What does grass turtle inking mean and how to cultivate ink turtle

If you want to cultivate grass turtles into ink turtles, you should choose a big and dark male turtle when buying turtles, and take good care of it when raising. The food shall be mainly live bait such as fish, shrimp and meat. In terms of environment, it needs to change water once or twice a month while giving it space to move. Each change of water is about one-third or one-quarter. It's not easy to develop ink turtles. The owner needs to pay more attention. 1、 What is the meaning of tortoise inking? Tortoise inking is a natural physiological phenomenon that occurs after male tortoise sexual maturity. The specific performance is that the body color of the male tortoise gradually changes from dark brown or dark green to dark black. This color change is universal. Inking generally starts from the eyes and then gradually spreads to the whole body. And this phenomenon generally appears in male turtles, and female turtles are very rare. The time when the male turtle appears inking phenomenon is about the fifth year of the growth period. At this time, the male turtle has local reproductive ability and reaches the standard of adult turtle. 2、 How does a grass turtle develop a black turtle? Whether a grass turtle can develop a black turtle is mainly determined by two aspects, one is the innate gene, the other is the acquired culture. First of all, whether there is inking is determined by hormones. Although some tortoises are male, they can't appear inking because of genetic problems. Therefore, when buying tortoises, it's best to choose male turtles with larger size and darker color; Secondly, the cultivation of the day after tomorrow is also very important for the occurrence of inking. After buying back the tortoise, we need to make more efforts in feeding and environment. The choice of feeding should focus on living bait such as fish, shrimp and meat. In terms of environment, while giving it space to move, it also needs to change water once or twice a month, about one-third or one-quarter of each time. In fact, as long as you carefully raise them, you can develop ink turtles. （CaoGuiMoHuaShiShenMeYiSai，ZenMeYangChengMoGui）