flintus
Archachatina marginata
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Post by flintus on Mar 16, 2014 17:22:55 GMT
I recently acquired a new trio of a.tincta from someone who has bred them in Germany-collected at Hamm- for a fantastic price. They are at about-slightly under- 3 inches, if going by their parents should get to about 5-6 inches. They are really outgoing and are obviously a lot less worry than my WC trio. Now, usually WCs are OK with CBs once they've been acclimatized, but tincta are not known for being a stress free species at all and can often carry parasites. My other trio are WC from Congo, about half a year in captivity, roughly the same size as my new guys. I have enough space to keep them separate, but I would REALLY like to mix them to maximize the chance of breeding with this rare species.What do people who've had loads of experience with WC think?
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Post by tsrebel on Mar 17, 2014 15:42:49 GMT
I think that the presence of parasites in WC snails usually show within half a year (probably a lot less). I don't think there are any huge risks to keeping them together, and I agree that the increased chance of reproduction is very desirable. But I don't have any experience with tinctas and mostly with WC snails from Europe.
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flintus
Archachatina marginata
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Post by flintus on Mar 17, 2014 19:25:52 GMT
Maybe I'll try the light shining technique from underneath to see if I can see anything in the body. The problem is that a.tincta are really known to stress, and since I have 6 healthy sub-adults-and even rarer, 3 captive bred ones-, I'm not sure I fancy risking it.
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Post by starcrazy19 on Mar 18, 2014 9:36:11 GMT
It's possible for animals to carry bacteria and/or viruses and have an immunity to their harmful effects, and pass them on to other animals that have not been born with or built up that kind of immunity. I have no idea how snail immune systems work but your wild ones will have been exposed to a lot of very different things and may carry fungus, bacteria or viruses that don't fall into the 'macro-parasite' type category that we normally think of (worms, mites etc). I'm not saying don't mix them, I have no experience just a thought that even if they haven't shown up signs of parasites doesn't mean they can't be carriers for something else.
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