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Post by snailboat on Jul 23, 2014 6:27:04 GMT
This morning after dawn I went exploring and found a very lively snail family! I snail-napped a very fast, cute little snail, who I named Moon :-) She's smaller than my adult snails, but larger than a hatchling. I'm guessing Moon is at least six weeks old. Here she is, after I misted the cage. Of course, she climbed up to the top!  I gave her a quarter-slice of pear and she seemed to like it :-)  Sorry the pictures aren't very good! I'm going to post more pictures here once I take some better ones! :-) EDIT: Here's Moon making a snaily U-turn!  Here's one of Moon on the glass:  |
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Post by etana on Jul 23, 2014 7:54:48 GMT
Hi little Moon! What a sweet snailie! <3
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Post by moon on Jul 23, 2014 8:26:00 GMT
Hi Moon! It's really great to have a snail named after me!!  |
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Zorst
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Post by Zorst on Jul 23, 2014 8:38:36 GMT
Nice snail n a great name.
Zorst
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Post by sparrow on Jul 23, 2014 23:50:35 GMT
She is gorgeous and rightfully named Moon!! |
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Post by snailboat on Jul 25, 2014 15:11:39 GMT
She crawled up to the lid, so I flipped it over and took a picture with a little bit better lighting :-)  |
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Post by snailboat on Jul 28, 2014 3:49:34 GMT
Moon is stripey!  |
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Post by muddydragon on Jul 29, 2014 8:36:06 GMT
Gorgeous! she's a lovely shape and colour
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Post by snailboat on Jul 30, 2014 3:10:01 GMT
Moon crawls over a leaf:  And pulls her shell up!  Such a cute snail!  |
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Post by snailboat on Aug 1, 2014 2:34:48 GMT
Moon goes round a corner very intently!  Moon takes in a view!  |
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Post by etana on Aug 1, 2014 9:27:09 GMT
Very nice photos, I like how obvious it is that you spend time observing her and take pictures of wht she naturally does. (I got nothing against pictures of snails on hands etc, these are just so much fun to see. ) |
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Post by andreiamlm on Aug 1, 2014 14:21:12 GMT
Hi Moon you are a gorgeous snail  |
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Post by snailboat on Aug 7, 2014 6:10:29 GMT
 Moon, your shell is so pretty!! Although it's just a little bit dirty because you dig tunnels! I know Moon was already at least halfway to being an adult when I found her, but she's growing so fast! She already seems like a pretty big snail. |
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Post by Zorst on Aug 7, 2014 6:56:29 GMT
Moon really is one lovely snail.
Zorst
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Post by snailboat on Aug 8, 2014 5:30:25 GMT
Alert! Alert! Banana detected!  Om, nom, nom, nom, nom  Moon approves of this banana!  |
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Post by etana on Aug 8, 2014 6:17:52 GMT
She looks so happy! I love it when snails do what she does in the first photo, "ohhhh I must experience this with ALL my senses!!!" |
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Post by snailboat on Aug 10, 2014 4:54:05 GMT
Moon is covered with substrate! She sure loves tunneling :-)  And she's so big! Every day, Moon grows even closer to being a full-size snail! |
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Post by snailboat on Aug 20, 2014 6:21:07 GMT
Oh, look how much bigger she is now! If you compare to the picture at the top of the thread, you can see she's grown a lot in the last month. It looks like she's forming the lip at the edge of the shell, so I think she's about done growing.  Moon, you made such a pretty shell! :-) |
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Post by etana on Aug 20, 2014 8:25:53 GMT
Awww, she's grown fast! Very lovely, congrats on the finished shell <3
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Post by snailboat on Aug 22, 2014 9:25:30 GMT
Moon likes carrot :-)  In fact, this evening she rejected cucumber! She avoided it and insisted on carrot instead! I've never seen a snail do that before. (This was going to be her first time eating cucumber, too!) |
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Post by cliath on Aug 22, 2014 11:38:50 GMT
Funny little snail. I love your photo updates
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Post by snailboat on Sept 3, 2014 4:11:45 GMT
Moon enjoys some sweet potato!  |
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Post by snailboat on Sept 9, 2014 7:02:18 GMT
Moon snailed all over tonight! Oh, it was cute, but I didn't take many pictures :-)  Moon eating some lettuce! :-) |
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Post by snailboat on Sept 28, 2014 5:50:27 GMT
 Moon, you're so cute! :-) |
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Post by mewakitty on Sept 28, 2014 16:07:49 GMT
Oh Moon is so cute! I like the expression on her face when she eats bananas PS: In the last picture: Is that what sweet potato looks like? I can only find yam in stores, and while snails like it, it's not quite the same I feel. |
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