida snapping turtle has a particularly large appetite, and the food it eats is really surprising. Because of this, people also call it a rice bucket. In general, it has no more stringent requirements on the breeding environment and food, but parents must not relax their care and care for it!
Raising environment-Florida snapping turtle Although the requirements for the breeding environment are not high, it is a typical aquatic turtle and has very strict requirements on water quality. If it is not careful, it will cause other diseases. For it, the depth of the breeding water does not need to be too deep It is deep enough to exceed its carapace. At the same time, parents should place some fine sand and large stones at the bottom of the pool, so that the Florida snapping turtle can climb or bask on its back. This turtle likes to bathe in the sun, so it should not be trapped for a long time. Indoors, it is best to take it out often to receive the edification of the sun! If you want to take good care of this turtle, parents should also change the water for it frequently, and it should be changed every three days at most, but it should not be changed all at once, just pump out part of the dirty water each time, it is recommended that parents give it to it Provide appropriate water filtration equipment, so that it is difficult to get other diseases.
Feeding Points-The Florida snapping turtle is large and carnivorous. It generally likes to eat in water. Parents only need to put the food in the water. The food mainly includes poultry meat, small fish, shrimp and other internal organs of various animals. Before feeding, they should be thoroughly cleaned, otherwise it will easily pollute the water quality. In summer, you should feed it once a day, and it is best not to feed it frequently. If you are an office worker who leaves early and returns late, you can feed it once a few days or after a period of time. , you don't have to worry about them dying if they don't eat for half a month. For Florida snapping turtles, these are small problems.