Megalobulimus eating habbits

[gabi]

I got 9 megalobulimus from Emma (Andrew). lol they are eating me poor, really.

Are yours too eating so much? Those nine snails eat in one night a whole salad, loads of cucumberslices (half of a cucumber), one zuchini (courgette here called?) and some slices of sweet potato and about half of an handfull of fish-food-flakes or sticks!

Do yours touch cuttlefish? One must have tried it, as I found rasping marks on it, but all others refuse, so I am powdering cuttlefish over their food.

The uruguyan ones from Kevin are not so heavy eaters. The 3 are happy with 2 salad leaves, some cucmberslices and an appleslice and an sweet-potato-slice per night and I have tried them thicker food too and they have rasped on it. The Trinidad ones don´t eat food that is thicker than 2mm. That stays left in the tank.

[felix93]

My 3 are eating like horses. They eat all day long and rarely go to sleep. I have to feed them every night instead of feed them every other night like to the rest of my snails. So far I have only given them sweet potatos, corgette, and an apple between the 3 of them every night and they usually finish everything by the morning. 2 of them are for my friend, but my friend suggested me to keep them for the time being 'cos it might not be nice if I only keep 1.

I got Kevin's only for a day or 2, so I cannot tell how much they really eat yet, but they def do not eat constantly. But then they are a lot smaller.

I put in the oyster shells powder and I know they all have eaten those. I put one medium size cuttles in and I only noticed that Andrew's megas like to "sit" on it. Don't think they have eaten any, but I have not really checked properly.

[copigeon]

Yes
I have noticed this, alot. Greedier than even the fulica which works out rather expensive.

No cuttle, I was using limestone flour in the substrate and on the food.

[Anjie Evans]

Mine are eating me out of house and home! They really don't stop!! They started the miniute i took them out of the box they were sent in and they are still going - not that i am complaining, its lovely to see them eating well.

Anjie,x.

[copigeon]

It could be partly due to the length of time theyve been intransit?
Andrew also mentioned it had recently rained when they went to collect after a dry spell. Perhaps they were burried waiting to come out to feed for a long time?

[Val]

Mine are also eating well, they love cucumber, letuce and sweet apple the most but have also eaten sweet postato and some courgette. They LOVE crushed oystershell in fact I have taken it out now for a while cos they were starting to leave their food and just eat the oyster shell. They also LOVE pumpkin seeds (shelled). I am really pleased with their progress they are a lot easier to keep - so far than what I was expecting.

Val