Post by stevepully on Apr 24, 2010 12:17:33 GMT
Euhadra /(amaliae?)
I have only kept the Euhadra sp. for about a week now, and after looking at various pictures and reading about different species of Euhadra I believe mine to be Euhadra amaliae although there is a possibility that I may have mis-identified.
Based upon the Euhadra amaliae species here are some of my findings:
Distribution: Japan, found throughout but especially in the Kinki and Chuba Regions
Adult shell size: approx 3cm
Habitat: Arboreal / Tree dwelling (they have been seen in abundance on deciduous trees such as Cudrania tricuspidata and Poncirus trifoliate in the wild).
I keep mine in a glass vivarium 30cmx30cmx40cm with the ventilation partially covered at the top to increase the humidity (although I have airflow at the bottom.) They appear to like reasonably humid conditions and dislike high temperatures, mine are kept at UK room temperature (18-25°C)
As a substrate I use Coir and have provided Forest moss which is dehydrated and has to be soaked, a plastic trailing plant that they absolutely love climbing and a small Ash log which is covered in moss that they seem to graze on occasionally and Cuttlefish bone which I have only seen one of my five touch, instead I have started dusting the enclosure with Calcium powder to ensure an intake of calcium.
As for food I have tried a variety of different foods but they seem to be really fussy and not very big eaters.
Of the foods I have tried cucumber seems to be a firm favourite. I constructed a high level feeder from Perspex and dowel and most of the feeding seems to be done from there with only one snail seeming to like venturing to ground level to eat the calcium powder and feed from the forest moss.
I have tried many other foods but they all seem to be ignored or very little interest shown, these include: Sweet potato, lettuce, hemp seed, dried fruit mix, fish flakes, and most recently I’ve tried a mix of Crushed Algae wafers, floating fish pellets and calcium powder soaked together to make a paste and smeared on fake plant leaves and stems etc, this is a variation of a recipe I found on this forum when researching Tree snails in particular Lignus.
The only other foods that seem to have created any form of interest are fruits. I have so far tried: Orange, Apple, Kiwi and redcurrant with the apple being an apparent winner and possibly orange and Kiwi being nibbled.
Despite being very small eaters they seem to be very active. I am going to experiment with different Algae covered logs and twigs in the future, but I am aware that many can be poisonous, although I believe this is an important part of their diet and habitat.
I do not claim any of the information to be 100% accurate for this species, just my personal findings through a week’s worth of research and experimentation, please feel free to add or correct any Information or findings,
Steve
I have only kept the Euhadra sp. for about a week now, and after looking at various pictures and reading about different species of Euhadra I believe mine to be Euhadra amaliae although there is a possibility that I may have mis-identified.
Based upon the Euhadra amaliae species here are some of my findings:
Distribution: Japan, found throughout but especially in the Kinki and Chuba Regions
Adult shell size: approx 3cm
Habitat: Arboreal / Tree dwelling (they have been seen in abundance on deciduous trees such as Cudrania tricuspidata and Poncirus trifoliate in the wild).
I keep mine in a glass vivarium 30cmx30cmx40cm with the ventilation partially covered at the top to increase the humidity (although I have airflow at the bottom.) They appear to like reasonably humid conditions and dislike high temperatures, mine are kept at UK room temperature (18-25°C)
As a substrate I use Coir and have provided Forest moss which is dehydrated and has to be soaked, a plastic trailing plant that they absolutely love climbing and a small Ash log which is covered in moss that they seem to graze on occasionally and Cuttlefish bone which I have only seen one of my five touch, instead I have started dusting the enclosure with Calcium powder to ensure an intake of calcium.
As for food I have tried a variety of different foods but they seem to be really fussy and not very big eaters.
Of the foods I have tried cucumber seems to be a firm favourite. I constructed a high level feeder from Perspex and dowel and most of the feeding seems to be done from there with only one snail seeming to like venturing to ground level to eat the calcium powder and feed from the forest moss.
I have tried many other foods but they all seem to be ignored or very little interest shown, these include: Sweet potato, lettuce, hemp seed, dried fruit mix, fish flakes, and most recently I’ve tried a mix of Crushed Algae wafers, floating fish pellets and calcium powder soaked together to make a paste and smeared on fake plant leaves and stems etc, this is a variation of a recipe I found on this forum when researching Tree snails in particular Lignus.
The only other foods that seem to have created any form of interest are fruits. I have so far tried: Orange, Apple, Kiwi and redcurrant with the apple being an apparent winner and possibly orange and Kiwi being nibbled.
Despite being very small eaters they seem to be very active. I am going to experiment with different Algae covered logs and twigs in the future, but I am aware that many can be poisonous, although I believe this is an important part of their diet and habitat.
I do not claim any of the information to be 100% accurate for this species, just my personal findings through a week’s worth of research and experimentation, please feel free to add or correct any Information or findings,
Steve
