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Post by oceanlover on Feb 27, 2006 15:08:48 GMT
My snails are sleeping for weeks, yesterday they wake up and didn't eat nothing and now they are sleeping again... They don't need eat some thing?  |
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Post by apple on Feb 27, 2006 15:20:49 GMT
Give them a water bath ( tepid water), ( just spray well the snail) and put different food , quite near them, like piece of pear, apple, cucumber... Don´t take the food out during the day and night.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2006 18:01:45 GMT
sounds like ur tank isnt warm enough...
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Post by apple on Feb 27, 2006 20:33:31 GMT
Or too warm
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Post by oceanlover on Feb 28, 2006 18:56:00 GMT
The tank is always around 20ºC, there aren't difference between day and night, could be it??
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Post by section8angel on Feb 28, 2006 19:00:54 GMT
Try getting it up to at least 24c in the day if you can, you might see a change with them then.
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Post by apple on Feb 28, 2006 19:33:26 GMT
Yes, 24 sounds good.
Mine seem to love temps around 25, 26...
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Post by oceanlover on Feb 28, 2006 22:55:32 GMT
Ok I will try to warm up it...
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Post by oceanlover on Mar 1, 2006 11:52:46 GMT
Yesterday I put them with lots of greens and fruit and they bite the fruit 3 or 4 times and went sleep again... One of then seems a Little skiny.. How you warm up your cages? I use an Hagen Heatwave Vivarium Heater for reptiles (16W) , it's under the cage, away of the zone were snails are sleeping. But it can't heat the cage upper 20ºC... I will try isolate the cage better... |
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Post by sezzy5889 on Mar 1, 2006 11:54:48 GMT
you could relocate the tank nearer to a radiator, or use a lamp shining into the tank, one that works up a lot of heat, but not in the tank or else the snails may burn themselves on it  Thats what i do, i have a Kobra heat mat on the side of the tank and then a light above the tank shining in and the tank stays at a constant 26°C and drops to 22°C at night. |
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Post by oceanlover on Mar 1, 2006 12:38:06 GMT
hehe that's great!!! What kind of light you have in the tank?? How many watts? Dose UV lights for reptiles are good??
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Post by section8angel on Mar 1, 2006 12:51:48 GMT
I use lights too, mine are just cheap clip on fittings with normal red bulbs in. 2 are 60w and 1 is 40w, but I haven't noticed a difference in temps from them, they both make the tanks go up to around 26c
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Post by sezzy5889 on Mar 1, 2006 12:54:53 GMT
not in the tank, outside the tank but pointing inwards
mine are tube lights, and let off a lot of heat
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Post by oceanlover on Mar 1, 2006 15:40:44 GMT
I reach the 26ºC but I put the tank at the sun  So my tank have -+ 100L of volume, what kind of lamps should I put for heat up more 6-8ºC? |
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Post by apple on Mar 1, 2006 16:43:43 GMT
60 or 40 watts.
You shouldn´t put your tank in the sun, because of the risk of dehidration.
Try to heat up it, with lamps or a radiator, or a heat mat.
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Post by Val on Mar 1, 2006 22:13:21 GMT
Yes heatmats are very good and safe, you just stick them on the outside of the tank couldn't be easier. I think also that your snails are probably not warm enough and that is why they are sleeping so much. You'll see a big difference in them if you warm them up a bit ;D
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Post by section8angel on Mar 1, 2006 22:41:23 GMT
They're safe as long as you have the right fuse. I keep meaning to try and find the news page, a zoo lost their whole reptile area because of a bad fuse.
Not trying to sound like you shouldn't use them btw!! I have 2 myself as a back up so it would be pretty stupid if I said don't use them lol
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Post by oceanlover on Mar 1, 2006 23:29:57 GMT
No problem with the sun, the cage is ultra wet! I can't see the snails in side with all the condensation and it isn't completely closed. The bigger snail is eating at this moment  , the sun is a good idea but the sunny days end tomorrow  The lights are fixed out of the cage wright? |
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Post by section8angel on Mar 1, 2006 23:36:19 GMT
My lights are done like this (the other is on the shelf below):  I think Sarahs are above her tanks. She did post pics of them a while ago. |
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Post by apple on Mar 1, 2006 23:37:35 GMT
Ok if you want to use the sun, use it, but use it rarely,only to warm up faster, because snails avoid sun, as much as they can. Too much condensation? The water of your compost is evaporating.... That´s not good. If you still let the tank on the sun, the compost will lose it´s water and get dry. I´m happy to know that the bigger one is eating. The lamps ( you can use also light bulbs) should be fixed out of the tank, yes. Good luck. |
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Post by sezzy5889 on Mar 2, 2006 10:31:26 GMT
  You can see the light above the tanks and they also have a heat mat on the same side, the snails then also have a choice whether to side on the really warm side of the tank, in between or on the cooler end :-) |
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Post by oceanlover on Mar 2, 2006 10:40:52 GMT
Hum... ok it's easier than what I was thinking  Yep it's true apple, snails don't like the sun, they hide behind the rocks and the trunks, the tank have 5dm3 of humus, it takes at less 2 days until start getting dry, however I don't let my snaillies alone at the sun more than 1 hour |
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Post by oceanlover on Mar 2, 2006 16:11:28 GMT
I'm with 22ºC right now ;D
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, the sun is a good idea but the sunny days end tomorrow 
