maxdarv
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Post by maxdarv on Feb 7, 2015 16:24:12 GMT
here my snails
my 2 garden snails. 
and my 3 GALS Achatina fulica Albino, Jade and Normal 
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Post by Liguus on Feb 7, 2015 16:27:45 GMT
They look very nice!
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Post by melissa1991 on Feb 7, 2015 17:49:45 GMT
Wow those are absolutely beautiful images. How long do your snails live on average? I can tell by your habitat setup that you know what your doing with your pet snails there! Can you give us some more details on your other tanks? Do you have fish tanks with snails in them or no?
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maxdarv
Archachatina marginata
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Post by maxdarv on Feb 7, 2015 18:27:05 GMT
Not bad pics from a phone.
only just back into snails had some before I got ill and couldn't clean them out, I going Bio Active now.
the garden Snails I had about 3 months they came in on stick insect food (don't have Sticks anymore as cant go out much now. The babys only came yesterday.
I do a lot of reading before I buy any animal
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mangoandlemon
Achatina tincta
Animals are not a choice for me. They are a lifestyle!
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Post by mangoandlemon on Feb 7, 2015 21:00:14 GMT
Very nice snails! However snails do best with a diet of different fruits and veggies along with a calcium source such as cuttlebone or limestone blocks. This type of diet helpes your snails shell growth and helps them stay healthy.
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Post by morningcoffee on Feb 7, 2015 21:19:22 GMT
Very nice snails! However snails do best with a diet of different fruits and veggies along with a calcium source such as cuttlebone or limestone blocks. This type of diet helpes your snails shell growth and helps them stay healthy. I think maxdarv meant that they brought in some branches and leaves from outside for their stick insects, and the garden snails were on them, rather than that they are feeding them a stick insect diet. |
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maxdarv
Archachatina marginata
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Post by maxdarv on Feb 7, 2015 21:49:44 GMT
yes your Right Morningcoffee
they came in and stayed then it got cold and felt I couldn't put them back out till it warmed up.
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Post by morningcoffee on Feb 7, 2015 21:59:57 GMT
I'm sure they're very happy spending the winter indoors and warm!  |
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mangoandlemon
Achatina tincta
Animals are not a choice for me. They are a lifestyle!
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Post by mangoandlemon on Feb 7, 2015 23:45:02 GMT
Oops! Sorry!
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Cashell
Archachatina puylaerti
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Post by Cashell on Feb 8, 2015 1:23:02 GMT
Nice looking snails! That helix aspersa in particular looks vibrant and happy.
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maxdarv
Archachatina marginata
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Post by maxdarv on Feb 8, 2015 2:54:49 GMT
there all together at the mo as have no were to put the H aspersa.
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Post by muddydragon on Feb 12, 2015 21:42:00 GMT
i suspect they're three types of jadatzi your fulica.
Achatina (lissachatina) fulica jadatzi form jadatzi (yellow shell, white body)
Achatina fulica jadatzi form rodatzi (yellow shell - currently still with baby spots, dark greyish body)
Acahtina fulica jadatzi form jade (brown/pattered shell, white body)
They look liek they have come from the same clutch which if they do would mean they are certainly forms of jaddatzi and certain aspects of their colouring also leads me to suspect this.
The moss looks a little dry (or is it just very white?)
The jadatzi form jade has got shell growth problems. this is common in the heavily inbred jaddatzi line sometimes there's little you can do. However to increaase the chances of good growth, if you do not do this already, i would make sure you have pleanty of calcium sources available (do not force feed calcium though), up the vitamin D3 intake (e.g. with moistened fish flakes) and make sure they get protein once a week (such as soaked fishflakes, dog food etc) and avoid low nutrition foods such as iceberg lettuce and cucumber.
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Zorst
Achatina tincta
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Post by Zorst on Feb 13, 2015 11:36:30 GMT
Great photo's and nice snails.
Zorst
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maxdarv
Archachatina marginata
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Post by maxdarv on Feb 13, 2015 12:54:15 GMT
ones suppose to be a normal. Not really that bothered.
Its the moss it very pale drys out very quick I spraying daily as it is and it still drying out quick.
There getting a mix of Cucumber, Gem Lettuce and Parsly. I can add fish flakes no problem. Will sprinkling there food with calcium help.
Will they take ferrets food, what I feed if 36% protein.
I don't beleave there from the same clutch when I asked how old they were the guys said 12 to 17 weeks.
I assume being they been over inbred freezing any egg is a must
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maxdarv
Archachatina marginata
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Post by maxdarv on Feb 14, 2015 0:00:28 GMT
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mangoandlemon
Achatina tincta
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Post by mangoandlemon on Feb 14, 2015 0:24:25 GMT
Nice snails!
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Zorst
Achatina tincta
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Post by Zorst on Feb 14, 2015 12:14:04 GMT
Sure are some happy looking snails.
Zorst
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Post by etana on Feb 15, 2015 7:17:55 GMT
Aawwww, very sweet little snailies. Don't sprinkle calcium powder on their food, they do better with a permanent calcium source (such as a cuttlebone) that they can use when they want to. |
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maxdarv
Archachatina marginata
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Post by maxdarv on Feb 17, 2015 15:45:33 GMT
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mangoandlemon
Achatina tincta
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Post by mangoandlemon on Feb 17, 2015 15:52:41 GMT
Very cute!
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maxdarv
Archachatina marginata
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Post by maxdarv on Feb 26, 2015 17:47:26 GMT
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mangoandlemon
Achatina tincta
Animals are not a choice for me. They are a lifestyle!
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Post by mangoandlemon on Feb 26, 2015 17:55:42 GMT
Nice!
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Zorst
Achatina tincta
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Post by Zorst on Feb 26, 2015 18:23:17 GMT
Very nice Snails.
Zorst
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maxdarv
Archachatina marginata
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Post by maxdarv on Mar 2, 2015 22:06:59 GMT
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Cashell
Archachatina puylaerti
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Post by Cashell on Mar 6, 2015 4:43:31 GMT
Wasn't aware of what that beetle thing was until I saw your signature.
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