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Post by slinky on Oct 23, 2014 13:37:40 GMT
Maisy    Bobby    Family parents and babies from 1st and second clutch From left to right Shelly, Gretta, Herbert and Tiny  Now the wildies... Squish late Squidge's wife.  Unnamed at the moment.  Penny  Squirt  Titch  Cindy  |
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Post by cliath on Oct 23, 2014 14:02:03 GMT
Very nice snails! I love the second photo  |
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Zorst
Achatina tincta
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Post by Zorst on Oct 23, 2014 16:02:09 GMT
Great looking snails.
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Post by etana on Oct 23, 2014 17:14:50 GMT
Lovely snails, I like their names too |
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Post by morningcoffee on Oct 23, 2014 17:46:07 GMT
Lovely photos!
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Post by slinky on Oct 23, 2014 18:14:31 GMT
Thankyou! I love them!
Does anyone know the species of the wildies?
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Post by etana on Oct 23, 2014 18:27:07 GMT
I'm not good at ID'ing snails but here goes my practise attempt: Penny could be Cepaea hortensis/nemoralis. Squish is Helix aspersa maybe? Titch looks like a small Cepaea as well. Cindy, I'm not sure, either a stripeless Cepaea or something completely different. |
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Post by muddydragon on Oct 23, 2014 21:37:53 GMT
Lovely to see bobby and maisy doing well Squish: Helix aspera Un-named: Cepaea hortensis Penny: Cepaea sp. (too young to tell but probably Cepaea hortensis) Squirt: Helix aspera Titch: Cepaea sp. (either nemoralis or hortensis) Cindy: Cepaea sp. (probably hortensis but cannot really tell at this point) In short the lip formed when they have reached maximum size in Cepaea is the main way to tell the two species found here apart: white = Cepaea hortensis and Brown = Cepaea nemoralis occasionally you can get a member of one species with the other coloured lip just to confuse the situation... |
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Post by etana on Oct 24, 2014 7:23:17 GMT
occasionally you can get a member of one species with the other coloured lip just to confuse the situation... Hey, can you tell me more about this? Thanks in advance! |
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Post by slinky on Oct 24, 2014 18:43:26 GMT
At the moment I have Squish in on her own and the rest all together, could they all live together? Or should I just put Squirt in with Squish?
Would he miss the others if I move him?
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Post by etana on Oct 26, 2014 6:19:34 GMT
Slinky, I don't think there's any reason why they couldn't all live together. If you're sure that none of them have parasites or illnesses that the others could catch, that is. Snails are sometimes seen behaving like they do miss other snails, especially deceased partners. |
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Post by morningcoffee on Oct 26, 2014 7:39:22 GMT
At the moment I have Squish in on her own and the rest all together, could they all live together? Or should I just put Squirt in with Squish? Would he miss the others if I move him? The wild snails would all be fine to live together. |
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Post by muddydragon on Oct 27, 2014 9:11:18 GMT
Note: I've moved the alternate lip colouration posts to here: petsnails.proboards.com/thread/14466/ so, as etana pointed out, we're not hijacking the thread but anyone can talk about it/add further info there |
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Cashell
Archachatina puylaerti
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Post by Cashell on Nov 3, 2014 22:42:00 GMT
Nice family you got there. I particularly like the photo of Shelly, Gretta, Herbert and Tiny.
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Post by slinky on Nov 5, 2014 13:55:47 GMT
Nice family you got there. I particularly like the photo of Shelly, Gretta, Herbert and Tiny. Aww thankyou, they are sweet! ♡ |
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