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Post by sezzy5889 on Aug 15, 2005 16:42:36 GMT
I got 10 dimidiata off beth about 6 weeks ago, they were all about 1cm shell length when they came now 9 of them are 2cm shell length but 'Milky' is still 1cm he hasn't even grown 1mm of new shell, he seems ok but they are all towering over him now and i feel really sorry for him  any advice??? Corrected Latin name search purposes - paul |
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Post by Leah on Aug 15, 2005 17:11:51 GMT
My Eric never grew much but he's fine, sometimes you just get a runt.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2005 17:14:04 GMT
yeh my panthera have grown about 2cm in a year, but theyre ok....
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Post by sezzy5889 on Aug 16, 2005 8:10:14 GMT
oh thank god he will be fine, hes grown on me (not literally rofl) |
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Post by natrat84 on Aug 16, 2005 8:27:26 GMT
He's probably fine, but if he was mine I think I would be powdering cuttlefish on his food, do you ever see him eat the cuttlefish?
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Post by sezzy5889 on Aug 16, 2005 8:33:27 GMT
he does if i put him on it but he will only eat for about 5 mins and then move on to the cucumber
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Post by sezzy5889 on Aug 18, 2005 13:12:50 GMT
heres a piccie of him, hes the one in the middle as you can probably guess.....  |
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Post by sezzy5889 on Oct 22, 2005 18:35:54 GMT
R.I.P Milky :-(
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2005 15:57:05 GMT
oh im sorry  when theyre that young and they stop growing its rare for them to survive |
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Post by sezzy5889 on Oct 23, 2005 16:08:04 GMT
He drowned actually :-(
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2005 16:20:51 GMT
eugh i hate it when they drown theyre like out but theyre not moving and its so awful i hate it.
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Post by sezzy5889 on Oct 23, 2005 16:39:58 GMT
me too!
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Post by LisaLQ on Nov 7, 2005 13:51:24 GMT
oh im sorry when theyre that young and they stop growing its rare for them to survive I posted on the growth board about my dimidiata, one is 4cm, and one is about 2cm, and the smaller one has hardly grown since we got her - whereas the larger one has grown slowly but well. The little one spends most of her time hidden/buried somewhere, and when I do catch her eating, she's usually on the cuttlefish (although she does eat the food too). But she's not grown in the 2 months we've had her, maybe half a centimetre max. Does it mean she's going to die?   |
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Post by sezzy5889 on Nov 7, 2005 14:30:34 GMT
no not always, people have had stunted fulica, who do grow and reach adult hood but will maybe just grow to about 5-6cm max, they should survive if looked after well and kept a good eye on.
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Post by LisaLQ on Nov 7, 2005 14:33:19 GMT
I'm sorry about your little one, just realised how insensitive it was of me to post like that *eek*
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Post by sezzy5889 on Nov 7, 2005 14:37:18 GMT
it's ok, it was a while ago now and i have plenty of new babies to keep me going :-)
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when theyre that young and they stop growing its rare for them to survive
