Margies - lack of breeding ???

[ceiron]

anyone else experienced this, had them around 6 months and they are a good 4 inches shell length which i presume means they are old enough to breed, just not seen any sign of breeding or eggs :S
any ideas ?

[anjieburdett]

You can't rush nature hehe they'll bonk when they want to bonk and not a minute before hehe ;D

[ceiron]

pmsl, i know, just wondered if their was any tricks to get them in the mood.
keep promosing someone babies, at this rate be giving them tiger babies.lol

[natrat84]

Pmsl ;D Can snails have oysters Wonder what the snail equivelant is ;D
Nat
Hope they do the deed soon for you Ceiron

[Paul]

well, I have thought about this a lot. One way is to mimic seasonal changes properly, so switching from 11/13 light/dark to 13/11 and increasing humidity and heat. So they think it is breeding time.

The other is to separate them and then reintroduce them, I've been wondering about this for a while and then Arno has had tiger eggs not long after he got a new tiger. Catherine got eggs not long after she got the new tigers. Perhaps there is something in it.

paul

[Paul]

You could feed them wild oats (Avena sativa) - it works for humans and animals lol:

www.homeherbs.com/0/product/0/5-Avena_sativa.html

paul

[ceiron]

look at the price of it
will go find the wild variety.lol

can try the splittin gup, ment to be getting a few more custom made tanks made up so can split them up, prefer them in groups of three, got all 6 sharign a massive tank at the minute, just due to lack of decent tanks avail, hence the custom made ones.
they seem to have fun alltogether though.lol
more active then they used to be.

[Paul]

Yeah, plus I think they'd have to be kept alone rather than in small groups. You'll be setting up a snail stud farm

As for the Wild oats, surely you can get hold of seeds, that's all it is, ground up. I've just found a company that sells it ground up quite cheap. But they are trade only, I'll see if I can get hold of a bag through work. Worth a dabble and it's a healthy food also.

paul

[ceiron]

stud farm.lol
custom snail racking system.lol
just need the dosh now.

[deadmansfinger]

my margies are 3 years old now and have never laid eggs, surely that's just ridiculous!?!?!?!?

Any ideas? Sterile snails?
Do I have to resort to the Barry White cds?


Brian.

[natrat84]

I don't think Margies breed all that often, not like fulica do. I could be wrong, but thats what I thought.

[Leah]

Barry White! lmao!

[anjieburdett]

Amazingly.......I sent some Margies to Arno the first time i struck lucky at Brixton, and they have laid eggs already!! Gob smacked!! But he is the snail god after all lol. Are these the first Brixton's to reproduce???

Anjie,x.

[sezzy5889]

well if you introduce two snails that have never met before then it is more likely they will breed

[Paul]

Some breed and lay freely and the eggs hatch fine. Others just don't seem interested. I don't think anyone knows why yet.

[deadmansfinger]

so Sarah are you saying that Margies prefer one night stands???

[Arno]

i think all snails do ;D

[Deleted]

mine lay huge flourescent yellow eggs - its just getting them to hatch ive got a new batch so fingers crossed, i really love baby margies

[sezzy5889]

rofl, well it's like if you have 2 or 3 or whatever amount of snails for a long time and then you suddenly introduce a new one it kind of sets them of and your likely to get eggs :-)

[deadmansfinger]

anyone want to rent there margie out to stud? ;D

[sezzy5889]

lol, i need a fulica stud, my poor rex is the only mature one and is feeling the pressure i think, anyone have a 9cm fulica lol

[natrat84]

Sorry, my fulica is big, and of age, but prefers big handsome tigers ROFLMAO ;D

[sezzy5889]

rofl