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Post by rebeccaraff on Sept 5, 2011 15:31:47 GMT
I have 2 GALS and awoke this morning to find babies in the tank- lots of them! I normally clean them out constantly and freeze the eggs however have been caught up in other things this month! i start university soon so don't have lots of time on my hands. do babies take a lot of looking after? What can I do?! I don't know how i would re home them all there is loads. can i freeze babies? Are GALS easy to find homes for? Thanks
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Post by Greta on Sept 5, 2011 16:13:26 GMT
What species are they?
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Post by rebeccaraff on Sept 5, 2011 16:17:07 GMT
Achatina fulica
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coyote
Archachatina papyracea
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Post by coyote on Sept 6, 2011 0:07:17 GMT
Babies don't need any special looking after other than the extra calcium and food they would need as they grow -- and eventually the extra space in the tank. Technically, they could be frozen, but most of us would balk at doing that to babies that have already hatched. It would be more appropriate to find homes for them. You could try asking at a local pet shop if they can take any, or you could start a thread in the Classified section of the board here, offering them to a good home. Fulicas are popular and seem to be one of the easier species to care for, so it shouldn't be too hard to find homes for at least some of them.
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Post by copigeon on Sept 6, 2011 7:03:20 GMT
Chickens love little snails, some fish too. I know there is alot of sentiment around baby things but snails are bred as livefood as much as any other cheap to produce invert. Know anyone with a koi pond?
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Post by Bumblebee on Sept 9, 2011 16:34:34 GMT
I don't like the idea of freezing animals, since I'm convinced that the process goes pretty slow. So that would be first if you could trick them into actually going into hibernation, and then freeze them while they are in deep sleep. Else If you cant rehome them (or sell/give them away as petfood), I'd say, despite how harsh it might sound, crushing them would be more humane and quicker than a freezer.
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