Post by inky on Sept 28, 2012 2:55:11 GMT
Hi,
I'm no longer looking after snails as I'm going to get a spider or crickets. But yesterday I pulled a daisy out of the ground accidentally instead of just picking it. I saw something attached to one of the bottom leaves. On closer inspection it was a tiny snail, with tiny TINY snail babies on it as well. It looks a lot like a vineyard snail, but it has an aquatic snail shell, meaning it points outwards instead of let's say, a helix aspersa. Pictures soon.
Basically what it looks like:
This with a really outward shell.
Any suggestions?
PS: I think the snail is dead inside, so I can't tell its flesh colour.
EDIT: It's alive! Don't worry about the carrot, I'm going to move him off of it soon! Basically I gave him up for dead and went to throw the carrot away and found he had attached himself to it!
Edit 2: He came out of his shell to get a better grip at the pet grass I gave him, and in that time I got to see what his body is like. It's a light dull gray, with the tiniest eyes ever! He seems a bit too small for his shell, however, which worries me. I hope it's just because he had nothing to eat in aestivation. I tried to take a picture of it, but it was too small to focus on and it was gone in a minute anyway. He seems to be a shy lil' thing, too! I have a tank but it has desert sand in it, as it was meant for crickets. I need to come up with a small tank fast!
I'm no longer looking after snails as I'm going to get a spider or crickets. But yesterday I pulled a daisy out of the ground accidentally instead of just picking it. I saw something attached to one of the bottom leaves. On closer inspection it was a tiny snail, with tiny TINY snail babies on it as well. It looks a lot like a vineyard snail, but it has an aquatic snail shell, meaning it points outwards instead of let's say, a helix aspersa. Pictures soon.
Basically what it looks like:
This with a really outward shell.
Any suggestions?
PS: I think the snail is dead inside, so I can't tell its flesh colour.
EDIT: It's alive! Don't worry about the carrot, I'm going to move him off of it soon! Basically I gave him up for dead and went to throw the carrot away and found he had attached himself to it!
Edit 2: He came out of his shell to get a better grip at the pet grass I gave him, and in that time I got to see what his body is like. It's a light dull gray, with the tiniest eyes ever! He seems a bit too small for his shell, however, which worries me. I hope it's just because he had nothing to eat in aestivation. I tried to take a picture of it, but it was too small to focus on and it was gone in a minute anyway. He seems to be a shy lil' thing, too! I have a tank but it has desert sand in it, as it was meant for crickets. I need to come up with a small tank fast!
I'm glad it came out, keep us updated. 
