UMary Allen
I-musk turtles ye-genus Sternotherus ihlulwe kwiintlobo ze-Sternotherus carinatus, i-Sternotherus depressus, i-Sternotherus odoratus, kunye ne-Sternotherus minor. Le yokugqibela yeyona ntlobo ixhaphakileyo yokugcinwa kwemusk turtles.
Indawo yokuhlala kunye noSasazo lweMusk Turtle
Ikhaya le-musk turtle i-Sternotherus minor yimpuma-mpuma ye-United States, ukusuka kumzantsi-ntshona weVirginia nakumazantsi eTennessee ukuya kumbindi weFlorida naphakathi kweMississippi kunye nonxweme lweAtlantiki yaseGeorgia. I-Sternotherus minor peltifer yaziwa kuphela kwimpuma yeTennessee nakumazantsi-ntshona eVirginia ukuya empuma Mississippi naseAlabama.
Inkcazo kunye neempawu zeMusk Turtle
I-Sternotherus minor luhlobo oluncinci oluhlala phantse emanzini kuphela. Ngokuqhelekileyo ishiya kuphela icandelo lamanzi kwi-aqua basin ukubeka amaqanda okanye kwiimeko ezixinzelelekileyo. Umbala wegobolondo unombala obomvu, ngamanye amaxesha uphantse ube mnyama. Ubungakanani beentlanzi ezincinci ziphakathi kwe-8 kunye ne-13 cm. Ubunzima buphakathi kwe-150 kunye ne-280 g, kuxhomekeke kwisini.
Ukugcina iiMfuno zeMusk Turtle
I-aqua terrarium yokulinganisa i-100 x 40 x 40 cm ilungele ukugcina indoda enye kunye nemazi ezimbini. Kufuneka kwakhona umise icandelo lomhlaba. Kungcono ukudibanisa oku kubude obumalunga ne-10 cm. Kufuneka ibe malunga nama-40 x 3 x 20 cm. Ukufudumeza indawo yelizwe, esebenza njengendawo enelanga kwaye ikwasetyenziswa kakhulu zizilwanyana kule nto, fakela indawo ye-80-watt ngaphezulu kwayo. Ngokuxhomekeke kwixesha lonyaka kunye nobude bemini, oku kufuneka kulayitelwe phakathi kweeyure ezisi-8 nezili-14.
Kufuneka ulungelelanise ubushushu bamanzi kumaxesha onyaka. Kodwa qiniseka ukuba iqondo lobushushu le-28 ° C aligqithiswanga ehlotyeni. Ukunciphisa ebusuku ukuya malunga ne-22 ° C kuyacetyiswa. Akukho meko kufuneka ubushushu bamanzi budlule ubushushu bomoya? Kwahlukile kubusika obuqinileyo. Iqhubeka ukususela ekuqaleni kukaNovemba malunga neenyanga ezimbini. Awona maqondo obushushu afanelekileyo ngexesha lokufukama amalunga ne-10 ukuya kwi-12 ° C.
Isondlo seMusk Turtle
Iifudo zeMusk zitya ikakhulu ukutya kwezilwanyana. Bakhetha izinambuzane zasemanzini, iinkumba, iintshulube, kunye namaqhekeza amancinci eentlanzi, onokuzifumana ngokulula njengokutya kofudo olusemathinini. Bakwathanda nokwamkela ukutya okomileyo okufana neJBL's Turtle Food. Bakwanyolukele kakhulu iinkumba.