Brazilian Tortoise

Brazilian tortoise is also known as'' tortoise'' red-ear slider or the Latin language scripta elegans'''' trachemys. This is because the red tinge just behind the eyes that resemble red ear. Brazil tortoise from the southern United States, has a mixture of shell color between green and yellow. Durability turtle makes a strong brazil tortoise easy to adapt to any environment. Age of a turtle can reach the age of 20 years with a maximum length of about 30 cm. Brazil tortoise reproduce by laying eggs way. The amount varies between 20 to 45 points depending on fertility and weather. Brazil tortoise usually lay their eggs around August and September before the rainy season. and to hatch it takes about 3 weeks. Once hatched tortoise waters of Brazil will be looking to grow up. Brazilian tortoise dark green with yellow stripes and has a red spot on each side of the head. These tortoise can be easily distinguished by the lower jaw is more rounded than the species pseudemys more boxes. Behind the toes connected by a membrane like a duck because they are aquatic animals. to distinguish the sexes, males have longer claws on his front leg. whereas in the female cloaca closer to the shell than males.

Because tortoise are aquatic animals brazil, therefore we need to put in the aquarium or pond is comfortable and designed specifically to meet their needs. if we do not want to provide a pool outside, the aquarium is the best solution for the tortoise brazil. in addition, by using the aquarium, we can be much easier to clean. Brazilian tortoiseare aquatic animals and they dump their sewage into the water, so if we do not maintain a healthy aquarium or pond it will be a hotbed for germs and bacteria, to the aquarium and pond should always be clean because the health of a tortoise depends of cleanliness aquarium or pond. if not using a filter, wash every other day. for baby tortoise, cleaned every day and do not use products that agresive. For tank sizes can be adjusted to the size and number of tortoise owned. aquarium bigger, the better for the turtle, because tortoise have a very rapid growth in the first years.

And water suggested is about 3/4 of the length of the turtle. Of mostly water turtle keepers recommend to use a Fluval 403 filter tubes. because tortoise are cold-blooded brazil, then we have to keep the temperature remains stable between 20 ° C to 28 ° C by using a submersible heater'' or'' water heaters containing long tubular coated wire. besides, we need to provide basking areas for tortoise, where tortoise can be completely dry basking in the sun or a special lamp reptiles, as in the wild, the tortoise will spend the time to bask in the sun. this is very important, because the warm temperatures can increase the body's immune tortoises and tortoise brazil requires UV light to be able to process food properly and absorbing nutrients from food. to add decoration to the pond or aquarium must be careful. for example, want to add rocks, must choose the type of stone that is not sharp because of the sharp stones can hurt the turtle shell. then the addition of sand or plastic plants are not recommended, because there is a chance the turtle will eat it and can cause serious intestinal complications.