Kevin
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Post by Kevin on Jul 9, 2005 12:53:27 GMT
I KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO i did this with my snail from brixton. you go in the garden, and then put it in your hand and swing it with such force that the animal falls out. its very very traumastising but its quick!!!!!! Its certainly a quick way to do it...I still think ants would/is the best option...Ants nests can be found in most gardens, fields, walls, under stones, pieces of wood, and anything else on the ground that can be lifted, they're certainly much easier to find than Leopard Slugs ;D You would have to leave them for a whille though, about a month or so, maybe this way takes too long? Theres also a type of beetle that usually comes (unknown to people buying them) with crickets, in the form of furry-larvae, their to eat the dead crickets, they could also work, but I dont know if their sold in bulk?
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Emma
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Post by Emma on Jul 9, 2005 13:07:36 GMT
are u serious about the snail swinging technique? I thought that was a joke! Is it a bit like throwing the discus? YUK! the flesh eating bugs sound like a much better option!
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Post by anjieburdett on Jul 9, 2005 13:12:59 GMT
No, Mike was deadly serious then, rofl. Mikes really funny most of the time but he meant that hehe.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2005 15:33:03 GMT
At least the inside of the shell is really clean. I put the snail in the compost heap the shell is on my shelf, with all my other shells kind regards mike
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Kevin
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Post by Kevin on Jul 10, 2005 11:54:33 GMT
For anyone interested I found a site selling Larder Beetles, their used to eat dead things in museums and such..I werent aware they could be bought on their own...I always see them in with crickets I buy for my animals www.blades-bio.co.uk/land_invertebrates.htm#beetlesDERMESTIES Larder Beetles A medium sized beetle used in the laboratory for skeletal preparation. LZJ 515per cultureĀ£8.61 They must be a very good alternative to clearing dead snails from their shells I would have thought, for people wanting to keep the shells
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Post by Paul on Jul 10, 2005 15:29:29 GMT
Are ants carrion eaters? I was under the impression they killed food to eat it.
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Val
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Post by Val on Jul 10, 2005 17:23:22 GMT
I KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO i did this with my snail from brixton. you go in the garden, and then put it in your hand and swing it with such force that the animal falls out. its very very traumastising but its quick!!!!!! This is the funniest thing I have read in a long time ;D but you SURELY can't expect most people to try it. VERY funny though ;D ;D ;D
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Kevin
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Post by Kevin on Jul 10, 2005 17:53:39 GMT
Are ants carrion eaters? I was under the impression they killed food to eat it. Here www.antnest.co.uk/Diet.htmlAnts will eat...pretty much everything
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Post by anjieburdett on Jul 23, 2005 7:30:34 GMT
They're out in my back garden, hidden from the kids EWWWWWW
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Post by Paul on Sept 5, 2005 3:35:12 GMT
The quickest, cleanest and cheapest way to do this, is to buy a tub of maggots. Put your shell in with them, in a couple of days they'll have stripped it bare. Then discard the maggots somewhere away from your house.
I found some maggots eating the flesh from my shells I left outside. But rather than waiting for flies to lay eggs meaning the shells become more smelly, actually buying maggots will mean the job is over and done very quickly. And, maggots bought from a fishing shop will be much cleaner and easier to deal with.
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Post by anjieburdett on Sept 5, 2005 10:10:55 GMT
Thats a good idea Paul, i've got dead tigers lined up at the back of my garden..i'm not into keeping shells myself but......some people have asked for them.
Anjie,x.
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geli
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Post by geli on Sept 8, 2005 16:33:38 GMT
I also had the problem: what to do with the dead snail... Hannibal (a young a.dimidiata) died two weeks ago. I searched for an anthill but didn't find one. So I put him in the hedge in the garden only on the soil (or do you say ground??). After three days the shell was empty!!! I thought that it would take 1 or 2 weeks.... On the shell I put a plastic-pot with a stone on it, that no bird could catch it. Now the shell is completly clean!! Next time I also will make it this way...
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Post by sezzy5889 on Sept 8, 2005 19:30:19 GMT
yes but that was a small one, Anjie has monsters
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geli
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Post by geli on Sept 8, 2005 19:42:09 GMT
I also will do it like that with "monsters" .... but then I think it takes more than three days.... You must not look so early - it doesn't hurry, or? I think after 1-2 weeks the big shell should also be clean.
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Kevin
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Post by Kevin on Mar 5, 2006 18:57:40 GMT
Ive kept a few shells of some of my snails thats died in the last few months, with the smaller ones Ive placed the dead snail in one of my cockroach tanks (Eublaberus prosticus, and some small burrowing species) and they eat the snail very quickly, I can then remove the shell and clean it. I first did this months ago and the roaches show no ill affects from it, the dead snail may even be good for them?,
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