Some of the most unpretentious pets are turtles. Keep them in the house does not cause much trouble, even a child can take care of them. Turtles have no problem getting along with any pets, and do not require a lot of space.
Rules of care for turtles
At home, with proper care and compliance with all the rules of content, the lifespan of a land tortoise may be more than one hundred years. Before you start a pet, you need to prepare a habitat for him, it should be a spacious terrarium in which the animal could move freely. The size of the terrarium should allow you to install a bowl of water in it, so that at any time the turtle could bathe.
Life expectancy of turtles
How many lives a turtle at home, directly depends on the place of residence, equipped for it, but most importantly from the food that the pet is fed. Vegetable food is the main ingredient in the turtle's diet, it's any vegetables, dandelion leaves, sea kale. Occasionally, not more than once a week, you can give protein foods and vitamins.
How many years has the land tortoise lived? The lifespan of animals kept at home is significantly different from the life span of animals living in nature.
The Mediterranean tortoise, (this species is most common for maintenance at home), can live more than 40 years, in the absence of stress and the availability of a variety of feed. Documented evidence of a tortoise that lived 152 years is documented, although scientists admit that in a living nature a tortoise can live up to 300 years. Also, the life span of turtles is affected by their size: the larger the turtle, the longer it can live.