Breeding My Two Guyz...

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Hello pplz, I was wondering if my fuli Henry and my Helix Pierre will breed, obviously Henry is a lot bigger than Pierre but they seem to like eachother. Pics below

Henry :




Pierre :




Both Together :

[spook]

In a word No!........Different species won't breed together....

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Ok, cheers, that's nice to know.

[coyote]

Even if they tried to mate, I doubt eggs would be produced, and even if they were, it is doubtful they would actually hatch.

[lee2211]

Your keeping them together?

No they wont breed, but it's interesting you're keeping them together. I would of thought they would need different conditions.
Plus there's the chance of wild caught parasites being passed on I suppose.

[ness]

Agreed, there's no way they can successfully mate and it's not likely that they will attempt it, though they will probably crawl on each other and mouth each other at times.

I imagine they are currently being kept at room temperature without an additional heat source?

If both snails are (and continue to be) active and eating well, and you can replicate those day and night temperatures all year, then perhaps you will have success in keeping them together, but I fear that a Helix aspersa kept to Achatina fulica conditions will eventually seel itself in due to it being too hot, and a fulica kept to ideal H. aspersa conditions will hibernate, and may die from the cold. Perhaps when it's Autumn and the weather gets colder it may be wise to give your aspersa an unheated place to itself, and then re-introduce them next year in the summer when their living conditions bcome similar once more

[lee2211]

Aug 22, 2010 21:41:24 GMT ness said:

Agreed, there's no way they can successfully mate and it's not likely that they will attempt it, though they will probably crawl on each other and mouth each other at times.

I imagine they are currently being kept at room temperature without an additional heat source?

If both snails are (and continue to be) active and eating well, and you can replicate those day and night temperatures all year, then perhaps you will have success in keeping them together, but I fear that a Helix aspersa kept to Achatina fulica conditions will eventually seel itself in due to it being too hot, and a fulica kept to ideal H. aspersa conditions will hibernate, and may die from the cold. Perhaps when it's Autumn and the weather gets colder it may be wise to give your aspersa an unheated place to itself, and then re-introduce them next year in the summer when their living conditions bcome similar once more

That's a good idea.


Also I reccomend you quarantine your aspersa as well, keeping him away from your fulica. He might have worms or some type of parasite from being outside.
Your W/C snail could have nematodes, there's a type I believe that can expell snails from their shells so maybe feed a lot of pumpkin seeds for a while to.

[Deleted]

Ok, sounds like I made a stupid desision to put them in together. They are both in at room temperature which is about 20-28 degrees c. When outside it's currently around 18-22 degrees c. Should I put them in seperate or should I keep them in together?

[Deleted]

And Pierre, the Helix seems fine about the conditions he's in with Henry, the fuli. ;P

[lee2211]

Well, if they're seeming fine together then I'd leave them
But if it gets much hotter then seperate Pierre and keep him cool.
Also, try to make sure that Henry, doesn't hang from the lid of his enclosure on the back of Pierres shell, other wise he might tear the mantle.

[coyote]

In the long run, it's best to keep aspersas and GALS separate, because their temperature needs are very different. Aspersas need it cool, GALS need it hot. Keeping one happy will make the other very unhappy. Keeping it in between will make both unhappy. IMO, separating them at some point would be best.