Tiger snails now on sale at exotic pets

[amber]

Just thought i would let everyone know that exotic pets uk now has tiger snails in stock again. They are about £23. I have nothing to do with them but signed up to get an auto update once they came into stock. Ive bought two and they should arrive tomorrow by special delivery so will let everyone know what they are like (size and health, etc)...... i may even try to post some more pics

[ade2009]

Sounds cool amber , that is quite pricey but mine just sold on ebay for 36 each so by comparison you had a good deal.

All the best
Ade

[amber]

I know how much yours went for... i stopped bidding at £25ish cos i knew some were on their way to exotic pets (te he he)! Pleased you got that for them though, it shows that someone really wants them and if they are willing to pay that the chances are they are going to a good home!
The tigers did come today are they are BIGGER than any of the fulica i have... very bright and just HUGE! Will measure their shells and take photos later tonight because they ate tons and slumped under the moss after a while so think they have had a testing enough 24 hours without me poking them too much just yet. Really suprised they were so large i thought they would be younger and smaller.... so happy! My Puylaerti and fulica look quite tiny now. I am a dedicated and newly converted puylaerti lover (haven't had them long but such great characters ive totally fallen for them). They my best babies and nothing could replace them but these tigers really are so very cool!

[Rachel]

lol ade, if your tigers have babies i'm gonna kidnap some

[lucyjames]

Me too - but I have just told Ade not to let me have any more snails (he's setting me up with another 3 soon, yay!!!), so I shall have to make sure to be stealthy ;D

[Rachel]

lol, i'll ninja you some

[lucyjames]

Lol ;D

[ade2009]

hehe,
My friend now has fifteen tigers so the odds are there will be babies soon, to be honest now i am quite content breeding retics / albopictas and zanzibaricas when they get here, i will be devoting my snail time to these particular snails.
All the best
Ade ( oh and possible albino margies - providing my oter one gets here soon lol )

[ade2009]

Amber , there is a slot for achatina achatina on my site, if you have problems with the camera again just upload them and i will resize them again for you.

All the best
ADE

[lucyjames]

May 16, 2009 11:02:52 GMT @ade2009 said:

hehe,
My friend now has fifteen tigers so the odds are there will be babies soon, to be honest now i am quite content breeding retics / albopictas and zanzibaricas when they get here, i will be devoting my snail time to these particular snails.
All the best
Ade ( oh and possible albino margies - providing my oter one gets here soon lol )

Don't tell me about ALBINO margies, lol...!!!! It was hard enough decided on only one of your current margies...!!!!!!!!!

[kanin]

I just ordered 3 tigers from 3 different sellers for breeding reasons and paid about 0,75-1,5£ per snail. their all located further up north so I wont be getting them until the end of the month when it gets warmer

[ade2009]

if you can get Achatina Achatina at that price you should sell a few.you could fund some more snail purchases easily ;D

[kanin]

Yeah, I thought of that aswell... was quite tempting but it felt kind of wrong to have the snails sent around that much. Some of the sellers where a bit reluctant in sending to me aswell as they just wanted buyers who could come pick up the snails.

[ade2009]

true, you could get some and feed them up for a few months before moving them to new owners, they would also fetch a better price. one of those i just sold has around a 14cm shell so he is a reasonable size. To be perfectly honest im not huge fan of tigers. Myself and Kevin were talking about Metachina Krausii but no one seems to have them.

[Rachel]

I love tigers, ade, you are a blasphemer! tigers are so cute. and big. and cool. you obviously don't want yours, mabye I should ninja them

[ade2009]

and bbboooorrrrriiinnnggggg , ( says he looking to the left to make sure they havent ditched the sweet potato and done a runner ) i mean lets face it, in captivity most dont grow that big, i know Dusk has a margie bigger than most peoples tigers lol, some do have beautiful shells but they are just so fussy about temp and humidity etc.

[Rachel]

not boring, you have no taste

[ade2009]

lets settle this maturely - tiger snails smell lol

And on the contrary i have lots of taste - its just all bad ;D

[Rachel]

i'd say retics smell, but i love mine so can't. you smell ! *pokes*

[ade2009]

hahah - tiger smell and mine are leaving *pokes* * prods* and laughs insanely.

Have you heard of Trachycystis Gilliana SS?

[Rachel]

ade, dusk says come onto the chat, we want to tell you something

[ade2009]

ok what chat client do i need ??

[Rachel]

icechat

[ade2009]

k two mins

[Dusk]

May 16, 2009 12:31:01 GMT @ade2009 said:

i know Dusk has a margie bigger than most peoples tigers

Yes, but to be fair my biggest tiger is only a cm or two behind and will soon overtake him

They do not smell, they are finely-bred creatures of delicate sensibilities and also extremely well read.