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Post by sonicsnail on Feb 20, 2006 16:53:15 GMT
Nooooooo, one of my fulica has laid eggs. Oh great, this is the last thing I need...  This is the first batch of eggs that this snail has produced. Does that mean they will be infertile? Some of the eggs are very small while others are of normal size. Oh, what am I going to do? I cracked 3 open and there was nothing in there. There are about 100 eggs and I think I will have to freeze them. How long should I freeze them for?  Thanks, Sonic |
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Post by sonicsnail on Feb 20, 2006 17:04:23 GMT
Anyone???
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Leah
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Post by Leah on Feb 20, 2006 17:08:54 GMT
A day or two should do it. I wouldn't keep many no-one wants them anymore sadly.
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Post by sonicsnail on Feb 20, 2006 17:10:24 GMT
They must have been laid on Saturday night, I discovered them Sunday night. It would still be ok to freeze them now, or lets say tomorrow?
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Post by sezzy5889 on Feb 20, 2006 17:11:47 GMT
yes, but i would freeze them as soon as possible, they can hatch over night
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Post by sonicsnail on Feb 20, 2006 17:13:06 GMT
Just that I have to use someone elses freezer lol. So I can't get them there until tomorrow.
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Post by sezzy5889 on Feb 20, 2006 17:14:45 GMT
you could alway put them outside over night to slow the process down i suppose
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Post by sonicsnail on Feb 20, 2006 17:25:41 GMT
Yes, I could do that. Good idea.  |
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Post by sonicsnail on Feb 21, 2006 18:13:20 GMT
Nope, none have hatched. Freezer time for them. It's kind of sad, but no one wants fulica anymore. So if I hatched the eggs, then I could be stuck with about 100 babies. I would never be able to sell all them, even some pet shops don't take fulica. To be honest, I wouldn't want to sell snails to some pet shops, knowing the way they keep them, terrible.
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Post by maidmarion on Feb 21, 2006 18:50:03 GMT
yeh, any fates better than that, its like youve gota be cruel to be kind.
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Post by sezzy5889 on Feb 21, 2006 18:51:54 GMT
i know it's especially hard when it's your first batch, but i'm pretty grateful my first batch of fulica eggs i tried to hatch were infertile, don't know what i would have done if they had hatched, probably slap myself, lol
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Post by sonicsnail on Feb 21, 2006 18:56:34 GMT
Ha! Lol, these aren't my first batch of eggs. I have kept snails for years. However, they are the first batch for this snail though.
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Post by sezzy5889 on Feb 21, 2006 18:57:03 GMT
ahhh right
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This is the first batch of eggs that this snail has produced. Does that mean they will be infertile? Some of the eggs are very small while others are of normal size. Oh, what am I going to do? I cracked 3 open and there was nothing in there. There are about 100 eggs and I think I will have to freeze them. How long should I freeze them for? 
