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Post by thewizard23 on Dec 17, 2005 9:40:43 GMT
i ordered some tigers and some lignus from ivory coast.they arrived within 4 days as told.
the tigers havent moved in a week...even though i have warm bathed them, put food in and put on a heat-mat for a while...i ordered four lignus and two have died in transit..crushed and broken shells...
what im worried about is the tigers as they are wicked sized and no marks on shells..help please ..
steve
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Post by sezzy5889 on Dec 17, 2005 10:12:58 GMT
are the tanks you are keeping them in humid?
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Post by thewizard23 on Dec 17, 2005 10:32:08 GMT
no they are just watered as i do for the others
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2005 14:01:13 GMT
so are the tigers dead?
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Post by thewizard23 on Dec 17, 2005 16:27:17 GMT
i dont think so...they still have the leathery feel and they have not got the skin over them...i think they are just lazy..but you have to think that i suppose.they dont smell either.
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Post by sezzy5889 on Dec 17, 2005 17:59:01 GMT
tigers like a warmer more humid environment than other species
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Post by Val on Dec 17, 2005 18:08:56 GMT
Sorry what do you mean by "wicked sized and no marks on shells"??
Val
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Post by Arno on Dec 17, 2005 18:11:15 GMT
Probably very large and undamaged shells lol ;D
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Post by sonicsnail on Dec 17, 2005 18:17:14 GMT
Well, that's what I thought he meant...lol.
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Post by Val on Dec 17, 2005 18:19:04 GMT
Thanks for translating ;D
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Post by sonicsnail on Dec 17, 2005 18:23:38 GMT
Thanks for translating ;D Lol, translating, suggests it was unreadable!  |
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Post by thewizard23 on Dec 17, 2005 18:28:19 GMT
...the shells look polished and the size was good..sorry for the london talk
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Post by sezzy5889 on Dec 17, 2005 18:29:53 GMT
You finally got some 'tigers' then Steve? lol
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Post by thewizard23 on Dec 17, 2005 18:31:49 GMT
yeh....so true !
but not getting no where with them..probably are dead !?
but dont forget i had two but these are in better condition by far !
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Post by Val on Dec 17, 2005 18:33:03 GMT
Thanks for translating ;D Lol, translating, suggests it was unreadable! No, just that I couldn't understand the lingo ;D |
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Post by thewizard23 on Dec 17, 2005 18:33:39 GMT
cooool !!
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Post by Val on Dec 17, 2005 18:36:50 GMT
I think it may depend how much the animals have been traumatised during their journey. Were they in transit very long?
Val
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Post by thewizard23 on Dec 17, 2005 18:38:53 GMT
4 days total and kept in a metal holding for two of the days then delivered from birmingham to preston to me !!
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Post by Val on Dec 17, 2005 18:54:28 GMT
They could still be O.K. Some of the Brixton snails which were rescued took ages to come out of their shells, all you can do is keep them warm and moist with plenty of food and just HOPE !!
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Post by thewizard23 on Dec 17, 2005 19:31:26 GMT
NAH...DONT THINK SO...I JUST SMELT THEM AGAIN AND THEY SMELL LIKE SWEATY SEAWEED.
I AINT PAYING FOR THESE NOW..BLOKE CAN TAKE A LONG ONE...JUMP THAT IS..
i will just pay the shipping cost.
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Post by sonicsnail on Dec 17, 2005 19:45:03 GMT
I do hope they are ok. I think Val is right to say that they might take a little longer than usual. I do agree with you there though, don't pay them! Lol, translating, suggests it was unreadable! No, just that I couldn't understand the lingo ;D Surely, "no marks on shells" is legible? It obviously states that their shells are not scratched or worn... |
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Post by thewizard23 on Dec 17, 2005 19:52:06 GMT
yes maybe..but they dun half um.
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Post by apple on Dec 17, 2005 20:14:00 GMT
The tigers and ventris that I received from Ivory Coast were on the market ( sold as food) for days without food and shadow ( on that tropical climate the sun is really strong). One ventri died, but the others are fine resting on daytime and eating at night . They aren´t very active, which is quite normal on these situations:wild caught and kept as objects witouth life, i. e, people there don´t care for cuttlefish, cucumber or fruits for snails, they only want to sell them fast to get money, so they don´t feed snails.
One of the pictures, shows a ventri with big yellow eggs and a piece that seems of flesh(?), maybe I´m wrong, but we all know that africans eat these snails and they don´t want to spend money feeding «food».
In relation to lignus, (I have to research about this fussy snails ( they may eat apple or cucumber) but they are fussy anyway), on my shippment some died during the trip and some more died one day after arrival. So thats a shame and it´s not my fault. They have all the conditions to be fine here(food,heating,moist, shelter), but then I remembered that the supplier maybe keeps these snails for weeks and he doesn´t fed them properly, not because of negligency ( he put some leaves of the trees from where he got the snails, near the snails, but they ( lignus)didn´t touched it) but because of lack of knowledge, so the snails died.
Be patient with tigers and lignus, just keep doing for them.
Good luck!
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Post by thewizard23 on Dec 17, 2005 20:22:25 GMT
cheers apple ...i will keep trying..but it is p*****g me off because of the waste of time and effort given.
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Post by apple on Dec 17, 2005 20:25:55 GMT
Yes, you are right, and money too.   But I think that I don´t have to pay for dead snails. If he ( the supplier) doesn´t believe on me, I may send the money for the alive ones, and the dead snails, altogether to him.  Cheers apple |
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