goose
Achatina immaculata
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Post by goose on Apr 2, 2011 15:01:31 GMT
I lost almost all my stock over the winter as temperatures were so low so am looking to replace. Would be very grateful if anyone has any available if they could pm me. Many thanks. Laura
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Post by SnailsPace on Apr 3, 2011 8:28:43 GMT
There's a breeding pair on ebay  |
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Post by SnailsPace on Apr 3, 2011 8:34:27 GMT
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goose
Achatina immaculata
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Post by goose on Apr 4, 2011 18:03:18 GMT
Yep but looking at the pics they are not actually Helix pomatia they look more like Helix aspersa or Helix aspersa maxima.
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Post by SnailsPace on Apr 4, 2011 19:18:35 GMT
Well they don't look like mine but Bugz2go know their stuff so I would think they are, are there different varients of pomatia perhaps? Anybody know? |
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Post by stienbabe on Apr 6, 2011 0:27:42 GMT
They look like aspersa to me too. Never seen pomatia marked like that.
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goose
Achatina immaculata
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Post by goose on Apr 6, 2011 20:17:57 GMT
No me either. My original stock came from several different sources and all had uniform brown shells when younger which whitened with age. None had any shell markings. I note the seller says these were farmed snails. Many commercial snail farm operations now raise Helix aspersa (petit gris) or Helix aspersa maxima (gros gris) as they mature much quicker than Helix pomatia and give a quicker return. I suspect the seller has assumed these are pomatia if they purchased them from a commercial farm when in fact they are not. Shame though as they are a good price
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Post by pleurdonteisabella on Apr 7, 2011 10:10:32 GMT
He will have got them as what he is selling them as, I know the seller well and I will contact the seller and find out a bit more and let you all know.
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