Babies looking for loving homes

[pinkunicorn]

I've some babies of different species looking for caring and loving homes. I had several accidental batches of eggs hatch while my slimers were being cared for while I was away from home due to health reasons. There's too many of them now and that's why I'm looking to rehome some.

The species are Helix aspersa, Helix pomatia, Cepaea nemoralis, Achatina fulica (likely a cross between a standard fuli and a rodatzi - might turn out an interesting combo!), and Laevicaulis alte sluglets.

There's a good number of each, some a bit more than others. All are aged about 3-6 months (some were planned babies and others accidents, and they have grown at different paces so exact ages of individuals are hard to tell). They've been fed a variable diet of sweet potato, lettuces, baby spinach, cucumber, apple, banana, mango, watermelon, carrot, mushrooms etc, plus cuttle for the snails. Each species has their preferences on foods, of course, and details on that will be included in the package with the babies.

For general pics you can have a look at my picture topic linked in the signature, and if you'd like to see more pics of a species you are interested in let me know. (Right now on slow internet connection so posting pics is a pain; can do that later though)

The requested price is postage plus safe packaging only, and of course promise of a good, caring home. I'm not looking to rehome any snails or slugs for reselling, but this is negotiable under certain conditions.

If you're interested in a new loveable adopted baby to your slimy family, or perhaps a (future) mate of a different genetic background for your current snaily (always a good idea to have snails from different families breed, for strongest babies), ask here or PM me for more!

[Dumbledore]

Could I see pictures of the h. pomatias, grove snails, and the sluglets?

[pinkunicorn]

Now that I'm on better connection here's pics of the pompom babes! One C.nemoralis baby tagged along.



Attempt at macro photography with my new cellphone gadget... pompom and cepaea.

[Dumbledore]

So cute I could die!!!!!!!!!!!! I have to wait for my parents to get home before I can officially ask you for the ones I want, though. Could you come back maybe at 3?

Edit:
Do you know how big the pomatias and grove snails get?

[pinkunicorn]

And some sluglets... these are a special kind of a slug btw. Veronicellidae slugs, such as pancake slugs and these tropical leatherleaves, have very different anatomy compared to slugs more commonly seen in the wild. These poop from the tip of the tail and I can't find a breathing hole anywhere! I have found the genital pore when observing mating, though.

These guys are almost the same age, possibly from different batches of eggs. I had two batches hatch of these guys a week apart or so. Individuals grow at different rates though.

[pinkunicorn]

Pompoms grow to be about 3-5cm shell diameter, grove snails about 1-2cm diameter. Aspersas come just between them in size. The leatherleaf slugs grow quite a bit bigger than the bigger baby in the pic, maybe 3 times the lenght? My adults (which were hiding now) are easily 12-14cm extended fully.

[Dumbledore]

(I'm PM'ing you instead of this now. )

[Cashell]

Jul 9, 2013 14:52:39 GMT pinkunicorn said:

I've some babies of different species looking for caring and loving homes. I had several accidental batches of eggs hatch while my slimers were being cared for while I was away from home due to health reasons. There's too many of them now and that's why I'm looking to rehome some.

The species are Helix aspersa, Helix pomatia, Cepaea nemoralis, Achatina fulica (likely a cross between a standard fuli and a rodatzi - might turn out an interesting combo!), and Laevicaulis alte sluglets.

There's a good number of each, some a bit more than others. All are aged about 3-6 months (some were planned babies and others accidents, and they have grown at different paces so exact ages of individuals are hard to tell). They've been fed a variable diet of sweet potato, lettuces, baby spinach, cucumber, apple, banana, mango, watermelon, carrot, mushrooms etc, plus cuttle for the snails. Each species has their preferences on foods, of course, and details on that will be included in the package with the babies.

For general pics you can have a look at my picture topic linked in the signature, and if you'd like to see more pics of a species you are interested in let me know. (Right now on slow internet connection so posting pics is a pain; can do that later though)

The requested price is postage plus safe packaging only, and of course promise of a good, caring home. I'm not looking to rehome any snails or slugs for reselling, but this is negotiable under certain conditions.

If you're interested in a new loveable adopted baby to your slimy family, or perhaps a (future) mate of a different genetic background for your current snaily (always a good idea to have snails from different families breed, for strongest babies), ask here or PM me for more!

Couple questions:

#1 Do you ship overseas?

#2 What are the payment options?

#3 How much would 3-6 helix pomatia/Roman snails cost?

Thanks, Cashell.

