Post by pinkunicorn on Nov 16, 2011 20:28:30 GMT
De-lurking myself with an intro post...
Hi, I'm a 27-year old Finnish expat living in the Netherlands and I recently got back into slimy business. I used to have several fulicas when I was a wee girl (and a bit older wee girl, given how long they live) but then no pets for years. Until this summer, when my partner picked some brown garden snails from the balcony and put them in a little terrarium after my protests to offering them to the birds for dinner (he wasn't very happy they were feeding on his plants).
So we got some pets and I got interested in snails again. We got four of the garden snails, and a little slug of unknown species that apparently came along with a shard of flower pot from the same balcony. They seem to get along just fine, and I don't want to release the little surprise slug back to nature anymore as it's probably too late for it to hibernate properly. I hope it doesn't feel too lonely without other slugs...
Anyway, I plan on expanding the flock with something more exotic at some point (just need to negotiate with the man where to put the extra tanks, haha), and found this forum while refreshing my memory on all things slimy. So, that's it in a nutshell (or snail shell)! I'm looking forward to participating on these forums as other than just a lurker!
Edit: Took a quick snapshot of the two smallest ones that happened to be sleeping on the wall and looking very photogenic with their odd sleeping style (eyestalks out!)
Grr, piccy is not showing up... is there some special way of doing this on this forum, or is my link faulty?
More edit: Got it now! I think...
Hi, I'm a 27-year old Finnish expat living in the Netherlands and I recently got back into slimy business. I used to have several fulicas when I was a wee girl (and a bit older wee girl, given how long they live) but then no pets for years. Until this summer, when my partner picked some brown garden snails from the balcony and put them in a little terrarium after my protests to offering them to the birds for dinner (he wasn't very happy they were feeding on his plants).
So we got some pets and I got interested in snails again. We got four of the garden snails, and a little slug of unknown species that apparently came along with a shard of flower pot from the same balcony. They seem to get along just fine, and I don't want to release the little surprise slug back to nature anymore as it's probably too late for it to hibernate properly. I hope it doesn't feel too lonely without other slugs...
Anyway, I plan on expanding the flock with something more exotic at some point (just need to negotiate with the man where to put the extra tanks, haha), and found this forum while refreshing my memory on all things slimy. So, that's it in a nutshell (or snail shell)! I'm looking forward to participating on these forums as other than just a lurker!
Edit: Took a quick snapshot of the two smallest ones that happened to be sleeping on the wall and looking very photogenic with their odd sleeping style (eyestalks out!)
Grr, piccy is not showing up... is there some special way of doing this on this forum, or is my link faulty?
More edit: Got it now! I think...