Val
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Post by Val on Mar 30, 2006 17:56:07 GMT
Those of you who have albino margies, do you find them fussy eaters? Are 'normal' margies fussy eaters? I only have the 3 albino so I have nothing to compare them with but there are quite a lot of basic foods that these guys will not touch. They will not even touch:- lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, courgette. Mine are living on sweet potato, apple, and corn. What do yours eat?
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Post by section8angel on Mar 30, 2006 18:02:03 GMT
Freddie (normal) is a fussy eater, but Izrina (albino) actually seems to be a bit better. My margies don't seem to eat a lot anyway though, even little Elvira doesn't always bother with the food.
What they have eaten though is: Orange, pear, apple, banana, mango, courgette, cabbage, snail mix and I think they did eat some of the hemp and a little bit of mushroom.
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Val
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Post by Val on Mar 30, 2006 18:06:44 GMT
Sian, do you have any Ventricosa, now they REALLY know how to eat ;D ;D They will literally eat anything that is in there.
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Post by section8angel on Mar 30, 2006 18:26:33 GMT
Lol no I don't, but my fulica normally eat all that's there. They were the only snails to eat all their fruit the other day lol. And they're the ones that have eaten the most of the cabbage!
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Moracai
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Post by Moracai on Mar 30, 2006 18:39:41 GMT
My Margies eat almost anything you put in front of them. Only thing they don't eat is zucchini (courgette)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2006 18:59:13 GMT
Sian, do you have any Ventricosa, now they REALLY know how to eat ;D ;D They will literally eat anything that is in there. Val mine too ;D aww I love them they're so adorable |
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Post by sezzy5889 on Mar 30, 2006 19:44:18 GMT
My albo margies eat anything apart from cucumber but then again i haven't known a margie that will readily eat cucumber yet...
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Post by sezzy5889 on Mar 30, 2006 19:44:57 GMT
Oh Eric did you send my ventri's today?  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2006 19:47:44 GMT
My albo margies eat anything apart from cucumber but then again i haven't known a margie that will readily eat cucumber yet... me neither...its wierd isnt it |
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Moracai
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Post by Moracai on Mar 30, 2006 19:48:25 GMT
My albo margies eat anything apart from cucumber but then again i haven't known a margie that will readily eat cucumber yet... Mine just LOVE cucumber But they are regular margies, not albino |
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Post by eric2 on Mar 30, 2006 20:05:15 GMT
mine demolish everything i put in front of them
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Post by section8angel on Mar 30, 2006 21:02:36 GMT
I haven't tried mine with cucumber yet, I keep forgetting lol
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Post by Ruth on Mar 31, 2006 7:35:54 GMT
They will not even touch:- lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, courgette. Mine are living on sweet potato, apple, and corn. What do yours eat? Yours sound to have similar habits to mine, it actually worried me a bit as i thought they may be lacking some nutrients due to their limited diet. Mine eat apple, corn on the cob, sweet potato, mango, banana (a little bit) and strawberries, whereas most of my others (fulica especially) eat anything and everything- a bit like their owner  |
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Post by sezzy5889 on Mar 31, 2006 10:26:04 GMT
They will not even touch:- lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, courgette. Mine are living on sweet potato, apple, and corn. What do yours eat? Yours sound to have similar habits to mine, it actually worried me a bit as i thought they may be lacking some nutrients due to their limited diet. Mine eat apple, corn on the cob, sweet potato, mango, banana (a little bit) and strawberries, whereas most of my others (fulica especially) eat anything and everything- a bit like their owner That sounds like a good enough variety to keep them healthy, you should try some powdered hemp too, mine love it :-) |
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Post by LisaLQ on Mar 31, 2006 13:00:18 GMT
B & M love courgette, pepper, melon, corn on the cob, and sweet potato is firm fave. Hit or miss ones are apple and banana. Never touch ones are cucumber and lettuce. Sorry, I tell a lie, they had a nibble on lettuce the other day - but every other time it's been offered they've turned their noses up at it. Well, not noses perhaps... Oops forgot about the babies - they'll eat anything apart from apple. None of my snails like apple  And I dont have albinos (yet) but B & M are wild caught originally. |
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Post by Ruth on Mar 31, 2006 14:59:12 GMT
That sounds like a good enough variety to keep them healthy, you should try some powdered hemp too, mine love it :-) Well, i've just recieved a load of stuff off Daz today (it's actually quite sad how exiting the arrival of a load of snail food can be *PMSL*) so gonna try some different stuff out tonight, starting with the hemp ;D Do they like any other seeds and stuff (i went a bit mad and bought one of everything :  ? |
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