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Post by LisaLQ on Oct 7, 2005 19:18:45 GMT
Erm, at least we think he has. He's the only vaguely on the way to adult sized snail, but oddly he's been up on the lid most of the day - and the eggs are down in the bottom and have only just appeared. How big do dimidiatas have to be to breed? Ours, and our albopicta/fulica are all small babies. I doubt any of them could fit that many eggs in them! Anyhoooow...how long does it take from mating to laying eggs? The only other thing I can think of is that he/she had nookie with Kathy's boy or another snail before they arrived. Suppose I'd best remove them - I feel awful, going from "Oooh Sam's a daddy" to "pass the freezer bags"
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2005 19:21:02 GMT
theyre big enough when you can see the genital thingy poking out near their head ;D
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Post by section8angel on Oct 7, 2005 19:23:06 GMT
Freezer bags?! Oooo fancy Good ol carrier bags for me Rofl. I think I read somewhere that most snails can breed from 4 - 5 cm.. I'll see if I can find it again and edit with the link. Ok no link but; one thing says 7 -8 months, for Fulica another site says 6 - 16 months depending on weather and calcium lol and a few others have said 6 months or more. So... until someone smart corrects me I'm saying 6 months + Lol
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Post by LisaLQ on Oct 7, 2005 19:47:13 GMT
Well in that case they're most definitely fulicas then. Of course they would be, considering how tiny my others are - Gary's the biggest baby and he's only an inch or so..I just have no idea when Sam laid them, as he's been up at the top all afternoon, and these eggs appeared out of nowhere. Unless Sally (who's about 1-2cm) has had a huuuuuge sudden growth spurt to the size of a 6 month old, and laid them. ROFL!
And as for snail genitals, I have no idea what to look for - near their head, you say?! I wont say the obvious *lol*
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Post by sezzy5889 on Oct 7, 2005 19:58:58 GMT
snails can store sperm and chose when to fertalise themselves they can do this for as long as they want, a day, a week, a month, a year, so you can have a snail for a couple of years and it still lay eggs
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2005 20:02:30 GMT
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Post by LisaLQ on Oct 7, 2005 20:09:20 GMT
5cm overall, or shell length? This is the proud father/mother/whatever - piccie taken the other day: And here he is a nearly a month ago with our smallest baby dimidiata:
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2005 20:24:55 GMT
5cm shell length i think. yeh he definitely looks big enough
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Post by LisaLQ on Oct 8, 2005 14:27:35 GMT
Sam's eggs: I think Kathy's wanting one of them, but not sure - but if I do decide to go ahead and hatch a couple (I wouldn't hatch them all - just one or two for keeping), how would I go about it? I thought I'd move them into a small plastic tub (like the ones that my other babies came in) with holes in the lid, and cover them with sphagnum moss - keep them warm and moist, possibly inside the current snail tank? But I'm not even sure I'm going to do it - as wouldn't want to hatch lots to add to the amount of snails needing homes nowadays - it would only be one or two for keeping.
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Post by sezzy5889 on Oct 8, 2005 14:31:56 GMT
if you are looking to hatch one then i would keep about three aside and if they all hatch them you could take the remaining two to a petshop or send them to the snail shelter :-)
Wow they look really big and healthy, not her first batch i'm guessing :-) and what you said are perfect for hatching them.
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Post by LisaLQ on Oct 8, 2005 14:51:40 GMT
Argh just typed a really long reply and then hit the escape button instead of an exclamation mark! Doh!
I think we'll do that - hatch a couple, there's a reptile shop in town who (when we were looking for our first GALS) said they would be interested if we found anyone with babies as they're very popular, but I wouldn't want to become their supplier, but maybe they'd be ok for back up should I not have homes for the spare one or two. I wouldn't want to pass them on to a shelter when there's so many needing homes as it is.
There's loads of eggs though - so I'm assuming he's not the baby he was made out to be *lol* Or she. Or it.
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Post by LisaLQ on Oct 8, 2005 14:52:47 GMT
Ps. I'd keep some but I'm holding out for achatina/tiger babies one day...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2005 15:25:05 GMT
wow those are beautiful eggs im pretty sure theyre fertile. so white and pretty, mine are always bright yellow lol
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Post by LisaLQ on Oct 8, 2005 20:51:35 GMT
I bet Sam was polishing them as they came out, being the dutiful motherfather. Incidentally he was walking (well, moving) all around the tank last night with his...*ahem* rudey bits out. Normal?
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Post by sezzy5889 on Oct 9, 2005 11:16:52 GMT
yep mine do it all the time, dirty little buggars lol
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Post by LisaLQ on Oct 20, 2005 7:54:37 GMT
Nothing's hatched yet, so I'm assuming they're infertile. *shrugs*
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Post by sezzy5889 on Oct 20, 2005 9:10:57 GMT
depends what temperature they are at to how long they take
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Post by LisaLQforgottosignin on Oct 20, 2005 13:08:46 GMT
They're at about 25 degrees. Still not hatched - how long should I leave it before I give up and chuck them away?
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Post by Val on Oct 20, 2005 17:58:43 GMT
This is probably a dumb question but how on earth does ONE snail manage to carry that amount of eggs!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2005 18:10:48 GMT
hmm...good question....well theyre sorta in the lung first, and then they move into the head and out....but where do eggs actually form i wonder? hmm..
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Post by section8angel on Oct 20, 2005 23:08:17 GMT
Mine have laid more This is weird though, it's been a week since I found the last lot lol. And I find these on the same day as that last lot! Creepy snails. How long has it been since they were laid Lisa? *Too lazy and tired to look* LOL
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Post by LisaLQ on Oct 21, 2005 7:52:37 GMT
It's been 2 weeks today. Haven't checked them yet but no doubt there'll be no change.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2005 8:52:13 GMT
awww dont worry my tiger snail eggs took 5-6 weeks to hatch! if theyre infertile, ur fulica will probly have a lot more batches in the future anyway ;D
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Post by section8angel on Oct 21, 2005 10:07:08 GMT
I for the life of me can't remember how long my first batch took to hatch. But carry on, they can take ages, or can hatch quickly. I don't think it always depends on temperature as when I've hatched some they've been at the same temperature each time, but hatched at different times (by a big amount I.E a week later than another I think one lot was)
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Post by sezzy5889 on Oct 21, 2005 10:54:56 GMT
if the snail was only just big enough to breed then it was probably it's first batch, which are 95% of the time infertile
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