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Post by Liguus on Jun 25, 2015 2:29:13 GMT
This is a good question. I'm also wondering what is involved if a US member wanted to mail a snail species to Europe.
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Post by Liguus on Jun 25, 2015 2:24:18 GMT
If they didn't pop while transporting them to the hatching container, then they should be fine. I also notice some seem to mature quicker than others.
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Post by Liguus on Jun 25, 2015 2:21:10 GMT
Sure, maybe I owe it to you since (I think) you were the one who told me about the H. pomatia in Wis! I just didn't want to hype this up too much, then let everyone down if I don't find any snails lol.
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Post by Liguus on Jun 23, 2015 20:53:45 GMT
"In the laboratory, 46 P. muscarum and 25 P. venusta were kept in a terraria and fed fungi-infested branches"
Dr. Tom Emmel studied Liguus starting in 1969 and found that "captive breeding using an artificial diet was quite successful". I wonder if any further research has been done on polymita using an artificial diet. Perhaps the natality of polymita could be improved with it. A similar feeding method is being used for endangered partula snails and it seems successful as well.
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Post by Liguus on Jun 23, 2015 20:43:37 GMT
I saw your last post with a link to an image of your snails, and it looks like they are different sizes. Snails will usually mate once they reach sexual maturity, so you will have to wait for the others to grow up, or catch a few more adult snails, to have successful breeding.
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Post by Liguus on Jun 23, 2015 19:14:14 GMT
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Post by Liguus on Jun 22, 2015 22:54:44 GMT
Good luck! I hope you find some!
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Post by Liguus on Jun 22, 2015 22:53:11 GMT
I don't think the PPQ 526 permit will even consider GALS anymore, so there is no way you can obtain one in the US.
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Post by Liguus on Jun 22, 2015 16:34:43 GMT
That should indeed be edited... letting snails play in flour and water? lol. It sounds to me like someone trying to trick people into making escargot.
Your snails should be fine though. The danger is when they eat dry grain products which can expand in their stomach. If the flour was good and wet with water it should pass with no trouble at all.
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Post by Liguus on Jun 22, 2015 16:31:29 GMT
Fish and Wildlife: We don't know
University of Florida: We don't know
USDA: We don't know
PPQ pest permitting branch: (Response pending)
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Post by Liguus on Jun 22, 2015 1:00:10 GMT
It should not affect the betta if used in the correct amount. Eggshells would likely not be enough unless the snail is eating them and reptile calcium will cloud the water too much.
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Post by Liguus on Jun 22, 2015 0:58:19 GMT
Unfortunately, I don't know if anyone is keeping these snails, but I think there may be at least one researcher who is. I tried to find info about a captive breeding program but I was unable to.
Polymita appears to be very similar to Liguus, a species of florida tree snail, (tropical, colorful shells, diet of algae/lichen/fungi). In the case of Liguus researchers have bred them in captivity in the past but currently there is no program for breeding them. Instead, they are listed as a species of concern, and collection is prohibited. I think that the same might be true for polymita: no breeding program only a law against collection.
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Post by Liguus on Jun 21, 2015 17:20:55 GMT
I don't think there is too much you can do other than provide calcium. There is a liquid calcium additive for aquariums (i use to use it when I had marine and freshwater snails). That should give it the calcium it needs to repair the shell.
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Post by Liguus on Jun 20, 2015 2:48:31 GMT
Same here! They look like such a cool species, but I heard they are rare to find. I have only ever heard of wrekoning keeping them on this forum.
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Post by Liguus on Jun 19, 2015 19:54:06 GMT
Since it was found in michigan maybe there is a way to at least narrow down the possibilities to 4 or 5 species, but I'm not familiar with a source that lists the species found in that state.
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Post by Liguus on Jun 19, 2015 16:06:08 GMT
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Post by Liguus on Jun 19, 2015 15:25:29 GMT
The beer traps that kill snails mostly rely on drowning them, so if you were to build a trap with a screen on the bottom and beer below it, they would crawl in, but would not drown. Or you could try soaking some food in beer, possibly oats, and putting those into a trap.
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Post by Liguus on Jun 19, 2015 2:04:12 GMT
Its a bit tricky to identify amber snails, as they mostly all look alike, but I have noticed that some members are very light yellow in color and others are very dark.
I do not think either of these are Kanab amber snails, but I'm not too good at picking out the differences between the species in succinea and oxyloma.
Perhaps another user (like wolf or brunni) could help with an ID.
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Post by Liguus on Jun 19, 2015 1:15:29 GMT
You can move the eggs, just be very careful. I recommend using a large spoon and scooping up the surrounding soil as well to cushion the eggs.
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Post by Liguus on Jun 19, 2015 1:12:28 GMT
I would just give him a quick dunk in some water or a thorough spraying.
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Post by Liguus on Jun 18, 2015 22:58:07 GMT
There is a USDA regulation in the US which prohibits moving land snails across state lines (unless one has a permit). This regulation applies to snails that infest plant products, but there are a few snails which I don't believe fall under this category (mainly tree snails) and I'm emailing the USDA as well as the fish and wildlife service to sort it out. Hopefully I will have an answer soon.
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Post by Liguus on Jun 18, 2015 16:10:45 GMT
It does sound like it may be a rare phenotype of arianta. What color is the body? I'm sure as time goes on it will become more clear as to what they are.
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Post by Liguus on Jun 18, 2015 0:34:23 GMT
The species you mentioned will be fine at room temperature with no heat pad, especially C. aspersum which tolerates cold winters.
If you do get one I think putting it on the side, like what was mentioned, is a good idea. I would also put a thermometer inside to make sure the temperature doesn't get too hot.
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Post by Liguus on Jun 17, 2015 18:45:41 GMT
tbh I want it less as a pet (tho I wouldn't say no to that also!) and more for the zoo I work for, so we're trying to contact various places in India that can help. (We're mostly wanting some specimens of this snail for research purposes than as a display animal for the public - our entomology team have been studying inverts of Asia recently) Does the zoo you work at have any snails in its collection currently? What kind of research is it doing?
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Post by Liguus on Jun 16, 2015 16:33:06 GMT
About two weeks.
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