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Turtles can be kept as pets, but require special care and feeding. Depending on the type of turtle, adult animals can grow to between 15 and 30cm in length. For a turtle to be healthy and happy, its home should resemble its natural habitat as much as possible.<\/p>\n
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To properly care for a turtle, you need a terrarium, a plastic tub or a wooden box, some smooth stones, a red light lamp or heating lamp, artificial soil, plants, turtle food, fresh fruit and vegetables and insects.<\/p>\n
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Keeping turtles in a terrarium<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The aquarium for a 25cm turtle such as the red-cheeked ornamental turtle should hold about 200 litres. To make the tank as natural as possible, the turtle needs above all warmth and dryness in a corner of the tank. Fill the bottom of the terrarium with water and place flat stones and roots in it. The turtle can use these as a platform.<\/p>\n The water temperature should be about 25 degrees; the warm corner of the tank about 30 degrees. The temperature can be kept constant with terrarium heating rods.<\/p>\n The terrarium should be cleaned regularly so that the water is not contaminated by bacteria. The frequency of cleaning depends on whether you use a filter and whether the turtle gets its food in the tank.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n A young turtle needs food daily, while an adult only needs to be fed every other day. The turtle's diet should consist of about 25% of ready-made turtle food, 25% of protein-rich food such as earthworms and half of plant food such as green beans, shredded carrots, fruits, dandelions and collard greens.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Keeping turtles in a box<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n A wooden or plastic box for turtles should have about half a square metre of floor space. the floor is lined with peat, stones and plants so that the turtle has enough hiding places. A shallow water bowl should not be missing, large enough for the turtle to lie in. The water should not go higher than the turtle's chin.<\/p>\n The temperature should be between 25 and 30 degrees. Every day the turtle should be exposed to the sun or UV light for 10-12 hours. To heat the box, you can place a heating pad under the floor or irradiate the box from above with a lamp.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Note: Tortoises can be very messy eaters, so it is usually better if they eat in a place other than the terrarium or box. Also, turtles can carry salmonella, so wash your hands well after touching them.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Turtles can be kept as pets, but require special care and feeding. Depending on the type of turtle, adult animals can grow to between 15 and 30cm in length. For a turtle to be healthy and happy, its home should resemble its natural habitat as much as possible. \u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thumbnail_id":["3143"],"_fgj2wp_old_id":["2676"],"rank_math_focus_keyword":["die richtige pflege einer schildkr\u00f6te"],"rank_math_analytic_object_id":["1814"],"_trp_automatically_translated_slug_en_GB":["the-correct-care-of-a-turtle"],"rank_math_internal_links_processed":["1"],"_elementor_page_assets":["a:0:{}"]},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tiere","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}