FAO paul (anyone with Megalobulimus)

[copigeon]

These arrrived this morning, one seems fine the other is very underweight and has some (old it seems) spire damage.

The spire doesnt worry me, as the inner shell is calcified, but comparing the weight between the two, hes far too light and the body is very shrunken compared to the other.

Which food stuffs have you had the most success with?
I have sweet potato, romanie lettuce and roundleaf lettuce in stock for the other species, and can aquire courgette/cucumber/fruits.

[Kevin]

My ones ate mainly lettuce.

[copigeon]

Well Ive got the underweight one to take dandelion, will locate some common plaintain and other snail edible weeds later on.

Cheers kevin,

[Paul]

Originally, I could only get them to eat lettuce (still their favourite), tiny amounts of apple, banana, papaya and porridge and occasionally cucumber skin, Dandelions and Common Plantain.

I think they are primarily leaf-eaters. I discovered that slicing their food extremely finely is successful. They don't seem to be able to rasp larger items and seem to prefer getting their mouths around the food rather than on top. By slicing the food they take a much healthier variety readily. Also, perseverence has paid off because they are more interested in other foods than they were. It must be noted that the babies I have had were no problem at all, and do actually attempt to eat larger pieces though thin slicing is still more successful. The babies also readily accept cuttlefish bone which the WC ones refuse. Luckily the adults will eat it powdered and, like most snails, I have discovered they love powdered oyster shell.

[copigeon]

I'll try everything mentioned over the next few days, theyre not at all innactive which is encouraging.

Thanks paul.

[LisaLQ]

Sorry no help - just wanted to say they're lovely, congrats ;D

[peabody]

I love their frills!!!! * the madness returns*

[sezzy5889]

they the ones off ebay?

[copigeon]

www.copigeonbase.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/petsnails/MVI_5079.avi

[LisaLQ]

Awww my pooter wont play it.

[Tigs]

Very cool video.

Tempted by Ebay but think i will have to resist and learn more about them first. (Proud of myself for that) ;D

[teresa]

that is really gd copigeon

[copigeon]

Try downloading the Xvid codec, thats what I used to encode it.

www.xvidmovies.com/codec/

[copigeon]

Sarah thats a yes, I contacted him when I first saw the auction (before it became petsnails fodder). He sold a pair but insisted they werent the ones up for auction. Nice chap, the first cheque I sent got lost, the second arrived fine and he posted before it cleared because of problems with the first.

Im with kevin with the do or die over the megas hes offering on ebay at the moment, so Ive put in for another 3 via ebay.

Hopefully the underweight one will pick up, Ive watched it eating sweet potato which is high in starches so fingers crossed for chunkification.

[LisaLQ]

Omg, how handsome is he? ;D

Wish I could afford to pay £20 on an off chance - give me a shout if you ever get babies though

[mandywith11]

confession time
hubby allso contacted him via ebay the day the first got listed and brought me 2
i seen them and put on watch list and he seen and well next i knew i had a package
i wanted to post here but kind of felt bad if you know what i mean (now im tempted to get maybe 1 more)
mine have eaten.....lettuce, chicken mash, snail mix with banana, and a nibble on apple

[mandywith11]

wouldnt have a clue, hubby wont tell me

[Tigs]

I think it must be photo time them! ;D

[Deleted]

Wow they're amazing

my Fenix eats sweet potato, Romaine lettuce, cucumber. (though she is a different species of Megalobulimus)

good luck with them ;D

[Moracai]

Great Video! I love how the mouth moves!

[Val]

copigeon said:

Sarah thats a yes, I contacted him when I first saw the auction (before it became petsnails fodder). He sold a pair but insisted they werent the ones up for auction. Nice chap, the first cheque I sent got lost, the second arrived fine and he posted before it cleared because of problems with the first.

Im with kevin with the do or die over the megas hes offering on ebay at the moment, so Ive put in for another 3 via ebay.

Hopefully the underweight one will pick up, Ive watched it eating sweet potato which is high in starches so fingers crossed for chunkification.

Oh this is really funny, I also have contacted him and sent a cheque and he has said that my cheque has gotten lost???

Val

[sezzy5889]

you can see if it has cashed though so...

[copigeon]

Well my cheque was never banked, I put a stop on it before sending the second.

I recieved an email to say the first cheque arrived today (which is strange seeing as it was sent by first class a week ago). Perhaps it was an internal mail problem?

[goose]

Awww check out the moustache!! They are great! I wish there were babies...........musn't be greedy though have my hungry 4 to look after already! Well done all of you megalobulimus owners!

[Kevin]

Anyone know what species of Megalobulimus these are? ive been looking for info on what species are found in Trinidad, and havent been able to find much info so far.