I've had to collect my own snails, but you might be able to find an escargot supplier in your area that may have juvenile snails that will do. They will eat Zoomed's Can O' snails, but the shell is missing, so you'd still need to supplement. You only need a couple snails per month to make a big difference. If using oral supplements, administer several drops of Ca/D3 mixed with water until it has the consistency of milk (Miner-All will work) once every week or two.
You don't need to handle them to give supplements, just use an eyedropper and some patience. Eventually they will get used to it and lick droplets off the end of their snout. Generally it's only the females that require this. I hand feed them with blunt forceps when using large insects that can burrow (large roaches, superworms). Gentle handling while moving for cleaning should not cause any harm. If there in my way, I just gently pick them up and move to another part of the cage. Once they settle in, they can be quite calm, but I don't recommend unnecessary handling. Best of luck Neil >Am trying to find a supply for snails for my henkeli since it is either >that or hand administer supplements. >How often do they (she) need to be supplemented? How tame can they get? >Enough that handling for supplements won't completely stress her out? Can >they become used to people enough not to stress when I'm cleaning the tank? > What about enough to take food from one's hand? > >Where DO I get snails? >What about moths? I've seen how much they like moths, is there a way to >get large moths for them? (i.e., get the catipillars, so I could breed >them?) I was thinking that with their powdery wings, you could probably get >a fair amount of calcium supplement on a fair-sized moth. > >########################################################################### > THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION LISTSERV > WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents of these postings. >########################################################################### -- Neil Meister Semaphor Design Company Inc. 6450 Young St. Suite 4, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3L 2A3 Phone: (902) 455-0133 Fax: (902) 455-0212 http://www.semaphor.ca
