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Post by malibubarbie on Dec 4, 2009 19:24:12 GMT
I have a box of baby formula powder in a cabbin - could i use that for the snails  The content shows no salt and its ecological and with no perservatives etc - sounds safe how should i feed it to them if I should at all |
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Post by feebix on Dec 4, 2009 19:37:44 GMT
What are you thinking? Calcium? Ummm..... I wouldn`t myself...
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Post by malibubarbie on Dec 4, 2009 20:57:45 GMT
ive just noticed that some people feed them milk powder, and i was just thinking really  |
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Post by crossless on Dec 4, 2009 21:20:31 GMT
Milk products are not natural to snails, in milk can be lots of fat and powder needs water to expand. it's really messy too and it can harden on snails body and that would not be nice. Now days I save as emergency calsium every egg shell that I use if sometime I run out of calsium I will give egg shells till I get some new cuttlefish. Some people gives to snails some crushed oyster shells I think they are natural too if they would live nearby water. Yeh and some people really feed to snails some un natural things for them I think animals feel better if you don't give them anything that their body can't much process. |
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Post by feebix on Dec 4, 2009 22:50:11 GMT
If you feed them egg shell you can hear them crunching it lol  |
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Post by crossless on Dec 5, 2009 8:42:38 GMT
I have heard that. So weird that snail can make some much noise. Sometimes they even eat really noisily. Fun to watch and listen that. |
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Post by malibubarbie on Dec 5, 2009 10:22:26 GMT
Ill forget that idea then ....and will definately try the eggshell thing |
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Post by feebix on Dec 5, 2009 11:51:55 GMT
I used to keep all my egg shells. I love crab paste on cold toast and it comes in lovely little glass jars, really tiny little things. I just wanted to use one for something really I`m a sucker for nice glass jars and bottles lol I started off peeling the membrane that attaches to the eggs shell, then decided that took too long they probably wouldn`t mind it left on which they didn`t. You could even use a mortar and pestle to grid the egg shell up into a nice powder, that way the membrane just falls off anyway. They certainly use the stuff ! It`s good recycling too I suppose ;D I`m alright for calcium for the next thirty years myself, I ordered some cuttle fish on the internet when I was feeling a bit mashed from my meds lol I thought it was a bit pricey ! lol When it turned up it was nine bin bags full !!  |
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Post by crossless on Dec 5, 2009 16:21:26 GMT
Hahaaa. I use as eggshell crusher one pepper mill which are those heap ones I forced it open with screwdriver, cleaned and filled up with shell crush. Usually just drop egg shells is jar and when it's full I shove them to bottom so they will broke smaller pieces. |
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Post by Alisha on Feb 26, 2010 13:43:36 GMT
How do you feed egg shells to snails?
I have tried, crushed, broken, whole, wet, dry, washed and sprinkled on to food and they still don't show any interest in it at all. Is there something I'm doing wrong?
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Post by crossless on Mar 7, 2010 0:37:12 GMT
I have crushed them, but i noticed problem there. I found poop full of egg shell so it might not digestion in snails body, I'll try to give with better luck some powdered one when i get bored and try crush it with pepper mill with the finest settings. I think it should be smaller powder order to digestion right. |
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Post by crossless on Mar 7, 2010 1:22:07 GMT
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Post by AlienSnail on Mar 7, 2010 9:50:16 GMT
That's good news |
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Post by crossless on Mar 7, 2010 22:09:59 GMT
Now powder has been made and tasted now just have to wait results for while, lol. |
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