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Post by Borini. on Jul 4, 2016 19:12:44 GMT
Sweet potato tonight. The newborns met blackberries with a 'meh,' but the established snails wolfed them down last night.
I have a sickly degneri in quarantine on a strict sweet potato diet. Not sure what's wrong with him - not retracted, just quite lethargic.
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Post by etana on Jul 4, 2016 20:26:22 GMT
Mine are having sweet potato as well, and some salad greens leftovers.
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Post by eibhlin on Jul 4, 2016 20:48:12 GMT
Mine got some salad, bit of fennel, carrot and chicory. They looooove chicory
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Post by etana on Jul 6, 2016 19:07:49 GMT
Wild dandelion leaves for my snails! I hope they'll be happy.
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Post by eibhlin on Jul 6, 2016 20:17:33 GMT
Mine had carrot, lettuce, cucumber, cherry tomatoes
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Post by Borini. on Jul 6, 2016 20:50:56 GMT
We had a bouquet of flowers that are dying so I thought we'd try one or two of them with the snails - after a thorough washing, they are wolfing it down. Anyone done similar before?
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Post by etana on Jul 16, 2016 4:14:26 GMT
My snails have had courgette and tomatoes lately. They especially enjoyed the tomatoes. I added sweet potato, and they still chose the tomatoes lol.
Interesting idea Borini. I don't recall doing that myself, I would with wildflowers if I were to collect them but the pesticide in sold flowers would scare me. A good thing you washed them well.
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Post by Borini. on Jul 16, 2016 7:56:03 GMT
Yeah, they really did enjoy them. I'm not sure of any nutritional value so it was a one-off. They're all fine ten days later!
Sweet potato and seedless grapes tonight.
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Post by etana on Jul 21, 2016 9:14:15 GMT
Sweet potato again, and tomatoes, peanuts, courgette. I got some new decorations and put them in the fulica tank. The snails are frightened of one of them, lol (I adore them for being so careful though, bless their hearts). So, some of the food is going on top of the scary one, so they will have to think a bit about how to get to it, touch the scary thing, and learn it's ok.
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Post by eibhlin on Jul 23, 2016 16:34:16 GMT
Courgette and cauliflower for all tanks.
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Post by eibhlin on Jul 23, 2016 18:27:11 GMT
I want to feed my snails eggs for proteins. How can i feed them these eggs? Boil them? Can they eat the egg white and yellow?
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Post by etana on Jul 23, 2016 20:54:03 GMT
Ah you can prepare the egg any way you like. I am usually lazy and microwave mine. Just don't add salt or spices. Snails love the yolk and it's good for them too, they can eat the white too but they like it less hehe. Only leave it in for one night, you'll quickly learn why (the smell is, uh, unique).
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Post by eibhlin on Jul 23, 2016 21:07:55 GMT
Ah ok, so i can just boil it and then mash it a bit? I never eat eggs myself so this will sound stupid but i never boiled an egg haha. When they ate their food they have now i'll give them some eggs tomorrow or the day after.
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Post by etana on Jul 23, 2016 21:10:47 GMT
Yeah boil it for 10-15 minutes I guess.
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Post by Borini. on Jul 24, 2016 14:42:08 GMT
I just microwave mine too!
Not been active lately as I'm overwhelmed at work. The snails are all fine, and are enjoying mango today.
My remaining baby reticulata will be moving on from me soon, too. They have been wolfing down everything and anything I've offered. I'm going to keep a few I think. This has been my most successful batch to date.
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