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Snails Anyone?

Postby Tattoo » Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:30 pm

Just to make sure I don't receive a citation for breaking the picture law ...
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Mmmmmm snails :mrgreen:
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Do I have something on my face? :oops:
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Did I drop any? Maybe a morsel ...
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I can still taste it :drool:
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Was that Janet Leigh screaming? :shock:
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Nope. Just my snack repeating. :edward:
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Postby Steve » Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:34 pm

Yum!
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Postby Zach » Sat Oct 06, 2007 11:12 pm

The head is so IJ'ish. Weird!

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Postby Felmarg » Sun Oct 07, 2007 5:18 am

What kind of snail is that? I have been breeding a similar kind of snail I think. Is is aquatic?
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Postby Tattoo » Sun Oct 07, 2007 5:21 am

Felmarg wrote:What kind of snail is that? I have been breeding a similar kind of snail I think. Is is aquatic?


Blue Mystery Snail.
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Postby Felmarg » Sun Oct 07, 2007 5:32 am

Ah, I think I have black mystery snails. They are so easy to breed because they bare live young. I also have pond snails to use as a garnish.
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Postby Tattoo » Sun Oct 07, 2007 5:49 am

Garnish for your plate or your blueys? :shock:

I'm thinkin garnishing a mystery snail with a pond snail would be a bit ... garish? :lol: Sorry I couldn't resist. :twisted:
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Postby Felmarg » Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:08 am

I mean to garnish his meals to make it catch his attention so he will eat it. I usually feed mystery snails as snacks. I acctually havn't tasted them yet. I 'll have to get around to that.
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Postby Tattoo » Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:56 am

:dead: :hurl: is my personal opinion on eating snails. Have had them prepared by a 4 star chef and they taste like garlic and have a weird texture. Besides I wouldn't want to deprive my skink. Let me know how you find them though. I am curious. :wink:
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Postby Steve » Sun Oct 07, 2007 10:51 am

Garlic.. yup, that's how they're usually prepared... lots of garlic.
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Postby Leigh » Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:16 am

They taste so disgusting they have to drown them in garlic :hurl: :dead: X2
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Postby Jenn » Mon Oct 08, 2007 5:50 am

I had such a hard time breeding my apple snails. I finally gave up. I'm thinking maybe my first graders need to learn about snails and trying to do it in the classroom.
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Postby Leigh » Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:08 am

Nice angle there Jenn
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Postby russman » Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:13 am

I wish I could get snails around here.
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Postby megaabel » Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:40 am

I have aquatic snails in my aquarium but I love them and I can't feed them to Watson. I have a whole setup out in my balcony for common garden snails. I keep him easily w/water and fresh collard greens. I collect them from my street in the morning. ;)

I only pick small ones so that WAtson can eat them faster...

HE LOVES THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I have to TRAIN myself to only feed him one every couple of days...

Does anyone feed any bluey Snails daily?

Daily is bad isn't it?



ps... love Tatto's pics. The snail shell is so pretty! HE loved it ! :) He's so cute! :)
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Postby Jenn » Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:33 am

As long as he's not filling up on the snails and is still eating his veggies, snails can be given daily.
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Postby Zach » Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:11 pm

And the more of the shell they eat the better.

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Postby Steve » Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:31 pm

Snails are a good source of calcium even without the shell... of course the shell only helps more...
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Postby Lisa » Mon Oct 08, 2007 5:40 pm

I'd be feeding snails daily if there were any around. It's one of their main food sources in the wild. Pink tongues live almost exclusively on them.
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Postby Steve » Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:15 pm

My pink tongues have snails in their tank 24/7 (chopped escargot snails)

I've been debating aquatic snails, I just feel less comfortable feeding them than I do human grade foods. While I eat fish, I wouldn't eat fish from a small fish tank. I just don't feel it's clean.

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