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Post by goose on Jul 18, 2008 15:20:34 GMT
Yes - they were the only species available and quite rare in captivity then I think. There weren't any forums like this one around and little information on how to keep them. Zoos and such like were the only people that really kept them. They certainly weren't the common pets they are now, hard to believe now there are so many fulica about. When mine laid eggs I hatched them out and loads of people wanted them. I had to write a care sheet for them and as mum was a teacher a lot of the children she taught had some. Two of my current fulica are descendants of those original 2 I had - the 2 in my avatar in fact Um Shlopagus and Zebedee! I sound really old reminiscing like this ;D So you see its great there are forums like this and so many species available nowadays. We are really spoilt for choice with so many people putting effort into breeding the rarer species available to us.
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Post by goose on Jul 18, 2008 13:30:30 GMT
Ooo now - 2 garden snails were actually my first pets when I was about 5 years old TimTom and Brian. I kept various garden snails after that and when I was about 11 my sister brought me 2 fulicas back from West Midlands Safari Park. I had those until I went to university and then about 3 years ago I started the hobby again with a vengeance. I'm 32 now : so thats a long time keeping snails. Still think they are amazing though. Def my favourite animal.
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Post by goose on Jul 18, 2008 13:25:08 GMT
Wow - what a beautiful banana yellow and chocolate striped shell Munch has. As to their age - it is difficult to tell from size alone as some babies will grow faster than others despite being born at the same time. Does the person you got them from know when they were hatched? You must be very proud they are certainly gorgeous!
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Post by goose on Jul 18, 2008 8:23:22 GMT
I have heard that some people have put the tub of eggs on top of a Sky box or similar to provide gentle heat - that might help until you can get a heat mat?
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Post by goose on Jul 17, 2008 19:57:34 GMT
Thanks for all your comments. I have been away from this forum for a while and it is so nice to come back to such a friendly community! Mike - his shell is 2.5 cm so pretty diddy though they lay pretty big eggs to start with I gather!
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Post by goose on Jul 17, 2008 19:29:48 GMT
Well today has been a very exciting today because today arrived Morph my baby Megalobulimus oblongus. I won him in an Ebay auction and feel very lucky. I have been looking for captive bred megas for ages and this seller has been the only one offering any so far that I know of. He is enchanting, all baby snails are cute but he is especially so. He looks like a little old man with his moustache which he seems to use to feel his way around. He had eaten quite a bit of his 'packed lunch' on the way to me and seems to have quite an appetite as he has demolished a massive spinach leaf I took into work with me and now he is home is munching some cuttle. He is very active and friendly. Hopefully I will be able to find a friend for him! Anway enough drivelling here are some pics and I must go and do some washing up instead of staring at him all evening!
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Post by goose on Jul 16, 2008 12:40:23 GMT
Good idea! I'm sure there must be other people who have tried with beach collected cuttlefish who may post with some help.
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Post by goose on Jul 16, 2008 12:37:30 GMT
OOO now fiddlers have always fascinated me, they use the oversize claw to communicate and for fighting, is that right? Look forward to more vids when you build up your collection!
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Post by goose on Jul 16, 2008 12:32:05 GMT
I have never been lucky enough to find any cuttlefish so have always bought mine so I am note sure about the salt. I expect you would need to repeatedly boil and remove the water so as to elimate the salt - not sure what effect repeated boiling would have on the structure of the cuttlefish though. Never tried peppers with mine so let me know how you get on!
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Post by goose on Jul 15, 2008 12:45:34 GMT
Thanks for posting these. Love seeing them mooch around, they look real characters. I think I could really get into keeping crab species except I have soooo many snails!
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Post by goose on Jul 15, 2008 12:42:01 GMT
I have them all on DVD - classic honest kids television. The mice are my favourites though with their 'Marvellous Mechanical Mouse Organ'!!
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Post by goose on Jul 15, 2008 12:38:31 GMT
Gosh glad I saw this - I also found one of these today in crawling across the pavement on my way to work. Good to have it identified. People must have thought I was mad trying to pick it up without damaging it! I put it on the verge in the long grass, there was a stream nearby but that was right across the road from it so it must have travelled a fair distance to get where it was.
