Iradelei mating

[sezzy5889]

I woke up this morning about 8 o'clock and 2 of my iradelei were mating, now i got in from college at 5.45pm and they are still mating Is this normal for them to be mating for this long?

[Arno]

Yes it is,they just like to take their time lol

[Beth]

Wow so have ours Sarah!!!! Right in the middle of their dinner to!



I was just starting to worry myself lol ;D

[sezzy5889]

omg! Beth all our snails have such similarities, first both our pairs of fulica (from the same batch) got ill, then one of mine and one of yours recovered well near enough at the same time and one of mine and one of yours stayed ill, now our iradelei start mating at the same time, hehe, i wonder if they will finish at the same time too ;D the race is on, now we have to see who gives birth first, LOL, weird if it's on the same day

[Val]

Sarah, are you gonna let them give birth!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Val

[sezzy5889]

well i can't not can i? lol

[sezzy5889]

I just checked

nope they are not still at it, lol, they'll probably have loads of babies if they do, but they are only 4cm, hehe

LITTLE buggers, rofl

[sezzy5889]

Heres mine

[anjieburdett]

Randy little devils!! I only have one Iredelei - Kenny hehe - thank god, I would be worried sick of waking up and finding a tank FULL of ickle cute white babies!! Mike didn't have any trouble shifting his babies to new homes though, so it shouldn't be too bad ;D Let us know what happens!!!! How long do they take to 'lay' the babies??

Anjie,x.

[sezzy5889]

i'm not sure

MIKE?!?! get your butt over here, lol

[Deleted]

oh hello. I'd say they take the same amount of time to lay the babies as other achatina eggs take to hatch (around 2 weeks)

and they're about a million times easier to sell than fulica so don't panic ;D

that reminds me i'd better start breeding mine...

[Val]

Oh Sarah, what will you do with all the bubbas???!!!

Val

[sezzy5889]

I will sell the babies if they are healthy, with both parents being siblings (i think, are thye Mike) then they may be inbred, if they survive to a cm then i will sell them, if i can't sell all of them individually then i will give any left over to an importer on the net

[Deleted]

yes they are siblings

I'm starting to think iredalei do better in a tank on their own. i put all mine together and they looked so happy, they didnt like being with the other big snails i dont think...

for some reason i'm really desperate for iredalei babies....fingers crossed ;D

[Beth]

They're at it again only 8 days since the last time! Look how muddy they get too. They are suspended with very little support....




Cold shower for these two, me thinks

[eric2]

randy buggers lol

dont worry about the little suppost mine seem to always sleep on the roof like that and often the snails pile on eachother

[sezzy5889]

I noticed that when my iradelei were mating on the side of the tank, after a few hours they fell of still mating

[Ruth]

How big do they have to be before they're mature enough to mate?

I've got 2 and don't want to come home to a tank full of bubbas. I thought they were still babies but there nearly as big as the ones in the pic

[Beth]

They took me by surprise to be honest.....my plan was to separate them before they reached mating age! One is 4.5cm and the other is 5.5cm. I'll put them in separate tanks as soon as they stop mating, bit late I know, but hopefully they won't have too many.......

[sezzy5889]

mine are 4 - 4½cm shell length, you will start to notice a little limp on the right side of the head just behind the eyes now and then when they are mature, especialy apears when thye are eating and interacting

[Ruth]

I'll have tio keep my eyes open *she says peering into their tank*, i might have to have a shift around tomorrow, seems kinda sad to seperate then but i definately don't want loads of babies (if only they only had a couple) ;D

cheers

[sezzy5889]

they can have 30 babies in some cases each! and do breed a lot so...