The flame turtle is an ornamental turtle. When the color of their back shell turns black and red, their ornamental value is high. There are many factors that affect the reddening of their back shell, which can be divided into congenital genes and acquired breeding. Most flame turtles have the gene to turn red, so whether they turn red and when they turn red is greatly influenced by the way they are bred.
Under normal circumstances, after about four months of breeding, the flame turtle will begin to develop color. The time period of their hair color is usually concentrated in August-October of each year. However, this time is not very certain, there are early color of the flame turtle, there will be relatively late color of the flame turtle. If the flame turtle has not started to develop color for about a year, it may be that there is something wrong with the way of breeding, or that the flame turtle itself does not have the gene to turn red.
Most flame turtles have the gene to turn red, so whether they turn red is affected by the way they are raised. Among them, feeding is an important aspect. If you want to make the flame turtle red and red time is relatively early, you must pay attention to feeding. The first is the frequency of feeding, preferably every day. Moreover, the type of food must pay attention to, to meat and vegetable mix. Animal feed needs to be used as staple food, and feed containing more astaxanthin is the most appropriate, such as shrimp, snails, small fish and so on. It also needs to be matched with vegetarian food, such as some fresh green bunchgrass, Water spinach, lettuce and so on. The other is some supplementary food, that is, food that can be used as snacks, such as turtle food and so on. Of course, there is no need to feed them several times a day, otherwise they will not have time to precipitate pigments, which will lead to their bad color.
