contradictory behaviour

[birdie]

hello there!
i bought my baby snails on friday and i put them in the correct temperature for their species (achatina achatina) and they stayed buried and inactive. I measured and the temp was around 30 deegres so i moved them in a tiny terrarium sprayed and with sallad...and there the magic!everyone going around, eating...what is it?is it possible that they are used to the temp they are born in?

[Rachel]

the humidity may have been wrong, or just cos you sprayed them and they had been moved.

[birdie]

Feb 16, 2009 19:33:12 GMT Rachel said:

the humidity may have been wrong, or just cos you sprayed them and they had been moved.

the funny thing is that if i spray them in the terrarium as i do in the little one they don't move anyway or bury theirselves

[Rachel]

weird, mabye they felt small in the big one?

[birdie]

Feb 17, 2009 14:27:43 GMT Rachel said:

weird, mabye they felt small in the big one?

ehehehehh yes really possible. i'm starting to think that maybe they don't like the substrate...i put some cabbage leaves so they can walk and eat on them but they gp around and bury theirselves