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Post by helptoall on Jun 23, 2016 20:16:26 GMT
Hi,im looking for tips about propal and healthy feeding for snails i would like to hear about your feeding menus. im also looking for a good source for proteins ,vegeterian source prefered,and how often should i feed with it and do someone knows if lentils sesame or tahini can be a good proteins source for snails? TY
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lindz
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Post by lindz on Jun 23, 2016 22:20:50 GMT
My snails love sweet potato. And, for what it's worth, regular potatoes are also protein rich, but they go bad real quick once cut into. But you can also feed snails fish flakes and cuttlefish. Mine also love to eat lettuce - any kind, but romaine lasts the longest in the tank. I would really feed them a bunch of stuff and see how it goes!
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Post by helptoall on Jun 23, 2016 23:02:56 GMT
TY,any more comments? someone knows about lentils and sesame?
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lindz
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Post by lindz on Jun 24, 2016 2:24:39 GMT
TY,any more comments? someone knows about lentils and sesame? I would say no on account of human standards of calcium to phosphorus ratio - since it is important to humans, I would guess it is important to snails, which heavily rely upon calcium. Then again, they do not have bones. But in humans, a higher phosphorus to calcium ratio can mean depletion of calcium from the bones - in snails, that could mean depletion of calcium from the shell, but I know little about snail biology. Lentils will have a higher phosphorus ratio (most legumes do), so I would not feed grains, legumes or seeds to the snails. You can try and they will likely eat them if they are good food. Fish flakes are probably a better option, especially since they would eat some bugs in the wild. I'm guessing you don't want to feed them bugs though...... Mine lived very well off of fish flakes, produce and calcium carbonate during the winter months before they began eating summer foods. |
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Post by morningcoffee on Jun 24, 2016 8:27:19 GMT
You can try nuts - plain and unflavoured peanuts, cashews, hazelnuts etc.
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Cashell
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Post by Cashell on Jun 24, 2016 19:58:19 GMT
For a vegetarian source of protein, I can recommend cashews, sunflower seeds, peanuts and pumpkin seeds. Unsalted and mashed of course.
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Post by helptoall on Jun 28, 2016 12:18:00 GMT
Hi, the snail hasent eaten for 3 days,and before he asteviated for 3 more days..for all that time he hasent consumed calcium as well,it looks like all he wants to do is to climb on the walls of the tank and sleep/astivate.. the tank is super humid so thats not the cause,could it be that he's biological watch tells him to astivate although its humid in his tank? its summer here and sanils are all astivating now,he also stop hes shell recovery,and that hasent progressed for about 2 weeks.the good sighns are that when in putting him back to the tank floor he wakes up looking all energetic,looking around streching and then charging on the closest wall climbing and tring to get back to sleep.Im also wondering wether the tank tempature is ok ,its pretty hot here about 28 celsius. you think i should try cooling the tank? you think he will be ok? should i let him astivate?
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