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Post by Liguus on Nov 26, 2014 3:50:52 GMT
One Zachrysia has sealed himself into his shell and burrowed into the substrate. Fully solid epiphragm. The other 6 are active. The tank substrate is moist and a humidifier is running on top of it. Temp inside my house is 75 on average. I'm not sure why it's hibernating in these conditions...
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Post by muddydragon on Nov 26, 2014 9:45:30 GMT
It could have an internal clock to hibernate regardless - i'm afaid i do not know much about the native habitat or behaviour of Zachrysia. i make 75F to be around 23C (how on earth you cope with it that hot all the time in your house i have no idea!) but how low/high does it get, on average it's a good temp for some species but it's the fluctuations that matter.
are they all eating OK? good varied diet? are you making sure not to keep the tank too clean? is the substrate too wet?
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Post by Liguus on Nov 26, 2014 14:44:47 GMT
It fluctuates from 75 at night to 77 during the day in my house. That's really cold to me lol.
They have bell peppers, mushrooms, apples, fish and dog food, and leafy greens available all the time. They don't eat as voraciously as the aspersa though...
I have not cleaned my terrarium since the whole upgrade a month or so ago.
P.S. checked this morning and he was gone from the food tray. I guess he "popped out" and ran off somewhere. I usually look around the terrarium once or twice a week and put everyone I can find onto the food dish.
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helenm
Archachatina marginata
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Post by helenm on Nov 26, 2014 16:55:07 GMT
My thoughts on the temperature: you must not pay for heating. My friend said it was freezing yesterday in FL (60 and raining. Eyeroll.) So they must be accustomed to cooler temperatures than that. I have read about someone putting their snails in the fridge for a while to stimulate hibernation. I thought that was odd.
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Post by Liguus on Nov 26, 2014 17:23:32 GMT
My thoughts on the temperature: you must not pay for heating. My friend said it was freezing yesterday in FL (60 and raining. Eyeroll.) So they must be accustomed to cooler temperatures than that. I have read about someone putting their snails in the fridge for a while to stimulate hibernation. I thought that was odd. That sounds kind of unnecessary lol. My aspersas would be hibernating right now, but since they're inside they're running around and mating all the time. I don't really see a need to force them to hibernate... But I'm not sure how it affects them.
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Post by muddydragon on Nov 27, 2014 9:52:13 GMT
Geeze remind me to never go to any of these places. i consider 16C (which i make out to be 60.8F) nice and warm. I'ld die in those temperatures.
Well your insanely warm house should be fine for them then if maybe perhaps too warm?
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Cashell
Archachatina puylaerti
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Post by Cashell on Nov 27, 2014 21:35:56 GMT
Geeze remind me to never go to any of these places. i consider 16C (which i make out to be 60.8F) nice and warm. I'ld die in those temperatures. Well your insanely warm house should be fine for them then if maybe perhaps too warm? Uh... wow. To each their own I guess! I prefer 26°C (78.8°F).
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Post by Liguus on Nov 27, 2014 22:15:15 GMT
Uh... wow. To each their own I guess! I prefer 26°C (78.8°F). Same here! lol
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Post by etana on Nov 28, 2014 6:05:59 GMT
Uhoh! I now really hope that snail care instructions that say "room temp is fine" also mention the preferred temperature in numbers.
(22-24 C for me!)
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Post by Liguus on Nov 28, 2014 23:43:24 GMT
Uhoh! I now really hope that snail care instructions that say "room temp is fine" also mention the preferred temperature in numbers. (22-24 C for me!) lol...Good point. Our "room temps" are all over the place!
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