The seals and dogs in the house are already yesterday. Today, domestic snails are becoming household pets . Akhatins - and we are talking about them - perfectly feel themselves in urban apartments under the supervision of their loving owners who bathe them in warm running water, polish their huge cone-shaped shells up to 30 cm and treat them with different delicacies. Experienced owners know what to feed the snail of Akhatin, and what is better not to treat it.
What do we eat in the natural environment?
These mollusks, living in moist rainforests, feed on rotten plants. They do not shy away from meat. However, in captivity, the question of how to feed a snail to ahaatinu should not be addressed one-sidedly. The fact is that the ahatine , having got used to one food in infancy, then refuses to eat anything else. So the menu of ahaatin is better to diversify - to itself it will be cheaper.
Toddler babies
Toddlers-Akhatins are very good appetite and they burst everything, though not from the first day of life. The better to feed small snails of ahaatin, each owner decides for himself. But at once it's better not to give them rough food and even larger portions. They slowly need to be taught to carrots and apples, rubbing them on a small grater. Soft food for babies, one-day, for example, a banana or strawberries, you need to give a limited amount. Case, however, not in gluttony: akhatin know the measure and more than required, not eat. There is another danger: having got into too big a fruit, they can not always get out of it.
Winter diet ahatin
Winter for ahaatin, which live all year round indoors, does not differ from summer. Therefore, there is virtually no problem what to feed the snail to Akhatin in winter. Many snails enjoy cucumber lovingly. In winter, they can be replaced with pieces of mango or the same apple.
How often to feed?
Snails are not humans or dogs. It is enough to feed them once a day, and then if they do not sleep. You need to give food in the evening, as in the daytime they usually rest. How to feed your snail ahaatinu, everyone decides for himself. Treat them to cabbage (it can be slightly cooked), let's head out from apples - they will destroy them in one moment. But do not forget about the replenishment of calcium reserves - it needs "ulam" for the shell. Remained a handful of porridge or appeared green on the street - treat the ahatinov. They will thank you!