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Post by pumpkineater on Nov 2, 2007 19:51:26 GMT
I was cleaning out my lignus tank today and found one dead. It looked outwardly healthy, but was quite large, so might have died of old age, or perhaps it was the stress of travelling from the Ivory Coast, or worse, a horrible snail disease..... I washed out the tank with boiling hot water, and bathed all the remaining ones. I have put them in a very bare tank, just food and moisture in there at the moment, all the better for observation and hopefully they will not have caught anything.  |
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Post by Tigs on Nov 2, 2007 20:05:25 GMT
Sounds like your doing all the right things.
Touch wood eh
Tigs
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Post by spook on Nov 2, 2007 20:09:52 GMT
Awww really sorry, as Tigs said ,it sounds like you're doing all the right things...let s hope the rest of them are ok!?  |
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Post by Val on Nov 2, 2007 21:57:44 GMT
I would say it is definitely down to the stress of travelling the distance!!
Val
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Post by pumpkineater on Nov 2, 2007 22:29:39 GMT
Makes me feel guilty for buying them now.  |
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Post by Vida on Nov 2, 2007 22:45:36 GMT
Oh, so sorry. |
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Post by AlienSnail on Nov 2, 2007 22:57:31 GMT
Aw no that's a shame.. :(xx
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Post by Kevin on Nov 2, 2007 23:18:21 GMT
Thats a shame that one died, they are very difficult Snails to keep, I only know of a few people thats managed to keep them for any length of time, the conditions they are sent from the Ivory Coast obviously didnt help either, i believe that Snails are able to cope being sent across continents ok, as lots of species arrive fine from Africa if they are sent ok, and even from other parts of Europe in the same period (3-5 days) but the conditions the seller from the Ivory Coast sends them in doesnt help at all |
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Post by purplelynn on Nov 3, 2007 7:20:52 GMT
Aw - hope the rest are ok!
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Post by spook on Nov 3, 2007 8:07:39 GMT
Makes me feel guilty for buying them now. Awww don't feel bad hun,it's not your fault!!..lets keep our fingers crossed for the rest of em..... |
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Post by AlienSnail on Nov 3, 2007 16:42:37 GMT
Aw no. I hope the rest are ok....... Good luck hun xx |
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Post by Val on Nov 3, 2007 22:00:01 GMT
Makes me feel guilty for buying them now. I have bought some as well. If we hadn't bought them, someone else would have, so they would still be sent.!!  |
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Post by AlienSnail on Nov 3, 2007 22:09:03 GMT
Makes me feel guilty for buying them now. I have bought some as well. If we hadn't bought them, someone else would have, so they would still be sent.!! That's a very good point Val  |
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