The black-necked turtle can live for about 80 years. The black-necked turtle lives in streams in subtropical hills and mountain forests. The black-necked turtle moves clumsily, crawls slowly, has a gentle temperament, and does not actively harm people. Omnivorous, feeds on fish, shrimp, worms, and grains. In captivity, they eat lean pork, shrimp, poultry offal and a small amount of vegetable leaves. Distributed in Vietnam and China. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan provinces in China.

Precautions for breeding black-necked turtles

1. The food habits of black-necked turtles are quite mixed, and they can eat all kinds of food, but be careful. Mix the food reasonably and don’t feed it only one type of food for a long time.

2. Fruits and vegetables: It is best to eat some vegetables and fruits, because they are rich in vitamins.

3. Insect meat, such as insects, pork, duck, etc., must be disinfected and minced before it can be eaten by black-necked turtles.

4. If you are busy and don’t have time to carefully select food for them, you can use turtle food instead.

5. The black-necked turtle likes warmth and is afraid of cold, and cannot live in a low-temperature environment for a long time. Its suitable temperature is 25℃, and it hibernates when the ambient temperature is around 18℃.

6. Black-necked turtle hatchlings can be soaked in 3% salt water for 10 minutes, and then the injured and injured turtles are removed and put into the pool.