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Post by lisajane8482 on Jul 26, 2007 8:53:36 GMT
When Pixie died we buried her at my mum and dads house as I rent my house and I wanted to bury her where i knew we could visit her so to speak. Anyway last night I went into the back garden and noticed that the windmill we put where she was burried had been knocked over, when i went over to put it back something had dug her up (cats next door or a fox), they had obviously planned on eating her but never did.
Anyway, they had pulled her right out of her shell and had had a couple of bites. Where they had bitten in to her I could see eggs. On closer inspection, by my mum as by this point i was in tears, there was about 50-60 eggs inside her, (not her shell but her body). They were about 5-6mm in diameter, my mum thinks that as the eggs were larger than what she lays that may have been what killed her?
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Arno
Archachatina puylaerti
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Post by Arno on Jul 26, 2007 15:03:52 GMT
Yes,there's no doubt in my mind that if something happens during the growing of the egg or the laying that's out of the ordinary it can kill a snail.It seems likely this is what happened to Pixie. (a belated)sorry for your loss.
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Pollux
Achatina fulica
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Post by Pollux on Jul 27, 2007 3:30:36 GMT
im so sorry . im pretty sure that any egg-laying animal can become eggbound.
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