Dear Thomas,
 
My friend Gerhard Falkner from Germany has raised terrestrial snails
too and he use lime stones too which he rubed together. As I don't
know if he has internet I can give you his home-adress, as he is
a real specialist in raising snails.
 
Gerhard Falkner
Raiffeisenstrasse 5
D-85457 Hörlkofen
phone and fax: 0049 / 81 22 / 937 80
 
He is able to give you more information. He rubed the limestones
together and put it on their food.
 
with my best regards
 
yours Helmut
 
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homepage: www.netwing.at/nisters/
 
 
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> I have raised terrestrial snails for some years, but have never solved the
> calcium problem, i.e., what do you give them for a calcium source. I have
> supplied them with limestone (which I assumed was their natural source), but
> that doesn't seem to work. They inevitably eat each others shells. Perhaps
> some of our escargot-raising membership can suggest something. Cuttlefish
> bone?
>