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Post by malacophile on Aug 4, 2013 13:48:51 GMT
I woke up this morning and caught a pair of my snails mating. In fact, they're still at it!  Holy crap! I didn't expect them to start so soon, they're only a little over four months old! So, how long until I need to start egg duty, and how do I care for pregnant snails?  |
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Post by shaydeesnail on Aug 5, 2013 7:47:38 GMT
What a lovely picture  Id start egg duty right away in case they have mated before when you weren't looking. Weekly searches should be enough. Hope this helped at all! |
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Post by muddydragon on Aug 5, 2013 10:02:54 GMT
Pregnant snails don't need much in the way of extra care, i think the only species i know to suffer from egg laying are retics (and aslong as they're cared for properly with plenty of high energy foods they're fine too). Aslong as they've got access to pleanty of calcium and they get some extra protein now and then everything will be fine.  With snails breeding, it seems to be more a size than an age thing |
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Post by Cashell on Aug 5, 2013 16:59:30 GMT
I woke up this morning and caught a pair of my snails mating. In fact, they're still at it! Holy crap! I didn't expect them to start so soon, they're only a little over four months old! So, how long until I need to start egg duty, and how do I care for pregnant snails? Whoa, what!? That's how early this species can breed? |
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Post by shaydeesnail on Aug 5, 2013 21:45:50 GMT
Mine started at 5 months old, although I didnt get eggs for a couple of months, they were displaying their rude bits about a month earlier. They are naughty!
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Post by Dumbledore on Aug 15, 2013 12:11:28 GMT
My snails mated too! I have aspersa though not fulica. Warning, if yours lay eggs I will be bugging you for some around Christmas!
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Post by Cashell on Aug 15, 2013 22:49:42 GMT
I guess this seems weird to me because I'm used to keeping garden snails which normally take 1-2 years to reach sexual maturity.
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Post by malacophile on Aug 16, 2013 14:54:38 GMT
Still no sign of eggs yet, and I haven't caught them mating again since. Hopefully they'll make a deposit soon, because I'd like to have a couple more.  |
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Post by Dumbledore on Aug 22, 2013 11:23:47 GMT
Wow. I have a love triangle going on. First Dumbledore and Einstein mated, then Dumbledore and Shakespeare mated, and last night Einstein and Shakespeare were nipping at each other and kind of circling and there were love darts this morning. Wow. I'm just waiting for Jack to join in. ;D
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Post by vallery on Aug 31, 2013 19:59:20 GMT
Hi malacophile , First off ,Congrats on your snails mating . Your last post Aug. 16th you still had no sign off eggs. It's Aug 31st now. Any sign of eggs yet? vallery |
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Post by malacophile on Aug 31, 2013 20:58:38 GMT
Still no eggs yet.  No more matings, either. I'm about ready to sprinkle rose petals in the bin, light some candles and put on some Barry White. I want some grandsnails! |
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Post by vallery on Aug 31, 2013 21:04:58 GMT
LOL!
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Post by Dumbledore on Aug 31, 2013 21:22:56 GMT
Some of them might have laid eggs, but no hatchlings yet. *sigh*
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Post by Cashell on Aug 31, 2013 23:36:45 GMT
Still no eggs yet. No more matings, either. I'm about ready to sprinkle rose petals in the bin, light some candles and put on some Barry White. I want some grandsnails! I feel ya. I'm here waiting on a pair of brown lips I put together 2-3 months ago and also my neohelixs. |
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Post by malacophile on Sept 1, 2013 5:56:44 GMT
Well, the little buggers made a liar out of me! Houston, we have eggs!  It's about time. I found them when I was cleaning out their bin. I tilted it up so I could see if one of my adults was fastened to the bottom, and then I saw them: 2 batches of about 200 or so eggs total. I'd assumed they hadn't laid any because a) I expected them to be closer to the surface and b) I expected them to be larger. These things are smaller than my pinky nail!   This snail has a bunch stuck to his foot. He was sleeping right on top of them. I broke one open to see if they were fertile, and there was a tiny snail embryo inside! I was careful to get all that I could find. I have them in their own container right now until I decide how many I want to keep- a decision that, by the looks of the embryo, I'd better make in the next couple of days. The rest will go into the freezer. Oh, I'm so excited!  |
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Post by vallery on Sept 1, 2013 12:03:19 GMT
Hi malacophile , How wonderful! Congratulations. Wow! looks like a lot of eggs there . Can't wait until they hatch Hope you will show pictures on this thread because I'm loving following your thread. vallery |
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Post by Dumbledore on Sept 1, 2013 13:16:17 GMT
That's awesome! I don't think that mine have laid yet.
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Post by malacophile on Sept 4, 2013 3:24:09 GMT
I've been emailing the owner of my snails' parents with updates about their development and told her they laid. She said the eggs could take about two weeks to a month to hatch. Is this right? I'm not certain how long these eggs were in the bin before I found them. The last time I'd looked was about a week after I caught them mating, and there were none then. I have a picture of an embryo from an egg I broke, and it looks like a tiny snail. Is this a good marker for how far along the eggs are? Also, I currently have the eggs at room temperature. Do I need to keep them warmer? Would it accelerate hatching if I did? That's a standard pencil in th background, btw, just for size reference.  |
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Post by muddydragon on Sept 4, 2013 8:38:55 GMT
That time scale seems about right sometimes a little quicker than two weeks (sometimes even about a weekk and a half - hence the need to do weekly egg checks). The snails usually know where's best to lay eggs so if i want to hatch any i leave them where they are (as they select the right temperature points). Higher temps may accelerate growth or it may kill them. I'ld keep them around the same temp as the temp where they were laid.
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Post by Dumbledore on Sept 4, 2013 23:27:09 GMT
Dumbledore and Einstein mated again!
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Post by malacophile on Sept 5, 2013 18:44:51 GMT
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Post by Cashell on Sept 5, 2013 21:12:07 GMT
That was fast! Didn't you only discover these roughly a week ago? They must have been secretly incubating long before you found them! |
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Post by malacophile on Sept 5, 2013 21:23:26 GMT
Yes, I only recently found them. I have no idea how long they were there, but I'm guessing it couldn't have been more than three weeks.
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Post by malacophile on Sept 6, 2013 20:41:27 GMT
The first baby to hatch is now moving around. So far, only 4 of my 14 eggs have yet to hatch, but I'm sure they'll be along shortly. Here's one of the babies.  He's so tiny and adorable with his huge eyes! |
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Holy crap! I didn't expect them to start so soon, they're only a little over four months old! So, how long until I need to start egg duty, and how do I care for pregnant snails?
Id start egg duty right away in case they have mated before when you weren't looking. Weekly searches should be enough. Hope this helped at all!
No more matings, either. I'm about ready to sprinkle rose petals in the bin, light some candles and put on some Barry White. I want some grandsnails! 
It's about time. I found them when I was cleaning out their bin. I tilted it up so I could see if one of my adults was fastened to the bottom, and then I saw them: 2 batches of about 200 or so eggs total. I'd assumed they hadn't laid any because a) I expected them to be closer to the surface and b) I expected them to be larger. These things are smaller than my pinky nail! 
