Re: Trap Door Snails

["William Ruyle" <forest at copper_net>]

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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From: <YoHoHo at aol_com>
To: <KillieTalk at aka_org>
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
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> > Subject: Re: Trap Door Snails
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> > 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.
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> > 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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