Sell snails Achatina Fulica (giant African snail)

Achatina Fulica, East African Achatina or giant African snail

- terrestrial gastropod mollusk from a subclass of pulmonate snails. Widely common in countries with a tropical climate, a highly invasive species, is pests of agricultural plants, especially sugar cane. In currently further expanding the range of Achatina stopped due strict measures to maintain the quarantine. Was prevented by the outbreak of the invasion snails in the United States. In Europe, including in Russia, where the survival of Achatina in nature impossible, they are often kept as Pets.

Description

Snail reaches a length of 20 cm Shell conical, often curled counterclockwise, while the reverse is quite common. The old Achatina shell has from 7 to 9 turns. Coloration depends on diet of shellfish and other conditions of his life, usually it is observed bands different shades of brown.

Food

Achatina eat foods of plant origin, preferring soft or decaying plant parts. Because to build the shell of the snail requires calcium carbonate, they can eat the soil, scrape "radula" fragments the breed. Food preferences change with age: young individuals (up to 30 mm) prefer live plants, older - dead decaying plant the remains. With increasing age, the number consumed in food plants. Recommended to feed at home cucumbers, zucchini, egg shells and other soft vegetables - you can add chalk (recommended medical). Be sure inclusion in the diet of calcium and animal protein products, such as boiled egg, meat. If you give the banana, then perhaps other foods they might not want, the same can happen with cucumbers. There are cases feeding boiled porridge "of the three cereals". There is a strong preference for plain paper (net - without ink and toner). Use the same salt for Achatina fulik, as and for other molluscs, deadly.