Sally
Achatina achatina
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Post by Sally on Mar 9, 2006 16:56:11 GMT
I wanted to start to use the liquid calcium when i get my baby Tigers but not sure how to do it when they will be kept on capillary matting.
What i mean is when using capillary matting to create a humid environment you don't need to spray as much so in that case would you spray the food?
My fulica like to be sprayed directly with warm water so would this be o.k to do when using the liquid calcium?
How exactly does it get absorbed by the snails? Do they have to injest it or does it get absorbed through the skin?
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Post by sezzy5889 on Mar 9, 2006 16:58:58 GMT
it can be absorbed voth ways, all my snails are on capillary matting and i just spray them like usual, once or twice a day whatevers in the way gets sprayed too, food or snails but their water bowls are filled with normal water :-)
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LisaLQ
Archachatina papyracea
Old friend (emphasis on the "old")
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Post by LisaLQ on Mar 9, 2006 18:59:46 GMT
Yeah, you just use it as you would your normal spray  |
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Post by section8angel on Mar 9, 2006 19:08:41 GMT
Yep. I spray all over when I do mine too, snails, food, decor everything gets sprayed. I also fill their water bowls up with it because it's the main water source I have for the snails. I do sometimes have a bottle full of tap water for the bowls but most the time I just use the same water I spray them with lol
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Post by sezzy5889 on Mar 9, 2006 19:25:55 GMT
and you only put 1-2 drops of calcium to a bottle, no more however tempting it is  |
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LisaLQ
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Post by LisaLQ on Mar 9, 2006 19:32:25 GMT
...or you'll end up with Cooper, the biggest fulica in the west...well...Keighley...
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Post by section8angel on Mar 9, 2006 19:36:49 GMT
Hahaha. It's nothing to do with how tempting it is, it's to do with how quickly they come outta the bloomin bottle!!
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Post by sezzy5889 on Mar 9, 2006 19:40:54 GMT
well just think what it would be like without the drippy thing, eek!
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Post by section8angel on Mar 9, 2006 19:45:02 GMT
Argh REALLY giant snails!! Lol
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Post by sezzy5889 on Mar 9, 2006 19:47:42 GMT
more like dead snails :-( i'm guessing it could be fatal in large quantities hense not being able to use large quantities...
i'm not takng that seriously btw if you think i am, lol
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Post by section8angel on Mar 9, 2006 19:56:23 GMT
Lol I wasn't don't worry. I've sent Daz a pm to check as more than 2 drops went into one of my bottles today  I think I need to swap it into something else lol Could it be that bad though when they have constant access to the calcium from cuttlefish? Btw I know p**s all about this stuff so I'm not being ignorant or anything, just dumb lol. |
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I think I need to swap it into something else lol