Babies everywhere

[rebeccaraff]

I have 2 GALS and awoke this morning to find babies in the tank- lots of them! I normally clean them out constantly and freeze the eggs however have been caught up in other things this month! i start university soon so don't have lots of time on my hands. do babies take a lot of looking after? What can I do?! I don't know how i would re home them all there is loads. can i freeze babies? Are GALS easy to find homes for?

Thanks

[Greta]

What species are they?

[rebeccaraff]

Achatina fulica

[coyote]

Babies don't need any special looking after other than the extra calcium and food they would need as they grow -- and eventually the extra space in the tank.

Technically, they could be frozen, but most of us would balk at doing that to babies that have already hatched. It would be more appropriate to find homes for them. You could try asking at a local pet shop if they can take any, or you could start a thread in the Classified section of the board here, offering them to a good home. Fulicas are popular and seem to be one of the easier species to care for, so it shouldn't be too hard to find homes for at least some of them.

[copigeon]

Chickens love little snails, some fish too. I know there is alot of sentiment around baby things but snails are bred as livefood as much as any other cheap to produce invert. Know anyone with a koi pond?

[Bumblebee]

I don't like the idea of freezing animals, since I'm convinced that the process goes pretty slow. So that would be first if you could trick them into actually going into hibernation, and then freeze them while they are in deep sleep. Else If you cant rehome them (or sell/give them away as petfood), I'd say, despite how harsh it might sound, crushing them would be more humane and quicker than a freezer.