Yes - sometimes I put some calcium powder for them too!


Marcus

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De: Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Em nome de Allen Aigen
Enviada em: quinta-feira, 21 de dezembro de 2006 16:33
Para: [log in to unmask]
Assunto: Re: Shell repair

Marcus,
A Christmas gift for your "pets": get some egg shells and sprinkle them around your garden.


Allen Aigen
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-- Marcus Coltro <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
One of our "pets",  a Megalobulimus, fell from the wall and made a huge hole on its back. It did not
reach any vital part of the shell, just the last whorl.

Anyway, it happened last weekend on Saturday and today I saw it crawling on the garden. I could not
believe how fast it is healing the damage! I thought it would take weeks or even months since the
hole was big and it probably does not have calcium enough to eat here.

The red line is the original hole
http://www.wonderphotos.com/shellphotos/brokenmega.jpg

If he works that fast he will probably finish the repair by next week!

Marcus

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