hopea2
Achatina fulica
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Post by hopea2 on Jan 23, 2011 21:54:16 GMT
hey, i am after a a pair of Rosy Wolf Snails, i dont know if we can get them in the uk or if they can be imported, but if anyone know let me know please
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Post by SnailsPace on Jan 24, 2011 16:51:26 GMT
I may be wrong but am pretty sure they are rare/protected
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Post by SnailsPace on Jan 24, 2011 16:52:53 GMT
Also is it not a bit mean to have them as they eat other snails/each other?
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coyote
Archachatina papyracea
Cochleas ego amo
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Post by coyote on Jan 24, 2011 18:01:01 GMT
Some people, but not all. I could be wrong, but I don't think most of the members here offer their snails as food to other animals. This is a pet snail board, after all, not a livestock board.
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Post by SnailsPace on Jan 24, 2011 20:14:51 GMT
I suppose they could have raw meat and veg? They have got amazing moustaches!  |
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Post by morningcoffee on Jan 27, 2011 13:14:49 GMT
I suppose they could have raw meat and veg? They have got amazing moustaches! They only eat other snails and slugs unfortunately. They track and hunt them via the slime trail, so they aren't interested in eating meat, worms etc. The only way to keep them fed is by offering live snails and slugs. |
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Post by fabrizio on Jan 27, 2011 15:31:41 GMT
And as long as I was told, they need some 'volumetric' requirements: tanks have to be not too large, nor too small, and several measures should be changed as the snails grow.
The same, as the size of their prey-snails, that has to be changed accordingly.
I don't know whether they are 'protected' (in some places it seems likely to be), but as they are well widespreaded 'overseas' (having been used in the biologic control of Achatina fulica - a 'remedy' worse than the illness!- they are now well represented in various tropical areas, perhaps even more than in their native land.
-Their lifecycle is quite fast, 1-1,5 years, and so their reproductive rate is high, putting their populations afar from any real risk.
-If someone could find them over there, I would suggest you to ask for eggs, as they would have some chances to survive so a long travel, and would be much cheaper to pack.
-By the way, due to their strict tropical needs, there would be no risk at all, that even 'escaped' specimens could acclimatize anywhere in Europe -not to say in the Northern countries.
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