[Dumbledore]

I want to know about the overseas thing too.

[pinkunicorn]

I can ship anywhere as long as it's legal. Need to check the US customs on this. Postage cost will of course differ accordingly to destination.

I estimate the postage and package to be about 15-20 euros maximum ($20-30 or something I think?), probably less for Europe at least. Since these are small snails the weight probably doesn't add much and the amount of snails doesn't add any extra of course.

[Dumbledore]

How do you do payment?

[Dumbledore]

And I call dibs on the big pomatia baby that's out of his shell in picture, and the most active Cepaea baby!

Edit: Should I keep my garden slug in container with snails, or should I keep him separate? I need to find another garden slug to keep him company.

[Dumbledore]

Never mind, actually. I'm not allowed to order snails from somewhere outside US.

[Cashell]

Jul 12, 2013 10:30:33 GMT pinkunicorn said:

I can ship anywhere as long as it's legal. Need to check the US customs on this. Postage cost will of course differ accordingly to destination.

I estimate the postage and package to be about 15-20 euros maximum ($20-30 or something I think?), probably less for Europe at least. Since these are small snails the weight probably doesn't add much and the amount of snails doesn't add any extra of course.

7/17/13 UPDATE!

At first, I thought helix pomatia was permitted until I saw this:

All terrestrial helix snails are prohibited from being imported into Canada, so I unfortunately can't get a helix pomatia without risking jail time . I guess I'll just have to stick around until I see another breed I like that isn't on the Pests Regulated by Canada list.

The full list of all the prohibited insects, viruses, molluscs etc. can be found here.

[pinkunicorn]

Apologies for disappearing for a bit. I had to spend some more time in the hospital and had no good internet for the time being.

Thanks for the info on what can be shipped and where! I was looking into it before my hospital trip and also saw that USA and Canada have some restrictions in place even on non-tropical species. That's a shame! So, unfortunately EU shipping only (including UK of course) for the restricted species. Sorry my American continent friends.

While away for a bit I see now that what I thought was all fulicas are not in fact all fulicas, but some of the babes have developed the very distinct stripes of Achatina achatina aka tiger snails. These babes are available for 2 euros just because I would feel awful about flooding the marketplace with freebie tigers when other folks are breeding them. And I really haven't a clue of the parents; like I said these are all accidental achatinas, both fulis and tigers. They could be albinos or hybrids of albino and darker shelled+body snail. They're also from related parents, so not the best kind of tigers you get from folks breeding them purposefully. I want to be clear about the accidental nature of these babes so you know exactly what you are getting. Otherwise they are seemingly healthy (seemingly as you can't tell 100% sure with snails ever) and have good appetites for food and cuttle, and seem to be in their growth spurt now. Posting a pic soon.

Payment works via PayPal or IBAN (international bank) transfer (I've used this many times myself when buying snails without problems with people I trust when I had problems with PayPal). I thought I put this here earlier, but I didn't. Very sorry about that! I'm a bit absent-minded with health going haywire and causing me these snaily problems as a side-effect, when my backup care fails to look for eggs and then... babies happen. Lol.

[shaydeesnail]

Do you still have any of your little sluggies left?

[Cashell]

Aug 5, 2013 13:02:35 GMT pinkunicorn said:

Apologies for disappearing for a bit. I had to spend some more time in the hospital and had no good internet for the time being.

Thanks for the info on what can be shipped and where! I was looking into it before my hospital trip and also saw that USA and Canada have some restrictions in place even on non-tropical species. That's a shame! So, unfortunately EU shipping only (including UK of course) for the restricted species. Sorry my American continent friends.

While away for a bit I see now that what I thought was all fulicas are not in fact all fulicas, but some of the babes have developed the very distinct stripes of Achatina achatina aka tiger snails. These babes are available for 2 euros just because I would feel awful about flooding the marketplace with freebie tigers when other folks are breeding them. And I really haven't a clue of the parents; like I said these are all accidental achatinas, both fulis and tigers. They could be albinos or hybrids of albino and darker shelled+body snail. They're also from related parents, so not the best kind of tigers you get from folks breeding them purposefully. I want to be clear about the accidental nature of these babes so you know exactly what you are getting. Otherwise they are seemingly healthy (seemingly as you can't tell 100% sure with snails ever) and have good appetites for food and cuttle, and seem to be in their growth spurt now. Posting a pic soon.

