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Post by slinky on Oct 27, 2014 10:23:57 GMT
Can't really describe it better than that. Last night when I was feeding the snails I noticed one of my wild snails who I have named Swirly has white bits on her body like a little slime, like I gave her a bath and got them off but just wondering what it could be?
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Post by muddydragon on Oct 27, 2014 11:35:00 GMT
could be slime reacting to something or a missfired sperm packet if it was concentrated around one area. one of my snails, sapphire, years ago got this (got it sorted and she was fine)  General consensus was that it was miss-fired sperm. (it all came off but was stuck on very solidly) |
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Post by slinky on Oct 27, 2014 12:36:21 GMT
It didn't look like that, it is like slime but white and little bits.
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Post by muddydragon on Oct 27, 2014 12:51:25 GMT
it ould be the slime reacting with something or them picking up stuff from the tank, or thicker defence slime. If it happens again try to get a photo  |
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bronwen
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Post by bronwen on Oct 29, 2014 2:32:15 GMT
I don't know what the white slime was but hope the snail is fine!
The other day I was surprised to find my old fulica, Doug, and my young jadatzi Brian engaged in an intimate act! However I saw something I hadn't seen before - Doug's lovedart was like a white slime smeared along his neck and Brian had a clear gelatinous blob on his neck but on the other side to where his tiny lovedart was.
Any thoughts?
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Post by muddydragon on Nov 3, 2014 16:35:21 GMT
the gelatinous clear blob is a misfired sperm packet (i think it changes colour when it dries). I once disturbed Jupiter and Jormungand (margie suts) mid mating cauing them to disconect and a clear gelatinous blob fell out of the end of Jupiter's sexual organ (the white lumps that become long strings are the sexual organs not the love dart, which it's often called but techichally isn't - GALs don't have love darts) they later ate it. Also disturbingly they muched gently on their own sexual organs, presumably to encourage them to deflate and retract. When fully blown up they look a little bit like the pattern you see on white tripe.
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bronwen
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Post by bronwen on Nov 5, 2014 0:09:24 GMT
Muddydragon - Thanks for replying... and eww! lol. I didn't know GALS don't have a love dart! I always thought the white lump that comes out of their neck was the love dart (which is such a nice name for it, lol). They must have cleaned themselves up as there was no trace of the blob later. I had seen a photo of a found lovedart discarded on the substrate and had thought it very strange as I couldn't imagine how this would happen to my GALS. Now I see that it wouldn't happen... as the photos were of a completely different type of snail. (I am sure it was on this forum somewhere). Very interesting |
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Cashell
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Post by Cashell on Nov 5, 2014 1:50:33 GMT
That's quite the accident in that photo!
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Post by muddydragon on Nov 5, 2014 22:13:30 GMT
the love dart is a hard calcareous 'thing' they shoot into their mates to make them more receptive to mating (serious masochists) and not actually the part involved in sperm transfer (which is the white lump on the neck) Here's some info on love darts: : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_dartCashell - isn't it just! |
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bronwen
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Post by bronwen on Nov 6, 2014 11:35:25 GMT
Very interesting link, thanks muddydragon!
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