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Post by pinkunicorn on Apr 20, 2012 22:37:09 GMT
So my itty bitties have grown up to bigger bitties and got their teenage slug hormones whirring like crazy. I've found some ten egg caches so far, from about 70 slugs. Which is great! But one bitty has a problem: his peen is hanging out all the time, it seems he's unable to pull it back in. It's been like this for a few days now, though I really started paying attention yesterday when I saw clearly that no mating was happening. Poor bitty seems able to sleep, as he can pull his head under the mantle somewhat, but I worry it's maybe painful. I'm not sure of eating status, I will offer some favourite food tomorrow and see how he reacts. He is able to move the peen in what appears normal for this species. Has anyone seen this happen and what could be done about it, if anything? (I feel like I'm a mother sending a letter on behalf of her son to a teen magazine's doctor's column...  ) |
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Post by oscar101 on Apr 21, 2012 2:15:56 GMT
So my itty bitties have grown up to bigger bitties and got their teenage slug hormones whirring like crazy. I've found some ten egg caches so far, from about 70 slugs. Which is great! But one bitty has a problem: his peen is hanging out all the time, it seems he's unable to pull it back in. It's been like this for a few days now, though I really started paying attention yesterday when I saw clearly that no mating was happening. Poor bitty seems able to sleep, as he can pull his head under the mantle somewhat, but I worry it's maybe painful. I'm not sure of eating status, I will offer some favourite food tomorrow and see how he reacts. He is able to move the peen in what appears normal for this species. Has anyone seen this happen and what could be done about it, if anything? (I feel like I'm a mother sending a letter on behalf of her son to a teen magazine's doctor's column... ) Theirs not much you can do in this situation, just keep the "genital" damp if you can. this will give the slug optimal chances of making a full recovery. Usualy when situations like yours arise the genitals do eventualy get retracted back thrugh the "genital opening" but if it dosent, usualy the "genital" will dry out in time even if you do try your hardest to keep it damp and then what will happen eventualy it will fall of (like after a babys belly chord has been "snipped and pegged"). If this happens then your slug should be fine all the same, minus the ability to breed. Id be very supprised if it afects its overall health. Sorry for the lack of sciientific names for certain things, but I know this from experience, its not something I have randomly pasted from the net. Hope this helps |
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