Map turtles hibernate. Around the end of November, when the temperature drops below 15°C, the map turtle will lie still at the bottom of the tank and stop eating at the same time. The metabolism of the map turtle during this period is very slow, which lasts until the temperature rises the following year. It won't wake up until it's above 16°C.

Therefore, in order for map turtles to have enough calories and fat support during hibernation, on September 9 of each year In October or October, it is necessary to feed the map turtle a large amount of high-protein, high-fat food to enhance the map turtle's physique and body fat content.
However, the owner needs to pay attention to stop feeding in time before the map turtle is about to enter hibernation, and feed it with warm water, to stimulate the map turtle to clean up all the food in the stomach, so as to avoid acute hibernation during hibernation. Gastroenteritis.
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