Re: Trap Door Snails

[gary l meyers <garymeyers at juno_com>]

The cucumber slices float --  but somehow the snail will attach to it and
sink it to the bottom and devour it (all but the rind).  The snail
droppings produce tons of infusoria (the snails are sometimes called
infusoria snails) which tiny fry can chase after and eat.  

My trapdoor snails are readily recognized by the trap door .  

On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 14:04:16 -0600 "William Ruyle" <forest at copper_net>
writes:
> Frank,
> The ones I kept in Maine were the dark brown or black variety. Going 
> to be
> looking for the gold ones Gary mentioned. They can grow to roughly 
> the size
> of a golf ball and the shell is a fat and short spiral and 
> underneath
> is a circular trapdoor that will be absolutely shut tight in their 
> dormant
> period, but slightly ajar as I mentioned before, if they are dead. 
> The body
> color (when they are out in "full sail" cruising the glass) is dark 
> gray or
> brown for the variety I kept. If you have hard water (which I didn't 
> in
> Maine) they should be easy to keep. I'm going to be trying Gary's 
> idea of
> the cucumber slices.
> HTH,
> Bill
> forest at copper_net
> 
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> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 1:32 PM
> Subject: Re: Trap Door Snails
> 
> 
> > How do I know if the snails ARE trap door snails?  Will they be 
> marked as
> > such?  What do they look like that distinguishes them from other 
> species?
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> > Frank Carriglitto
> > ChiKA, WAKO, AKA #08234
> >
> > > Subject: Re: Trap Door Snails
> > >
> > > Sandy --  Most of the Walmarts in St. Louis area have the black 
> and the
> > > golden trap door snails.  About $1.00 each.  If you buy any -- 
> make sure
> > > the clerk gets the ones that are up on the glass.  Usually the 
> ones
> lying
> > > on the bottom are dead.  Walmart starves them.
> > >
> > > Feed the snails very thin cucumber slices as soon as you get 
> them home
> > > and I suggest you quarantine them for a while.   I personnally 
> don't
> > > think ramshorn are as good for infusoria . Good luck !
> > >
> >
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