Post by evonne on Nov 24, 2010 9:48:19 GMT
Enclosure
I had 5 adults in an enclosure measuring 8x12x5 (HxLxD)
The substrate consisted of a 80/20% coir/moss mix and was 3-4" deep.
I kept them fairly moist with an ambient humidity of about 70%. Temperature wise, they were kept between 24-26*C during the day and 21-23*C over night.
They also had cork bark and plastic flower pots for decoration and hides.
Food
For food, they pretty much didn't turn their noses up at anything and out of all the species Ive had their apetite as up there with fulica. I kept a shallow water dish in their enclosure for hydration. I started off by offering them cuttle fish which they were reluctant to take but they readily accepted calcium powder, they always had a cuttle fish in their but just preferred the powder.
Breeding
Breeding them was fairly easy too, just keep them fairly moist and a touch on the warmer side and they will breed, I never actually saw mine mate so I dont know how long it is from mating to laying but I found plenty of clutches.
Mine always laid right on the bottom of the substrate or against the side of the enclosure which made it handy for spotting them.
The clutches were in the region of 10-60 eggs but generally around the 40 mark, eggs are bright white and 2mm big.
The eggs take about 14 days from laying to hatching when kept at above conditions.
I personally collect up eggs and keep them seperate (but in same conditions) so as not to be crushed by the adults (they adults may not be big but they could still crush a hatchling).
Keeping hatchling is simple, same as adults just add smaller bits off food, and cuttle.
They aren't the longest living snails around and only reach 3 years old, they sexually mature at about 9 months old and hatchlings begin to colour up at around 10 days old.
A couple of the aadults I had...
Some of our 2010 hatchlings...
Stiped...
White...
I had 5 adults in an enclosure measuring 8x12x5 (HxLxD)
The substrate consisted of a 80/20% coir/moss mix and was 3-4" deep.
I kept them fairly moist with an ambient humidity of about 70%. Temperature wise, they were kept between 24-26*C during the day and 21-23*C over night.
They also had cork bark and plastic flower pots for decoration and hides.
Food
For food, they pretty much didn't turn their noses up at anything and out of all the species Ive had their apetite as up there with fulica. I kept a shallow water dish in their enclosure for hydration. I started off by offering them cuttle fish which they were reluctant to take but they readily accepted calcium powder, they always had a cuttle fish in their but just preferred the powder.
Breeding
Breeding them was fairly easy too, just keep them fairly moist and a touch on the warmer side and they will breed, I never actually saw mine mate so I dont know how long it is from mating to laying but I found plenty of clutches.
Mine always laid right on the bottom of the substrate or against the side of the enclosure which made it handy for spotting them.
The clutches were in the region of 10-60 eggs but generally around the 40 mark, eggs are bright white and 2mm big.
The eggs take about 14 days from laying to hatching when kept at above conditions.
I personally collect up eggs and keep them seperate (but in same conditions) so as not to be crushed by the adults (they adults may not be big but they could still crush a hatchling).
Keeping hatchling is simple, same as adults just add smaller bits off food, and cuttle.
They aren't the longest living snails around and only reach 3 years old, they sexually mature at about 9 months old and hatchlings begin to colour up at around 10 days old.
A couple of the aadults I had...
Some of our 2010 hatchlings...
Stiped...
White...
