|
|
Post by thegreatloofa on Jul 1, 2005 12:42:20 GMT
These are of my Fulica that arrived this morning  Muching on cucumber  Huh? Camera?  Quick run!  Very small snail  Aww... Isn't he cute? Expect more pics when my other snails arrive. |
|
|
|
Post by natrat84 on Jul 1, 2005 12:44:27 GMT
Aww fab pics and very cute snails Loofa ;D
|
|
|
|
Post by thegreatloofa on Jul 2, 2005 10:50:10 GMT
These are of my A.Iredalei that arrived this morning, he's only a baby and he still dwarfs the fulica!  Argh! Paparazzi!  What a muck-tub.  Three times the size of the fulica! This snail did not want to stay put for a photo, these were the best of a bad bunch. He still is a lovely snail though  |
|
|
|
Post by thegreatloofa on Jul 6, 2005 13:09:08 GMT
These are of my L.Panthera that arrived this morning  The crew  One tries to escape  Ooo! 149cm!  This one is the biggest of them  Aerial shot They all have chipped (not chapped ;D) lips. I think this happened in transit. I also have two tigers that I got from Paul yesterday but I can't find them to take pictures of them  . |
|
Kevin
Archachatina dimidiata
Posts: 2,227
|
Post by Kevin on Jul 6, 2005 13:15:12 GMT
Great pics, the L.Panthera I like a lot
|
|
|
|
Post by natrat84 on Jul 6, 2005 13:25:00 GMT
Awwwwww cute I was thinking of getting some of those, wish I had now  But I've too many as it is lol. Great pics ;D |
|
|
|
Post by natrat84 on Jul 6, 2005 13:26:04 GMT
Oh, and you will HAVE to find the tigers anyway to make them eat, they have to be woken daily to eat ;D So pics pleaseeeeee ;D
|
|
|
|
Post by thegreatloofa on Jul 6, 2005 13:28:22 GMT
I know they have eaten, I just can't find them right now without digging all the substrate up . |
|
|
|
Post by natrat84 on Jul 6, 2005 13:29:15 GMT
Hehehe they are good at that ;D
|
|
|
|
Post by thegreatloofa on Jul 6, 2005 13:31:07 GMT
Tell me about it! ;D
I can't wait 'till their bigger so they're easyer to find.
|
|
|
|
Post by natrat84 on Jul 6, 2005 13:33:01 GMT
Haha you got a long wait yet with these little guys ;D
|
|
|
|
Post by thegreatloofa on Jul 6, 2005 13:35:57 GMT
I know, 6 months at least  By which time it'll be hard not to spot them! |
|
|
|
Post by natrat84 on Jul 6, 2005 13:37:11 GMT
How are your other new babies doing? Fulica and iredalei wasn't it? ;D
|
|
|
|
Post by thegreatloofa on Jul 6, 2005 13:48:27 GMT
Yep, they are fine. The iredalei is lazy and loves to sleep in the plant pot but I get him up to eat at least once a day (he is easy to find at least!). The fulica are both very active and have started putting down new shell growth since I got them. One of them likes going on the roof of the tub ;D. The fulica are still by far the smallest of my snails so far and are strangely easier to find than the tigers  |
|
|
|
Post by thegreatloofa on Jul 6, 2005 13:52:22 GMT
Ha ha!  One of my panthera has dug up a fulica whilst burying itself! ;D ;D ;D |
|
|
|
Post by natrat84 on Jul 6, 2005 14:59:14 GMT
Aw pmsl ;D
|
|
Evelyn
Achatina immaculata
I love Arch.marginata <3
Posts: 208
|
Post by Evelyn on Jul 7, 2005 14:51:27 GMT
The pantheras are great, but do you sure that these panthera and not immaculata?
|
|
|
|
Post by Paul on Jul 7, 2005 16:14:03 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by thegreatloofa on Jul 8, 2005 15:24:44 GMT
About my tigers.
Both *seem* okay. I'm getting them up twice a day (and every other snail in my quest to find them) to eat but they just climb off whatever food I put them on and rebury themselves.
Today though the larger of the two has had a mouthful of soggy cat biscuit but the smaller one just sat there for a while and then buried itself. The bigger one has been zooming around since this mouthful so I'm not too worried about him, its the smaller one I am worried about.
Any suggestions?
Before you suggest porrige/oatmeal we ran out this morning before I could try it. Thats why I gave them cat biscuits instead
|
|
|
|
Post by thegreatloofa on Jul 17, 2005 15:52:02 GMT
Well I'm sorry to say that the smaller tiger has died.  I found him this morning buried and half out of his shell. There wasn't any doubt that he was dead. Actually I'm surprised he lasted as long as he did as I've only seen him eat once. Poor thing... The other (now larger) tiger is doing fine and is eating, although not as much as the others but I think it's said somewhere that this is pretty normal for tigers so I'm not worried about him. On a lighter note, two of my Pantheras have been named, the largest one is called Fluffy and another that I probably wont be able to tell apart later on is called Tinkerbell. Blame these names on my sister. |
|
|
|
Post by thegreatloofa on Jul 21, 2005 12:42:11 GMT
Finally, here are pictures of my remaining A.Achatina. He is very shy and retiring.  Comparison with a 5amp fuse    You can see his line easily here  You may notice he has a line on his shell. I don't know how it got there, I don't think it was there when I got him so its origin is unknown. It follows the shape of the shell so it may be natural but I doubt it. |
|
|
|
Post by natrat84 on Jul 21, 2005 13:15:54 GMT
Awwww bless. He's gorgeous Loofa ;D Just like mine!!!
|
|
|
|
Post by thegreatloofa on Jul 25, 2005 8:42:26 GMT
Fulica update! One has developed some lovely red stripes so I thought I'd show you all. I tried a lower resolution for the pics to see if the thumbnails would be any clearer, they weren't, so I'm putting the pics on directly again.     They're a bit blurred 'cause of the lower resolution. This snail is called Cuddles and he is the smaller of my two fulica, larger than my tiger as well for that matter! |
|
|
|
Post by thegreatloofa on Jul 30, 2005 17:44:29 GMT
I got 5 Achatina Smithii from Fredrik this week (thanks, they're great!) which I'll be posting pictures of any day now. Just thought I'd let you all know!
|
|
Kevin
Archachatina dimidiata
Posts: 2,227
|
Post by Kevin on Jul 30, 2005 18:05:52 GMT
I got 5 Achatina Smithii from Fredrik this week (thanks, they're great!) which I'll be posting pictures of any day now. Just thought I'd let you all know! I also got Achatina Smithii from Fredrik, 4 of them, mine are doing great, they spend a lot of time moving across the lid of theyre housing, and are all active most of the time |
|
Muching on cucumber
Huh? Camera?
Quick run!
Very small snail
Aww... Isn't he cute?
.
But I've too many as it is lol. Great pics ;D
I found him this morning buried and half out of his shell. There wasn't any doubt that he was dead. Actually I'm surprised he lasted as long as he did as I've only seen him eat once. Poor thing...