Post by pinkunicorn on Nov 3, 2012 1:13:12 GMT
So, I've read everywhere that oxys are predators but not cannibals.
I once found an empty shell that had not long ago had a snail in it, and now I just pulled a shell that has been eaten from the clutches of my biggest oxy. It's absolutely been eaten, the biggest whorl is gone except for a remain. There's some snail inside but I'm unsure if it's alive still. It has backed into the deepest whorl.
So is this snail just being used as a random calcium source accidentally or is this cannibalistic predation? I put the damaged oxy in a place where I can see if he has moved by tomorrow ....
I once found an empty shell that had not long ago had a snail in it, and now I just pulled a shell that has been eaten from the clutches of my biggest oxy. It's absolutely been eaten, the biggest whorl is gone except for a remain. There's some snail inside but I'm unsure if it's alive still. It has backed into the deepest whorl.
So is this snail just being used as a random calcium source accidentally or is this cannibalistic predation? I put the damaged oxy in a place where I can see if he has moved by tomorrow ....