FREE Cuttlefish Bone Alternative!!

[grommet]

Hi, it's grOmmet here.
[I did have the name LONG before any loveable plasticene mutt, by the way.. so PLEASE.... NO Wallace jokes !!

For almost 6 months now, my GALS have been crawling around their [£10 Complete with adjustable ventilation grills] B&Q propagators and browsing happily on natural lumps of chalk!!

I visited Hampshire, earlier this year and I casually picked up several fist-sized pieces of chalk "rock".

I got back home and soaked them, cleaning the exposed surfaces with a soft nail brush to get rid of any undesireable deposits.

My GALS seemed happy "on-the-rocks".. and slipped alongside and below them too!!
I haven't bought cuttle fish bones for months, now!!
Shell growth has been healthy and the GALS are not missing the cuttle bones, at all!!

The "rocks" not only look interesting but they are also becoming individual "sculptures" as the snails rasp away at every available surface porous

Whenever I clean the GALS out, I soak the chalk lumps
in water. I'm sure this helps with humidity too.

I also posted about this cuttle alternative on the cybersnails messageboard..
Have any of you here explored this natural and completely FREE resource??

Best Wishes!
g:o)~

[apple]

To be honest I already thought on that natural and totally free resource, I´m just checking soils nature here to then take some chalk.
It´s very nice to know that at least somebody tried that before than me and had good results.

Best wishes,
Apple

[Arno]

Hello and welcome Grommet(lucky for you the mutts name is Gromit ;D )Anyway I haven't tried that natural chalk yet,because there's no such thing around where I live,except at the garden center.

[Val]

No chalk here either - we are on clay!!!

Val