Thanks to all for your detailed responses on Mesodon normalis.

David

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>A few years ago, I was raising several terrestrial gastropods. Two were
>Mesodon thyroides, I forget what the third one was. I used egg shells
>originally then switched to powdered limestone from my garden supplies.
>One of the Mesodon lived for 5 years on the powdered limestone/iceburg
>lettuce/spring greens diet. Both of the Mesodon were juveniles when I
>acquired them and grew into adults.
>
>Regards,
>Charlie
>.................................................
>Charlie Sturm
>Research Associate - Section of Mollusks
>Carnegie Museum of Natural History
>Pittsburgh, PA, USA
>
>Assistant Professor - Family Medicine
>Fellow-American Academy of Family Practice
>Fellow-Academy of Wilderness Medicine
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