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Post by Evan on Jul 16, 2015 12:39:09 GMT
Hello! This is going to be my place to discuss me and my workings with snails!
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Post by Evan on Jul 16, 2015 14:48:35 GMT
Here are some pictures of my new snails:
Here's the speedy one:
 I don't know why it ended up upside down 
Here's all of them:
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Zorst
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Post by Zorst on Jul 16, 2015 14:54:08 GMT
Nice looking Snails.
Zorst
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Post by Evan on Jul 16, 2015 15:02:46 GMT
So I figured that when the sun really started coming up was when snails started to try to find a place to hide, so I went out to check the lure (I figured that term made more sense than trap), and there were 3 snails! That makes my snail count come to 9, which I believe to be 8 Praticolella Mexicana, and 1 Polygyra.
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Post by Evan on Jul 16, 2015 15:08:50 GMT
Nice looking Snails. Zorst Thank you Zorst. I'm hoping for some Succinea, Cochlodinella, Orthalicus, and others. |
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Post by etana on Jul 16, 2015 15:21:03 GMT
Aaw cute little snailies.
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Post by Evan on Jul 16, 2015 15:29:17 GMT
They are going crazy for the food I put in there! I guess they didn't get a lot of food in the wild!
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Post by Evan on Jul 16, 2015 15:32:00 GMT
The only thing one has done is eat a huge chunk of carrot, while another two explored, and the rest quickly devoured the sweet potato. Should I put in more?
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Post by Evan on Jul 16, 2015 15:50:21 GMT
Whoa! Three more snails at the lure! They only really seem to like the mashed fish flakes though, not the beer.
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Post by etana on Jul 16, 2015 16:24:12 GMT
If all food is eaten, you can add in more. Wild caught ones often binge like crazy, until they learn that their days of searching for food in many dangerous places are over.  |
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Post by Evan on Jul 16, 2015 16:39:33 GMT
If all food is eaten, you can add in more. Wild caught ones often binge like crazy, until they learn that their days of searching for food in many dangerous places are over. Okay! I put some more in! |
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Post by Evan on Jul 16, 2015 16:40:31 GMT
They still are a little shy, but some appear to be warming up to me. |
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Post by Evan on Jul 16, 2015 16:51:27 GMT
Aha! I have figured out what that one is! It's a Polygyra septemvolva, or Florida Flatcoil!
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Post by Evan on Jul 16, 2015 17:24:01 GMT
I have some pictures!
Here's one of my biggest Scrubsnails:
Here's my Flatcoil! (He's a little shy):
Here are their enclosures, maybe temporary, it depends on how big they get:
One with a lid, one without |
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Post by Evan on Jul 16, 2015 18:41:42 GMT
I set up my hose so that its "raining" over a patch with lots of weeds, and put out another lure. I wonder if results will be different.
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Post by Evan on Jul 16, 2015 18:42:36 GMT
I also scrubbed Luna's shell with a soft tooth brush. She didn't like it, but she is brighter now.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2015 20:13:53 GMT
I also scrubbed Luna's shell with a soft tooth brush. She didn't like it, but she is brighter now. Try not to do that too much. I noticed for me that it scrubs away things on their shell. Some protective layer I think. |
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Post by astana on Jul 16, 2015 22:52:47 GMT
Lovely snails! I wish I had some of those species in my area.
Glad to hear the idea worked.
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Post by Evan on Jul 17, 2015 0:32:51 GMT
I also scrubbed Luna's shell with a soft tooth brush. She didn't like it, but she is brighter now. Try not to do that too much. I noticed for me that it scrubs away things on their shell. Some protective layer I think. Okay, good to know! I just wanted to get ucky pet-store stuff off. |
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Post by Evan on Jul 17, 2015 0:34:43 GMT
Lovely snails! I wish I had some of those species in my area. Glad to hear the idea worked. If it's legal I'd be happy to send you a few dozen! They come to my lure in droves and it's hard not to keep them all! I can only do the scrubsnails currently, because I've one found one flatcoil. |
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Post by Evan on Jul 17, 2015 1:59:35 GMT
So I set up some more lures. I truly believe fish food mash works better than beer. I have gotten zero on the beer plate since I put the fish food out. We'll see in the morning.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2015 3:17:41 GMT
So I set up some more lures. I truly believe fish food mash works better than beer. I have gotten zero on the beer plate since I put the fish food out. We'll see in the morning. Hopefully you get some more!  |
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Post by astana on Jul 17, 2015 3:43:49 GMT
Lovely snails! I wish I had some of those species in my area. Glad to hear the idea worked. If it's legal I'd be happy to send you a few dozen! They come to my lure in droves and it's hard not to keep them all! I can only do the scrubsnails currently, because I've one found one flatcoil. Ahhh, I would love to, but unfortunately it's illegal to ship snails anywhere around the U.S. :/ |
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Post by Evan on Jul 17, 2015 14:31:41 GMT
If it's legal I'd be happy to send you a few dozen! They come to my lure in droves and it's hard not to keep them all! I can only do the scrubsnails currently, because I've one found one flatcoil. Ahhh, I would love to, but unfortunately it's illegal to ship snails anywhere around the U.S. :/ I'm going to apply for a permit. |
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Post by Evan on Jul 17, 2015 14:35:32 GMT
There were a LOT of snails at the lure this morning, unfortunately all were scrubsnails and I already have tons of those.
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