My Monacha Cantiana (Pic heavy & Babies!)

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So I've gotten back into having snails as pets so I thought I'd show you my new arrivals.










(I'm going to cover the pebbles with moss)








This was their old tank, i moved them into their new tank today, and when I was moving them I found eggs!


(Eggs being laid)





(when I first moved them into their old tank)

She is my favourite one she's so lovely and has really pale skin but dark eye stalks!


Phew that's all the photos so far. I think i'll just upload all my future photos of these 4 on this thread

[Cashell]

Sweet! They seem like they're enjoying their home.

[muddydragon]

lovely photos .

[sparrow]

Different colour dots to identify?
Took a few double-takes to figure that one out!!

Very nice setup.

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Jun 15, 2014 16:03:22 GMT sparrow said:

Different colour dots to identify?
Took a few double-takes to figure that one out!!

Very nice setup.

Haha yes it's pretty hard to identify each one even though there's only four of them . Thanks, I've moved them into a larger vivarium again (poor things, thankfully this is their final vivarium) I'll hopefully get some more pictures up soon. Especially if I'm successful in keeping the eggs alive

[robandcath]

I have some of these beautys with almost white shells

[Ivy]

Claudia - Lovely pictures. Odd question, what is the little flower like plant you have growing on top of your terracotta pot in the soil? It's adorable.

Thanks for sharing your pictures. <3

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Jun 17, 2014 14:05:08 GMT robandcath said:

I have some of these beautys with almost white shells

Oooh they must be very beautiful! Its a shame they only live to about 2 years (or so I heard)

Jun 17, 2014 17:35:02 GMT Ivy said:

Claudia - Lovely pictures. Odd question, what is the little flower like plant you have growing on top of your terracotta pot in the soil? It's adorable.

Thanks for sharing your pictures. <3

Unfortunately I'm not sure, sorry. All I know is it is some sort of rockery / perennial type plant

[Ivy]

No problem at all. It looks kind of like a succulent but they normally like dry conditions so I was just curious. It looks super cute hanging over the edge there.

[fulicahollister]

I adore your tank set up! Definitely stealing the little pot and stones/soil idea! Lovely

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No problem at all. It looks kind of like a succulent but they normally like dry conditions so I was just curious. It looks super cute hanging over the edge there.

Yeah I think it is a succulent, it doesnt seem to be thriving well in the damp conditions (whoops :

I adore your tank set up! Definitely stealing the little pot and stones/soil idea! Lovely

Thank you I've moved them into a larger vivarium and i'm waiting for a few more plants so it can look nice as it seems very empty compared to before. Any way here are a few more pictures:





It seems Blue wasn't the only one that was pregnant(?) I woke up to see these freshly laid by Red



Red seems to like the ivy

Update on Blues eggs now a week old:


At first I thought the eggs had all died but I looked closely and I can see little dots (which I presume are embryos?) and the faint whorls of a shell forming? I've never had snails lay eggs before so I am utterly hopeless on the subject haha.

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So Blues eggs hatched!


They are so tiny!




(mind the messy room :









Now here's some of the adults:



Red loves the ivy





My attempt of introducing them to fish flakes



Success! I finally found a food they will eat



And now some of the vivarium:



Phew that's all of the pictures. I'm thinking of releasing the adults when the babies grow larger and just carry on from there. Hope you enjoy all the pictures, there'll be way more in the future

[muddydragon]

sooo cute and teeny tiny!

It's usually a good idea to moisten fishflakes before giving them to the snails as they can be very dry otherwise and there is a risk of expansion after consumption (dont panic they'll probably be OK) but it's just generally adviseable

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Oh ok thank you I just presumed they wouldn't eat them if they were a little wet i'll definitely try it

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Update on the hatchlings
It's been a few weeks and i'm back with an update on the babies:

She is the biggest out of them all and is very active and currently has her own mini plastic enclosure until the others grow to her size. She is roughly about 1mm now and the others are 0.5mm (they are tiny!)







These are the other hatchlings i've kept, a tonne hatched in the main vivarium while i was gone for 2 weeks, so i came back to find around 200 tiny dots and had to carefully collect them all though unfortunately i think the majority had died in the heat wave we've had here so i left them for around an hour and collected the ones that had moved around and they are currently happy in their moist lettuce and fish flaked filled enclosure. (I released the inactive / dead ones into a nettle patch in the shade in-case they were still alive, I just don't have enough room for 200 snails unfortunately )

[cliath]

Wow they're nice snails, the babies are super cute! 
What paint did you use for the adults shells?

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Jul 25, 2014 19:09:34 GMT cliath said:

Wow they're nice snails, the babies are super cute! 
What paint did you use for the adults shells?

Thank you I used some non-toxic acrylic paint that I had

[blackmill]

Amazing pics, I love how you set up there home (totally taking notes)

[blackmill]

I'd like to know how the fish flakes worked out? It would be great to have a food like that when veggies are hard to come by.

Jeez I though my snails were cepaea nemoralis (White lipped snails.) But they look incredibly similar to your snails, now I'm not so sure!

[morningcoffee]

Aug 10, 2014 3:21:45 GMT blackmill said:

I'd like to know how the fish flakes worked out? It would be great to have a food like that when veggies are hard to come by.

Jeez I though my snails were cepaea nemoralis (White lipped snails.) But they look incredibly similar to your snails, now I'm not so sure!

Yours are Cepaea

Most snails love wet fish flakes as an occasional treat - I give them to my snails (also Cepaea) about once a week and they gobble them up.

Other things you can try if you've run out of fruit and veg in the house - soaked brown bread, nuts (plain, unflavoured, unroasted - peanuts and cashews always go down well!), pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, soaked algae wafers (normally used for pet fish). These things are all fine to give now and then, but veg & fruit should be the main part of your snails' diet
You can also keep frozen veg in the freezer - frozen corn, peas, carrots etc. Just pop it in hot water for a while and then give it to the snails when it's defrosted all the way through. Great for emergencies when you have nothing fresh in the house