After several years of market brewing, the helmet egg turtle has been understood, recognized and sought after by the majority of turtle friends! The helmet's high yellow back armor, brilliant head prints, and a small adult are all advantages of home breeding. In other words, in the ornamental market, the advantages of egg turtles are gathered.
At first, when many of us knew helmets, it was because of the downhill helmets, although they were not in good condition, they were cheap. If it is okay to raise, the survival rate of healthy individuals will be relatively high when they arrive at home. And now that it is difficult to import, high-quality products are favored, and they have to rely on the individuals who have been bred. **It's also going up all the time, and slowly it puts you in a state of looking up.
The helmeted egg turtle is a subspecies of the Oriental mud turtle, mainly distributed in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and other places in the Americas.
The appearance of the helmet egg turtle is unique, with pale yellow dorsal carapace and woody ventral carapace, like a small helmet. Its head lines grow at the top and sides of the head, and the thick yellow lines are interspersed with fine spots, giving it a gorgeous but not cluttered look. This unique appearance makes the helmeted egg turtle stand out from the crowd and has won the reputation of "helmet".
In the wild, helmeted egg turtles live mainly in calm, shallow waters such as wetlands, ponds, ditches, and rivers. They prefer to forage in these places, and their main diet consists of insects, shrimps, mollusks, and other small animals in the water. In captivity, benthic turtle food can be used as the staple food to restore its feeding structure in the wild.
Regarding temperature, helmeted egg turtles are not harsh on temperature requirements, and temperatures between 25-30 are the most suitable. Moreover, they are varieties that can hibernate. In their native areas, they begin to hibernate when the temperature gradually drops below 15.
In terms of reproduction, male helmeted egg turtles have thicker and longer tails than females, while females have thinner and shorter tails. And we know that the original downhill helmets were mainly male, and there were very few females. The same is true now, which also causes the ** of the helmet mother to be much more expensive than the male turtle.
For hatchlings with helmets, the water level should not be too deep, and it is enough to cross the back. After the baby turtle is in a stable state, the water level can gradually deepen. Mud turtles, compared with musk egg turtles, generally speaking, everyone still thinks that the water will be worse. In addition, the demand for animal protein is greater and the stomach and intestines are more fragile, so it is recommended to use qualified quality hatchling turtle grain for feeding.
Nowadays, due to its gorgeous but elegant appearance and lively character, it is more and more loved by the majority of turtle friends. However, please note that a light-colored environment with sun exposure is the best way to maintain its appearance. The effect is better when combined with professional turtle food with color-enhancing effect.
Overall, the helmeted egg turtle is a type of water turtle that is both cute and easy to keep. Its artificial breeding is becoming more and more mature, and it has a high level of playability. Due to its petite size, space is not an obstacle to keeping it. On top of that, it is still a non-conservation species and can be raised legally and safely. It is precisely because of its advantages and the character that turtle friends like to pursue the best that it has attracted attention unabated. If there is demand, there will be ***, so the market prospect of helmets is still there. In addition, the investment cycle of the helmet is not long, and the return is quite high, and there will be some turtle friends who are ready to move into it.