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Post by glittersniffer on May 4, 2010 12:32:08 GMT
OKay so, I'll probably go to london this saturday as my parents are going up.
I hear brixton have a load of un cared for snails. Including tiger snails.
Im going to bring my old snail tank up with me = a carry case.
I saw a google images picture with tehm heaped in a box and being sold for £2.00 each.
I know they're mostly unwell, but i want to try and bring them back and i'll sell them here or where ( Not for profit)
Anyone have any idea how much the tiger snails are?
Thank you
Renamed - CroSSLeSS
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Post by apple on May 5, 2010 19:08:32 GMT
I don´t know how much they are, but I wish you good luck and hopefully you´ll get a nice bunch of them.  |
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Post by aerliss on May 6, 2010 13:36:49 GMT
I stumbled across a chef's article that had a little rant about how Brixton didn't have any snails anymore "and those damn vegetarians" that sort of thing. Apparently they don't have them all year round; bugnation.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=387809#p387809Good luck with the rescue though, if there are some there. |
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Post by glittersniffer on May 10, 2010 9:58:50 GMT
Ah yea, i wonder when exactly they'll be there, If anyone lives near brixton and goes near there would you let me know if you see any snails?
Thank you!
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Post by rosanna123 on May 10, 2010 14:10:17 GMT
if you get them let me no i would love to give some of them a home
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Post by morningcoffee on May 13, 2010 15:45:44 GMT
Brixton market has margie ovums on sale today (13th May). They're in the Brixton Village covered market (NOT Market Row), in one of the "avenues" off the main path through the market. The store is next to a hair salon or wig store, and is called (I think) Ida-Idaban Afro-Caribbean Food Specialists (or something very similar to that). It's a very small store with lots of things outside in crates, boxes etc. The snails are outside the front of the shop in three big plastic baskets. There are a LOT of them. They're £2.50 for smaller snails and £3 for the larger ones. There are signs saying "please do not touch" so don't go poking or grabbing at them. Ask the staff politely if they could give you a bag to buy some snails and they will almost certainly help you pick out some nice big ones. Give the snails a good sniff before you buy them - if they are dead, they will smell awful. Snails that are either visibly moving, or sealed in are probably your best bet to get healthier ones.
The snails are not in good shape, and though the ones that I've brought home are alive, I'm waiting to see if any of them recover and survive. Currently they've had a warm bath and are sitting in a very warm humid tank with some food. I'll have to see how they get on.
The store that I bought margie ovums from last year seems to have closed down now. I've been on two different days and the shutters have been down both times. Hopefully it means one less store selling live snails.
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Post by glittersniffer on Jun 3, 2010 10:40:59 GMT
Thanks a lot morningcoffee Anyone got any idea if there's any tigers about? But ill go see those margies when i finally get osme money for the train. Rosanna: Happily, if i get them and get them moving about again you're welcome to them:) |
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Post by rosanna123 on Jun 3, 2010 14:16:58 GMT
thank you very much do please let me no
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Post by bloodhawk on Jun 11, 2010 8:26:49 GMT
Any news?
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Post by melinda on Jun 15, 2010 2:21:41 GMT
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Post by phantomsnail on Jul 5, 2010 18:41:01 GMT
Brixton covered market has snails today (5th July)....2 boxes of Tigers, most are dead. Managed to save 4 who are now recovering. The sight and smell made me feel sick.
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Post by morningcoffee on Jul 5, 2010 19:28:09 GMT
Tigers?? Are you sure? I was there last week and there were two stores selling margies only.
I'm going to Brixton tomorrow anyway, so I'll check it out while I'm there. Thanks for the info.
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Post by morningcoffee on Jul 6, 2010 13:11:05 GMT
Can confirm that there are indeed tiger snails on sale in Brixton at the moment. There are not many left and some are dead. There's smaller snails at £2.50 and larger ones at £3 each.
The stall is in the Brixton Village covered market on Atlantic Road, it's a shop called Kumasa Market on 3rd Avenue with the snails in a tub just outside the store. If you enter via the Atlantic Road entrance, the store is directly ahead of you about 20 metres in.
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Post by ness on Jul 6, 2010 14:01:52 GMT
It's sad to see any snails on sale there.
I think it's even sadder to see tigers. Not that they deserve special treatment above other snails, but in that they have been reported to be getting harder to find in the wild now due to over-collection. It's a concern that if this carries on populations will suffer unsustainable losses.
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Post by darknessoflulu on May 18, 2011 21:33:21 GMT
Does anyone know if this is still happening?
I am going to London at the end of the month and would very much like to bring some back with me.
What is the best days to go?
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Post by mayhemaddict on May 31, 2011 19:29:11 GMT
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Post by jessicamartin on Jul 6, 2011 21:17:59 GMT
When's the market open?
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Post by phantomsnail on Jul 28, 2011 14:44:32 GMT
Hi everyone! I went to Brixton market on tuesday 26 July 2011 and found a stall selling adult margies for between 3 and 4 pounds...poor things are in a terrible state and between myself and my friend we came back with 14! The stall is inside in the village and the washing baskets with snails in are just outside one of the african food stalls - look carefully, we nearly walked straight past them. Good luck to anyone going down there, let's hope the 10 I now have make it |
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Post by coyote on Jul 29, 2011 21:33:09 GMT
Congrats on rescuing them, and I hope they recover and do well. |
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Post by t1zzzy on Aug 13, 2011 6:02:50 GMT
glad you are able to rescue the poor snails We got ours from a freecycler! my daughter loves them have 4 in an 82 litre plastic container with holes in the lid...plently of peat and veg & came with a cuttle fish bone!no idea what kind they are but are mostly brown!
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Post by t1zzzy on Aug 13, 2011 8:20:26 GMT
Wow they are selling those rescued snails for alot of money!!!  Is this the normal price? |
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Post by SnailsPace on Aug 13, 2011 10:03:00 GMT
3-4 pounds do you mean?
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Post by t1zzzy on Aug 13, 2011 13:58:31 GMT
£17.00!!
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Post by t1zzzy on Aug 13, 2011 13:59:14 GMT
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Post by copigeon on Aug 13, 2011 14:26:11 GMT
Those appear to be captive bred Tizzzy, not found in a basket in a food market, so the price will reflect that.
Achatina achatina take a while to get to that size.
I'd have to say thats cheap for 12 months worth of effort.
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Is this the normal price?