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Post by ultrapoi on Feb 15, 2013 7:45:03 GMT
some snail questions! when i got a tankmate for libby, i asked for a two year old (thinking libby was around two years) - but when leia came, the size difference is huge. is libby significantly older than i thought (or just big, or leia small?!). libby has started getting a little slow and less active, doesnt like her baths anymore and has started rasping her own shell (there is plenty cuttle in the tank). she is also rather off her food, even cucumber and iceberg which are her treats once in a while. she isnt very interested in leia either the way she was with pfeiffer (they were everywhere together!) - and def no mating.... whats going on?! thanks in advance Attachments:
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Post by tsrebel on Feb 15, 2013 10:28:19 GMT
I is rather difficult to answer the size question from your picture. Leia's shell looks weird, so she might be a giant. I assume they are both A. fulicas? After 2 years they are usually full grown (may grow a little after that, but not as fast as before), so that lead me to believe that your Libby is small. It would really help to have their measures.
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Post by pinkunicorn on Feb 15, 2013 13:44:51 GMT
I also noticed that Leia's shell is a bit odd. She might in fact be only a bit bigger than Libby but due to the new whorl of the shell growing a little too far from where it's supposed to the shell ends up looking much longer and bigger. It looks like it was growing normally as a younger snail but the last 2,5-3 whorls are growing maybe 1cm too far apart. But it doesn't seem to have slowed her down, so I assume she's able to retract fully inside and function every bit like any other fulica. It's an interesting shell for a fuli for sure! I think I saw a pic of her before but I didn't notice it then.
But yeah, if you could measure them as well?
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Post by ultrapoi on Feb 15, 2013 20:07:58 GMT
il measure the girls tonight. (leia has just woke up from a burrowing and i dont want to bother her while enjoying her cuttle).
leia is the little one (fulica bought from a regular on here)
libby was bought from a petshop (i didnt know about species at that point so didnt ask). i bought her with her friend pfeiffer (who was even bigger than libby). pfeiffer died last year (laid a mega clutch then died a few days later)
thanks to all who have replied so far xxx
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Post by ultrapoi on Feb 16, 2013 11:27:56 GMT
ok - libby measures approx 13.5cm (shell) 7.5cm across leia is 9cm 5cm across will attach another photo Attachments:
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Post by ultrapoi on Feb 17, 2013 20:55:47 GMT
libby Attachments:
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Post by tsrebel on Feb 18, 2013 7:34:17 GMT
I suspect they are different species. I won't guess which specie Libby is, but Leia looks like a fulica. Do you have a picture of Pfeiffer? Did her shell look the same? It would also help to see Libby upside down, retracted into her shell, and another where the back tip of her foot is visible.
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Post by ultrapoi on Feb 18, 2013 7:40:34 GMT
should have some photos of libby and pfi together (likely as juves though),
il photograph the underside of libby tonight.
thankyou!
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