Snail Shells

[Oscar]

Originally Posted by AaronG

most dollar stores carry them aswell

I will start at the dollar stores first. Thanks

[Whatigot]

IME, blue leg hermits are preferential to fresh shells.
I have a tonne of shells of all sizes in my tank and they NEVER use them.
You might get lucky though, or maybe I'm unlucky, anyways this has been my experience to date....

[brizzo]

Originally Posted by Whatigot

IME, blue leg hermits are preferential to fresh shells.
I have a tonne of shells of all sizes in my tank and they NEVER use them.
You might get lucky though, or maybe I'm unlucky, anyways this has been my experience to date....

I will agree completely with that!!! Last time I put some nice big shells in, literally, within 20 minutes two hermits got into the new shells!

PS: Oscar, I just pulled about 10 shells out of my tank last week that none of my hermits were interested in. Some may be the right size for yours! Pm me if you want

[Oscar]

Originally Posted by Whatigot

IME, blue leg hermits are preferential to fresh shells.

So does a snail need to be imported as an offering to the hermit?

Nazerine: Were your shells "fresh"?

[brizzo]

Originally Posted by Oscar

So does a snail need to be imported as an offering to the hermit?

Nazerine: Were your shells "fresh"?

Yup, they were very fresh (and completely white/brown). I got them off ebay after hurricane katrina. Some guy collected empty shells that ended up inland. I still have a big box of larger shells.. too big for my hermits

[argan]

if you get them from a craft/dollar store make sure you boil them before you use them. gets rid of any left over crud

[Oscar]

I discovered last night that we had some old shells around the house. I boiled these up and popped them into the tank.

Within just a couple of minutes both hermits were checking them out. Conical shells are of great interest while round shells are given only a cursory once over.

One of the hermits crawled out of his current shell and test drove one of our offerings. It was apparently too large for his liking (also did not have a wide screen TV). So now I know what to look for. This is my first job as a realtor I have discovered that clients can be very fickle.