What should be a terrarium for turtles?

Responsiveness and kindness are very important qualitiesany person. Forming them in children will help care for your pet. Turtle can be considered an ideal animal for a city apartment, if the family has a small child. To keep a reptile, regardless of the species chosen, it is necessary to purchase a terrarium for turtles.

Most often for the home they buy representativesfamily red-eared. Most of the day they are in the water, but get out to bask and land. Therefore, for a full life they need a special terrarium for red-bellied turtles. One part of it will serve as a pool for water procedures, and the other for land.

In this case, the dry area should be quite large and occupy a quarter of the total area, and not be limited to a plastic island that attaches to the wall terrarium. In the dry part, the turtle not only rest and bask, but there it is taught to take food. With such feeding, food does not enter the water and does not provoke the formation of an unpleasant odor.

To maintain the purity of the water, the terrariumturtles can be equipped with a filter. In his absence, the water will have to be changed up to two times a week. The presence of a filter does not remove the water replacement, but it will have to be done much less often (once a month), combining this procedure with cleaning the entire terrarium.

If the room is cool, then you need to buyheater and maintain the temperature at 25-27 degrees. At this temperature and additional artificial illumination, the red-bellied turtle will remain active even in winter and will not go into hibernation.

Terrarium for turtles of this species should belarge enough (105-120 liters), since the babies grow quite quickly, and with proper care they can reach a length of up to 30 centimeters and a weight of up to 2.5 kilograms.

Often the novice owners who took the houseland tortoise, make the mistake of letting it into "free swimming". She is allowed to wander freely around the apartment, choose a place to sleep and eat. Buy a terrarium for land tortoises still have to, because the animal can get injured, catch a cold and get sick, crawling on the cold floor.

In the dwelling of your pet should be a shelter, whereshe could hide in order to feel safe. For small individuals you can use halves of coconut shells. A land tortoise should not be left without drinking water. In addition, guests from the humid tropics like to just lie in the water. Therefore, the terrarium for turtles should be equipped with a water tank and bathing facilities, which must be buried in the ground. The bath should be provided with a convenient ladder for entering and leaving the water. The water level should not be more than half the height of the animal. The bottom is better to fall asleep on 6-10 centimeters fine pebbles or stones without sharp edges that, satisfying the instinct of the digger, the turtle is not wounded.

If you follow simple rules of care, turtles-long-livers are able to give joy to their owners for more than a dozen years.

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