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Post by smileycelerystick on Jul 23, 2008 10:18:11 GMT
i have two margies just over a year old and they are 3 1/2 " long
2 1/2 " wide. should they be bigger. they fit in the palm of my hand. they always have cuttle fish but ive started sprinkling calcuim powder onto some of their food.
thanks
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2008 13:16:38 GMT
That sounds fine. I don't think margies grow as fast as fulica do.
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Post by smileycelerystick on Jul 23, 2008 13:28:39 GMT
yer, my fuli has out grown my margi's. do you know at about what age they reach adult size. they have begun to show signs of sexual maturity, which is good as there ment to have by now. they havent decided to mate yet tho, my margi larten and my fuli brian keeping trying it on with each other with out sucsess. they hardly leave each others sides lol.
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Post by kanin on Aug 1, 2008 22:16:39 GMT
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but whatever...
I've obtained my first Margie 4 days ago and I named him Bellman. Anyway, since he got here he's been eating constantly(and I pretty much mean that literaly). He's young about 6 cm but he eats at least 5 times more than my 2 Iredalei and 6 helix pomatia put together. He hasen't even left the food plate! He's not sick or anything, I think, he has a lot of energy when I handle him but when I put him down in the tank he goes straight to the food, he even sleeps there. In these four days he has grown almost 4 centimeters in shellgrowth and almost one in shell lenght.
Is it normal for margies to grow this rapidly and have such apetite?
could it be harmfull for him to grow this fast? I've never noticed any problems with fastgrowing helixes but as I also keep tortoises, wich are very sensitive to fast growth rates, I get a little concerned.
Should I continue to give him more food when his done or try to limit his food suplies?
Maybe it's just good that he has such an apetite and that he in time will get bored of food and explore his new home.
Sorry if this is hard to understand, I'm not that comfortable with the language.
Anyway, I'd be happy to get some feedback
-Emil.
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kanin
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Post by kanin on Aug 4, 2008 7:14:10 GMT
The problem solved itself, after five days of constant eating he went for some calcium and then started exploring the new tank  |
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Post by snailysnail on Aug 4, 2008 13:35:13 GMT
glad to know hes doing fine =]
anna x
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