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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2005 16:43:05 GMT
WHAAAAAAAAA WHERE WHERE WHERE can i have the link please?
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Post by Kevin on Aug 7, 2005 16:47:18 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2005 16:51:06 GMT
oooh i'll get some my mum will let me if she knows they look like the megalobulimus.
what are the barbados bronze snails?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2005 16:52:44 GMT
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Post by Jenna on Aug 7, 2005 16:58:48 GMT
I want some they gorge theyre pink! its even betta dan purple!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2005 17:14:41 GMT
paul did the suppliers tell u they were bulimulus or did u just guess? cus they look strikingly like megalobulimus. infact exactly like mine except for the colour and size. megalobulimus come in many colours and sizes. how big is the shell? m. pigmaeus is 75mm so they can get quite small.
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Post by gail on Aug 8, 2005 8:17:04 GMT
I emailed the shop that supplied Paul with his a couple of weeks ago. They havent got any more in but told me to get back to them in five or six weeks, cos they should have a shipment of snails in but from Nigeria I think he said. So its anybodys guess what species those will turn out to be. Looks like Paul got lucky Just have to hope they lay eggs Gail
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Post by Paul on Aug 8, 2005 10:31:43 GMT
Yeah, they were complaining about the Barbados supplier when I went. I bet the Nigerian ones are tigers. I got mine before Anjie got the tigers so I told them to get some in, coz they'd have no trouble selling them. I noticed them on their list. Whoops!! I'll keep my eye on them, they have my phone number, so if they get a good few in, I'll go down to check them out and get whatever I think is worth getting.
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Post by gail on Aug 8, 2005 13:07:50 GMT
Dunno, they'll probably still have no trouble selling them. Its just a question of being able to get them, if they aren't willing to post them. Thats if they are tigers that is....do you reckon they would email pics?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2005 15:50:04 GMT
they might not be tigers, we can hope ;D
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Post by Paul on Aug 9, 2005 3:21:05 GMT
Mike, the suppliers has them listed as Bulimulus spp. I wondered exactly like you, the shell pic I linked to is very similar and that is a Megalobulimulus. However, I can find no mention of Megalobulimus snails in Barbados and a number of sites have my exact snails pictured and listed as Bulimulus. However, after speaking to a few of these exporters they told me that there has yet to be a study of land snails in Barbados or at least the local authorities have never heard of any. So in fact, it is possible they are Megalobulimus. When I look at other Bulimulus they look less like mine than Megalobulimus do.
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Post by Paul on Aug 9, 2005 4:13:37 GMT
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Post by natrat84 on Aug 9, 2005 6:47:31 GMT
Page looks great Paul I'd would love to have some of those, they are too cute, but as not African it would mean another tank and I don't have the space Maybe by the time yours lay eggs we will have moved, I can hope
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Post by sezzy5889 on Aug 9, 2005 9:03:06 GMT
wow me too :-)
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Post by anjieburdett on Aug 9, 2005 11:04:23 GMT
And me, me me. Pleeeease. lol
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2005 11:31:37 GMT
theys gert lush ;D (as we say in Bristol)
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Post by Kevin on Aug 9, 2005 11:37:28 GMT
Page looks great, hopefully I can find someone in the america's able to supply me with similar snails soon
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Post by Paul on Aug 16, 2005 19:27:30 GMT
Picture update. Thought I'd take the opportunity to get a snap of their mouths as they're eating!:
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Post by natrat84 on Aug 16, 2005 19:32:24 GMT
Wow... munch munch munch yum yum yum!! ;D Fab pic, they sure are gorgeous snails, I really hope the eggs hatch.
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Post by bookitten on Aug 16, 2005 20:13:08 GMT
WOW! I really really want one now....... and I wont take no for an answer from my mum! [Id like them even more than a varicosa!]. Wen any1 finds any for sale then tell us...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2005 20:18:30 GMT
they are available sophie from this pet shop but u have to collect them and its up north somewhere
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Post by bookitten on Aug 16, 2005 20:30:49 GMT
oh god. up north? im on the other side of the country! so where is it?
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Post by Kevin on Aug 16, 2005 20:34:22 GMT
They were in Bolton, Kearsley Tropicals, I phoned them up when they first got them, they told me they cant send them by post, I think they have only ever had two of them available
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2005 20:36:10 GMT
its a shame they dont post oh well at least ive got something similar ;D kind regards mike
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Post by Paul on Aug 16, 2005 20:40:07 GMT
I did ask them to try and get me some more. But they didn't sound impressed with the supplier. But someone in this country has more of these, he basically said he only took 2 because he wasn't sure they'd sell. Ages ago I phoned this bloke about fulica, he had a right moan to me about how they ate him out of house and home, so he's a little down on snails.
He does have my number and I'm expecting a call should any more snails arrive. I'll go and get them should any materialise.
One thing though, it seems reasonabe to assume his supplier sells to other shops. Virginia Cheeseman sells the slugs he had, and some other barbados snails. Kevin, where did you get your Zachrysia? He sold me those. If we can locate someone else he supplies to we're laughing.
Also, it'd be nice to locate the seller himself, so we can buy direct.
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