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Post by siobhanc54 on Jun 8, 2011 11:56:55 GMT
my albino retic has just laid loads of eggs, the problem is will they be fertilised he did mate in about october last year before i lost his mate (i have different species in the tank with him now), he laid a couple of test eggs before hibernation in approx november he the hibernated until beginning of may, he has been up for over a month now and i thought for the last couple of weeks he wasnt well< i tried all sorts to try perk him up his favourite foods strange mixes that are meant to help ill snails, now i've found he was just carrying eggs.
how long are they able to store for, any chance his eggs are fertilised? how long do they take to hatch?
thanks
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Post by SnailsPace on Jun 8, 2011 15:26:30 GMT
They can store for a long long long time so chances are they may hatch in a few weeks depending on the temp. Congrats!  |
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Post by heydihoo on Jun 9, 2011 8:36:33 GMT
i would feed him very nutritional food as retics use allot of energy laying eggs but congrats
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Post by red608 on Jun 9, 2011 13:55:53 GMT
I too recommend foods high in nutrition as well as energy like sweet potatoes. I actually can tell how well my snail was eating before laying eggs based on the size of their eggs. If you don't already try giving some fish flakes, that always perks my snails up after laying eggs. Best of luck to you in hatching the eggs and congratulations!
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Post by siobhanc54 on Jun 12, 2011 18:21:43 GMT
i have been feeding him loads of nutritional food and he does seem to getting back to his normal self, loads of sweet potato and his favourite is cucumber with fish flakes on, am also going to try avacado later read somewhere it was good?
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Post by SnailsPace on Jun 12, 2011 19:11:15 GMT
I've been told not to give them avacado, think its on the list of foods not to give them. However before I knew that I gave it to mine and they were fine. havent done it again though just in case!
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Post by coyote on Jun 12, 2011 22:05:09 GMT
I've heard of people giving avocado the their snails without any ill effects, but I think I've heard of even more people whose snails wouldn't even touch it. I tried it once with mine and they ignored it.
There are so many other good foods to feed our snails that they won't miss avocado.
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Post by siobhanc54 on Jun 16, 2011 22:25:39 GMT
the food list on petsnails website says that avacados are ok??
he ate loads of it, and i had read with snails that lay eggs it was good to give them, and he does seem more back to normal,
anway i might not try it again just in case
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Post by SnailsPace on Jun 17, 2011 13:34:05 GMT
I can't remember where I read it but I definatley did cos I remember feeling guilty at the time. But mine lived so maybe where I read it was wrong Any joy with the eggs? |
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Post by siobhanc54 on Jun 19, 2011 20:45:45 GMT
not hatched yet, but only been over a week so far so fingers crossed
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Post by siobhanc54 on Jul 23, 2011 23:21:49 GMT
just a quick update on this thread, 58 babies so far |
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Post by coyote on Jul 24, 2011 23:18:14 GMT
Wow, 58! Congrats! |
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