The simple and honest appearance of the pig-nosed turtle is loved by many turtle lovers, so the pig-nosed turtle is becoming more and more common in today's pet families. However, to raise a pig-nosed turtle well, we must first understand some common sense of diseases, such as what should a pig-nosed turtle eat?

First, feeding choices?

Pig nose is an omnivorous turtle, which mainly eats plant food. They mainly eat fruits, leaves, flowers and various aquatic plants (such as algae) that fall into the river. At the same time, they also eat animal foods, such as mollusks, insect larvae, crustaceans, fish and mammals. It can be seen that the feeding range of pig nose is very wide, and this omnivorousness brings great convenience for us to raise pig nose.

In daily feeding, there are many foods to choose from. Here are some for your reference:

1, plant feed

Youmaicai, green vegetables, celery, fungus, Chinese cabbage, amaranth, tomato, apple, pear, watermelon, cucumber, etc.

2. Animal feed

Meat (beef), fish (feed fish), shrimp offal (poultry and livestock), etc. ), various insects and their larvae (such as bread worms, crickets, red blood worms, etc.). ) and artificial turtle feed.

3. it is not appropriate to feed food.

Irritating food (leek, garlic, onion, pepper, etc.). ) spinach (oxalic acid content is too high)

? ? Second, matters needing attention? ?

The new pig nose may not adapt to the environment in the new environment and will not eat. If the water temperature and? There is nothing wrong with the water quality, so there is no need to panic. When it adapts to the new environment, it will naturally eat when it is hungry. If all the fresh food it can eat can't satisfy it, you can try feed. Don't try so hard to force feed, it won't eat when it is nervous, and it won't starve to death for a week or two.

You can use turtle food and small fish and shrimp alternately, basically 2-3 times turtle food, 1 time fish and shrimp. After buying fish and shrimp alive, wash them several times like rice, remove impurities and things that look uncomfortable, and then refrigerate them. Before feeding, dip some water in the jar to thaw before feeding.

Pignose turtle is an opportunist. Omnivores, cucumbers, tomatoes and other vegetables, watermelons, grapes, cantaloupes and other fruits, boiled eggs are eaten by protein. Sometimes I feed them when I eat them myself. It's always good to add some nutrition. However, we should pay attention to two points. The size should be similar to the turtle food we usually eat, because the pig-nosed turtle swallows food, unlike some turtles who bite it off and tear it with their front paws. If you don't eat it, please take it out as soon as possible so as not to affect the water quality.

The key point is the number of days between feeding. It's hard to starve a turtle, but it's really easy to make it grow up quickly. So now I basically feed it once every two days, with 5-6 "dried" turtle food about the size of soybeans or 6-8 fish and shrimp about 2cm each time, so that the turtles will not grow too fast.

For this small creature, the pig-nosed turtle may not be as eye-catching as some ornamental fish, but putting it in a jar is enough to become a landscape. What the pig-nosed turtle eats and what kind of water quality it is suitable for need careful care. I hope everyone can take good care of this turtle. ?