Question

[cjohnston]

Does anybody reckon if Giant African Land smail eggs could be fed to fish. I know people breed them to feed their reptiles. Seems a shame to keep disposing of the 200 I get every month.

 

[k.o.d]

Yes they can, and will be very nutritious

 

[wodesorel]

I just want one as a pet.... (Sometimes the USA is no fun.)

 

[cjohnston]

Thanks very much for that.

Yes they can, and will be very nutritious

 

[cjohnston]

Hi, stupid question but will I need to break the shells first and will the left over shells sharp edges be of harm? Just tried and my clown loaches have given up with the shells that are unbroken, but the couple that were, wolfed down in a second.

 

[PaulEbs]

I just want one as a pet.... (Sometimes the USA is no fun.)

You not allowed african land snails in the US then?

 

[cjohnston]

Why is it they are banned from the USA then?

I just want one as a pet.... (Sometimes the USA is no fun.)

 

[k.o.d]

Because in the warmer climates of America if they escape/are freed they will cause massive damage to agriculture because they eat lots

 

[CBTF]

arent adf's illegal in some parts of the states, too?

 

[jkrekord]

its a lot to do with protecting a countrys native animals here in the UK we just look at the grey squirrel disaster introduced over here virtualy wiped out out native red squirrels and have become a pest there a few more less documented cases here in the UK aswell

 

[wodesorel]

Yeah, if caught in possession of a GAL, it's six months in jail AND a 5,000 dollar fine. So I'm not gonna risk it.

I don't know about ADFs, but it is believed that the import of ACFs for pregnancy testing in the past and the aquarium trade are what's killing off local frogs due to the fungal infections these frogs can harbor. I could imagine these frogs might well one day be banned.

Two species of apple snails have become illegal to transport across state lines - canas (the baseball sized yellow striped ones) and marisas (better known as ramshorms). Canas have been decimating swamps and rice crops in the southern USA, and marisas could become as severe of a problem since both species are ravenous live plant eaters. So the USDA put into effect a tansport ban, and may have outlawed the sale in stores of these species. (Really not too sure on sale of them.) Unlike GALS, it will be legal to own these snails, but illegal to transport. You have to apply for permits now in order to ship snails, and if a permit is applied for, they can come and inspect your facilites and take snails as "samples" to make sure you're tranporting only briggs and spixies, and not the banned ones.

What I don't like is the reasons for the banned aquarium snails lists one reason as being (in summary): those in the aquairum hobby have been at risk for having their very expensive set-ups ruined by mis-labled apple snails. Like they're doing us a favour. At least I was able to find one cana and a few marisa before the ban went into full effect, so I can at least tell people in the future that I've had them.