Post by graemepryce on Aug 13, 2012 4:01:36 GMT
This is the kind of yellow C. Hortensis I see on my walks sometimes after rain. I have actually looked for them and they are quite hard to find. I only usually come across them in ideal rainy conditions.
Their usually found in the snail sites I know of near the mersey estuary that flows past the end of my street. I have never seen any of this kind in any wooded or urban area.
I only keep a couple because there doesn't seem to be much variety in the area they come from. They are the only ones i have spotted that have no banding. They happily eat lettuce, cauliflower leaves, etc and anything a GALS eats. They eat straight downwards into chunks of cuttlefish and make little boreholes. I haven't witnesses any other snail do that!
If you are looking to breed a certain variety, I have had eggs from one of these so they will breed in a tank. I could find you one or two if we had some rain and you were willing to pay the postage.
Their usually found in the snail sites I know of near the mersey estuary that flows past the end of my street. I have never seen any of this kind in any wooded or urban area.
I only keep a couple because there doesn't seem to be much variety in the area they come from. They are the only ones i have spotted that have no banding. They happily eat lettuce, cauliflower leaves, etc and anything a GALS eats. They eat straight downwards into chunks of cuttlefish and make little boreholes. I haven't witnesses any other snail do that!
If you are looking to breed a certain variety, I have had eggs from one of these so they will breed in a tank. I could find you one or two if we had some rain and you were willing to pay the postage.
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