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Post by goose on Jul 12, 2008 17:02:12 GMT
Ooo very alien. I don't think it will do him any harm at all, after all it doesn't present a disadvantage to the snail in the way that for example a calf or lamb with 2 heads is unlikely to survive. As for whether the sense in the third eye is normal - I suspect that would be difficult to tell. However the lower set of eyes will always compensate. The higher 2 are used for light and dark and 'long range' chemical sensors whereas the lower 2 are chemical sensors and work over a shorter range helping the snail find its food.
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Post by goose on Apr 21, 2007 17:13:25 GMT
She is gorgeous - isn't it great the way they manage to find the sunniest spot to sit? They just love it!
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Post by goose on Mar 11, 2007 15:45:23 GMT
ooo I saw this thread on bugnation - fantastic - you got them? How are they settling in? Did you get the planting sorted OK?
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Post by goose on Mar 9, 2007 14:13:24 GMT
Commiserations Lisa and goodnight Alice, you were a beautiful girl, rest in peace
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Post by goose on Mar 1, 2007 9:42:48 GMT
Very sorry to hear of the loss of Chocolate - I have a soft spot for guinea pigs, they are such chirpy characters and I am sure you will miss him sorely.
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Post by goose on Feb 25, 2007 13:55:13 GMT
Lovely pics - Sasha is a beautiful colour - I have only ever seen darked GSD's before - is than an unusual colour?
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Post by goose on Feb 13, 2007 9:40:16 GMT
Thats a great set up Kevin - will be interesting to see how they get on.
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Post by goose on Feb 3, 2007 20:07:31 GMT
They are fantastic Kevin - you are very lucky having all these wonderful minibeasts. Their common name is seal slaters I think? - used to find loads rockpooling as a kid. Found www.marlin.ac.uk/species/Ligiaoceanica.htm.
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Post by goose on Dec 29, 2006 22:40:51 GMT
What a beautiful beautiful dog and such a dreadful loss. So very sorry.
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Post by goose on Dec 18, 2006 19:50:48 GMT
In a saucepan on the cooker - there were 3 and unfortunately my sister got there too late for the first one - they were starting on Finlay when she got there and another was going to be next. She took both remaining fish home in the saucepan - she was so angry. My parents have the other survivor in their tank at home. Some very sick people out there.
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Post by goose on Dec 15, 2006 22:50:40 GMT
Well here are some pics of the fish members of the household First Sirius the calico fantail Then Io the Bristol Shubunkin bought at Bristol Aquarist's annual fish auction - he is very active and cheeky! And Finlay the comet - rescued by my sister from being boiled alive at a student party. He had really bad finrot when he first came to me but his fins have recovered really well and he looks gorgeous now! And my threadfins rainbows - the pic doesn't really do them justice they are iridescent and look amazing when they display and flag their fins at each other. Only boys as girls are incredibly hard to come by as they are not so popular as they don't have the fancy fins. Hope you like!
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Post by goose on Nov 29, 2006 19:19:05 GMT
OK bit of a small list but my god the ones I have take enough looking after!
Snails
3 Fulica (1 arrives tomorrow) Um Shlopagus, Zebedee and Madame Cholet 2 tigers - Ivan and Igor
Cats
2 oriental shorthair boys - Zarlino and Goose 1 foreign white boy - Merlin
Fish
Goldies (all boys) - 1 calico fantail - Sirius, 1 Bristol Shubunkin - Io, 1 comet - Finlay who was rescued by my sister from being boiled alive at a student party.
And 9 male threadfin rainbows.
I'm a bit outnumbered with all these boys in the house!!
Would love to own a smallholding and have animals galore but thats about all that will fit in a 2 bed terrace!!
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Post by goose on Nov 19, 2006 17:45:57 GMT
She's lovely - looks like she has had a bit of a rough life so far- thank god she ended up with you to pamper her!
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