Marcus, A Christmas gift for your "pets": get some egg shells and sprinkle them around your garden. Allen Aigen [log in to unmask] -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs To leave this list, click on the following web link: http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1 Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and click leave the list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------