Payment works via PayPal or IBAN (international bank) transfer (I've used this many times myself when buying snails without problems with people I trust when I had problems with PayPal). I thought I put this here earlier, but I didn't. Very sorry about that! I'm a bit absent-minded with health going haywire and causing me these snaily problems as a side-effect, when my backup care fails to look for eggs and then... babies happen. Lol.

That's not good! I'm sorry to hear that and I hope you're better now. Anyhow, if you know reputable people who have: pleurodonte excellens, platymma tweediei or hadra webbi and can ship overseas keep me posted, thanks. Stay strong!

[pinkunicorn]

Aug 5, 2013 16:34:36 GMT shaydeesnail said:

Do you still have any of your little sluggies left?

Got sluggies! Assume you mean the leatherleaves.

[shaydeesnail]

Yep those are the ones!
I'd be really happy to take a few if you could give me some information on their care

[pinkunicorn]

They're tropical so they like it humid and warm, but considering mine have been laying eggs like nuts since January without heatmat, room temp of about 21-22C is enough. The original slugs I had are now up to 15cm long when extended so I assume that to be the max size they get to. At least these guys prefer all green foods, like cucumber peel and all green leafy things, but also take sweet potato, fish food and various fruits. Since these are Veronicellids they poo from under the tip of the tail, have contractile upper tentacles and split lower tentacles, very thin foot and a huge mantle and the genital pore is in the middle of the body under the mantle instead of the head. They have no pneumostome. They lay jellylike eggs in a string and wrap it into a ball (it's quite fascinating to see) so separating eggs to raise only a few babies is tricky but possible with tweezers and careful handling, in case you consider breeding at some point.

They REALLY love burrowing and will dig a tunnel system into the substrate if it's packed tight enough to allow support for the tunnels. I've used both potting soil and sphagnum moss as substrate but find they prefer at least 10cm thick layer of soil in the bottom and perhaps moss on the top for optimal tunnelling fun. Of course they can be difficult to find in the substrate as they're the same colour... so better be extra careful when cleaning especially if there's smaller slugs in the tank! My tank is quite low and I've filled it high with substrate as digging seems to be more important for these guys than climbing on sticks etc is. I also have constructed caves from plastic boxes cut it halves buried under the soil and these get heavy use judging by the amount of poop left behind. If the tank gets too dry the slugs stay buried much more than they come to the surface to feed and explore.

Since these are very flat slugs they can squeeze through the slits in many tanks. I have had lots of smaller slugs come out (and thankfully find their way into other tanks instead of getting lost) once they figured how to exploit the airholes... So I've taped my tank's slits to stop these escapades, only leaving small holes for air exchange. A breathable cloth or netting put under the tank lid is a better solution if your tank's lid presses down tight enough to seal the slugs in (which mine doesn't as I found out recently).

Personality wise they're really nice slugs. Very curious and acrobatic explorers. They're also not aggressive like leopard slugs, for example, can be, so it's very unlikely a slug will harass or bite another one (I've never seen this happen).

Their slime can be really sticky btw. Normally they are less slimy than some slugs, even dry-feeling, but will release a thinner super sticky slime when irritated (for example if you need to remove a slug that wants to stay put). It is more difficult to remove even with the dry-wipe-first method as it will roll up into blobs, but with enough rubbing it comes off.

I think that covers it. Most based on my experience with the species as there's only so much info available online.

[shaydeesnail]

Wow thank you so much for all the information!
I tried some google research but I couldn't find very much at all, I have an empty deep tank at the moment that I think will be perfect for giving them room to dig. I'm really glad to hear that they don't bite each other, as that has always made me a bit afraid of looking after slugs!
I'd absolutely love a couple of these if you're all right with that Would you like to send me your paypal details and how much you'd like for postage?
x

[dancingsock]

I was wondering if you still had some poms? If so, would they be okay to live outside during the summer months with my asperas, or would they need to stay in? Of course, they'd be taken in over winter. And roughly how much would the postage be to the U.K?
Thanks- hope I'm not too late.

[wreckoning]

hey,

i am interested in some of the leatherleaves, can you ship to Canada? they are not on the banned list.

i can paypal, or i have the following species for trade- snails- ancotrema sportella (beaded lancetooth, carnivorous); monadenia fidelis (pacific sideband, has cute red body), or slugs - ariolimax columbianus (banana slug- yellow, grey-green, albino, spotted or unspotted), prophysaon vanattae (scarletback taildropper), arion subfuscus (dusky arion), arion rufus, limax maximus, deroceras reticulatum (grey field slug).