Louise
Archachatina marginata
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Post by Louise on Dec 23, 2006 0:54:13 GMT
i have already read on some of the other threads that when a snail rasps you it doesnt hurt but yesterday my snail rasped me for the first time and it hurt quite a bit to the point where i had to take it off me. Up until now i have been almost 90% sure that they were achatina fulica but now i am not so sure what does everyone think. They are still quite small the biggest ones shell is a bit smaller than a bouncy ball. I am now worried that when they get bigger it is going to start really hurting, is their any other species it could be?
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LisaLQ
Archachatina papyracea
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Post by LisaLQ on Dec 23, 2006 1:50:49 GMT
It's probably best to post pics for an id. Immaculata species are (according to some of us!) a bit rougher when they rasp, but to be honest, I've never been actually hurt by one and I've had some pretty big snails.
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Louise
Archachatina marginata
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Post by Louise on Dec 23, 2006 4:02:42 GMT
maybe i am just being a wimp.I would test it on my fiancee but he is scared of them, also my digital camera has just snuffed it so i have no way of putting pictures up.I've been looking through all the pictures on the site and forum and i think they look like fulica but my other half is determined they are panthera i think that is the right name.I wouldnt even know what way to describe it so that people could have a guess.
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Moracai
Archachatina degneri
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Post by Moracai on Dec 23, 2006 8:44:34 GMT
I find that the Immaculata rasp a bit harder than the others. The first time one of mine pasped my hand I did say oww, even though it didn't really hurt. I think I was just surprised as all my others species you can barely feel it. He was just a little baby at the time, maybe a cm in size, so was quite shocked by how hard it was for a snail of that size.
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LisaLQ
Archachatina papyracea
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Post by LisaLQ on Dec 23, 2006 13:25:37 GMT
The way to check the difference between fulica and panthera is to check their columnella - a fulica's columnella is white/blue/pearlescent, a panthera (which is a form of immaculata) will have a red/hot pink one. www.petsnails.co.uk/documents/species/idyoursnail.html#startAlso, just from my observations with mine (before I rehomed them), my panthera/smithii/immacs all had rougher flesh, and it was orange/peach or red.
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Post by Miranda on Dec 23, 2006 16:07:06 GMT
probably imaculata, if you had veg etc. on you maybe he thougth you were food, and if he hadnt rasped you before maybe he was testing what you wer.
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Louise
Archachatina marginata
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Post by Louise on Dec 24, 2006 1:17:13 GMT
their columnella is dark grey
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Louise
Archachatina marginata
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Post by Louise on Jan 14, 2007 11:39:59 GMT
So does anyone have a clue what mine could be as i cant find a picture of a snail with a dark grey columnella on the species section even some guesses would be appreciated thank for any replies
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Post by Grant on Jan 14, 2007 11:42:49 GMT
We would really need a picture of the snails so we could ID it?
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