龟卵的孵化（Incubation of turtles and eggs）.doc

龟卵的孵化（Incubation of turtles and eggs） Turtle egg incubation requires a certain degree of humidity, to avoid direct sunlight; turtle eggs between 35 degrees to 18 degrees can be normal development of small turtles. Will be some small plastic yogurt cup (according to an egg, a cup of configuration), the bottom drilled eighteen small holes, only water vapor infiltration, the cup built-in 4 cm fine sand, the egg half buried in sand. Place the cup in a sponge in the water tank of the fish. Start the water purifier for an hour a day. Be careful not to let the water run into the turtles egg. About half a month later, the egg began to swell, after two and a half months, the young turtles hatched. Since the third day, do not have to feed, after feeding red blood worms, about half a month, to feed small fish. Tortoises in the Shanghai area in the end of April to start mating, the suitable temperature for 20-30 degrees of mating, egg laying began in mid May, the end of August the end of the egg. It has an annual output of two or three litters, producing 2-8 pieces each, with a majority of 5-6. After laying eggs, females are incubated by natural temperature, which usually takes 52-73 days, with an average of 56 days. When the young turtles break out of the shell, they can crawl on their own after 48 hours of adaptation. The center of the fertilized egg shows a milky spot on one side where the embryo is located. Unfertilized eggs without white spots should also hatch for 35 days, to see if it will appear white spots, and then decide the choice. Artificial incubation available a small wooden box or plastic box, a depth of about 20 cm, or around the bottom to drill holes for ventilation and water into account, the shop 3 cm thick sand (sand diameter 0.5--0.7 mm), and then the egg white egg from facing up to 1 cm, and keep the sand the temperature in 2433 degrees, humidity in the range of 8% - 10%. The shell of the hatchlings available 5% salt water disinfection, three days to feed