nimue
Achatina fulica
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Post by nimue on Jul 16, 2006 17:37:09 GMT
Hi folks, I need your advice. I have got two 4-5 cm big fulica rodatzii. So far they are rapidly growing and they are eating very well. However, recently I discovered that both developed thin splits (fissures? cracks?) in their shells. The shells are actually not damaged, the growth-line is regular enough... But what does that mean?  Greetings, Nimue |
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Post by section8angel on Jul 16, 2006 17:57:52 GMT
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Sally
Achatina achatina
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Post by Sally on Jul 16, 2006 18:15:51 GMT
I did'nt realise you could overfeed snails - wow, thats really interesting!
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nimue
Achatina fulica
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Post by nimue on Jul 16, 2006 23:01:10 GMT
Hi! Yes Sian, it looks very much like these splits on the picture... So I do overfeed them???  Really? That is scary because I thought they eat well but they don´t overdo it. Meaning there are always leftovers I throw into the bin next morning. Plus I thought other peoples snails eat a larger variety of food.... Mine are rather stuck on salad and cucumber. Everything else, even banana or other fruit, is regarded suspiciously. Hm, what shall I do now?? Greetings, Nimue |
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Post by section8angel on Jul 16, 2006 23:39:56 GMT
Well I don't know anything about things like protein etc, but maybe something they eat a lot of is high in it and that's causing the problems like with the snail in the link?
Or it could be nothing to do with the food and they're just growing too fast?
Mine eat salad stuff, fruit, frenzied hemp, chicken mash, snail mix and flowers that I've grown for them. The hemp, mash and snail mix are only fed once a week though.
I usually feed them every other day, sometimes I leave 2 days in between, otherwise they waste so much even if I cut down the amount. If they're in a greedy mood though and eat everything in one night, I will feed them again the next.
I think a lot of people feed them everyday though.
Have you tried feeding them the fruit more often than the salad? Mine wouldn't eat fruit to start with but I kept putting it in instead of salad or with only a tiny bit of salad and they soon started eating it.
Hopefully someone else can help more.
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Post by Paul on Jul 17, 2006 11:10:18 GMT
That page doesn't say the splits were caused by overfeeding, but rather that it may be a factor because we can't think of anything else that could be to blame, particularly because there was a normal control group.
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nimue
Achatina fulica
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Post by nimue on Jul 18, 2006 10:22:31 GMT
Hi again!
Well, I tried to feed them several fruit mixed with sepia. That is ok if I use peach. However other fruit are bluntly refused.
I tried to find a German translation for Chicken mash .... however, I was not successful. Could you describe this, please?
Do you folks have any idea how fast fulica rodatzii or immaculata are supposed to grow when young?
Or it is not a food problem at all ... could it be the substrate?
Greetings,
Birgit
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gabi
Achatina tincta
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Post by gabi on Jul 18, 2006 10:48:59 GMT
Hühnerfutter, Birgit.  Es dürfte das Aufzuchtfutter bzw Mastfutter für Hühner sein. LG, Gabi |
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Really? That is scary because I thought they eat well but they don´t overdo it. Meaning there are always leftovers I throw into the bin next morning. Plus I thought other peoples snails eat a larger variety of food.... Mine are rather stuck on salad and cucumber. Everything else, even banana or other fruit, is regarded suspiciously. 
Es dürfte das Aufzuchtfutter bzw Mastfutter für Hühner sein.