diana
Achatina fulica
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Post by diana on Oct 22, 2008 11:13:58 GMT
I have 52 sweet little baby fulicas! They are living happily in a couple of Tesco's plastic doughnut boxes! My question is regarding calcium - at what point can you put in a cuttlefish, as I assume they will need to start building their shells. I have been sprinkling a little calcium powder around their boxes, but I prefer to use a cuttlefish. They hatched 3 weeks ago & are growing really fast! Such little cuties!
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Dusk
Achatina tincta
In ur viv stealin ur snailets
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Post by Dusk on Oct 22, 2008 14:42:02 GMT
Is there any reason they can't have cuttlefish from day one? (Geniune question - wouldn't've occured to me not to put one in automatically  ) |
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diana
Achatina fulica
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Post by diana on Oct 22, 2008 16:02:10 GMT
::)Um, probably no reason really, but I didnt know if they would be able to rasp on it as they are so teeny. Ill put a small lump in & see if they go for it! Thanks.
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Dusk
Achatina tincta
In ur viv stealin ur snailets
Posts: 665
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Post by Dusk on Oct 22, 2008 20:15:15 GMT
I've seen my wee ones have a good shot at it, and they can probably get some from just sitting on it. It's pretty soft, even baby snailteeth can probably manage....
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coyote
Archachatina papyracea
Cochleas ego amo
Posts: 2,955
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Post by coyote on Oct 22, 2008 22:18:18 GMT
My garlic snails (shell diameter 5 to 7 mm) have rasped all the way through small pieces of cuttle. I think cuttle for baby fulicas would be fine.
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diana
Achatina fulica
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Post by diana on Oct 23, 2008 12:38:13 GMT
:)Put in some cuttlefish last night - this morning you couldnt see if for baby snails! Successful I think! Thanks for your help. x
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coyote
Archachatina papyracea
Cochleas ego amo
Posts: 2,955
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Post by coyote on Oct 24, 2008 2:56:50 GMT
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