Cosmo and friends

[tenebricosa]

I've found them in the woods, perched on tall grass next to a path.
I did some more resaerch and it seems they're not supposed to be here in Belgium and belong more in the eastern countries. Maybe I got the species wrong? They don't look like anything else though.

[wolf]

Hi tenebricosa,
o.k., Belgium was the location........... . That's very important.
".........and belong more in the eastern countries." That´s why I asked. It´s really very unlikely to find Monachoides vicinus in Belgium.
So it should be some other species. A little difficult to tell if the specimens are not yet adult.
Kind regards: wolf

[tenebricosa]

I think the pink one is an adult, as it has the same brown lip as Cosmo (which is what pushed me toward the Monachoides genera), while the yellow one doesn't have it.
Is it possible that they might be vicinus that were important one way or another? I'll ask my malacologist contact and see what he thinks.

[wolf]

Hi tenebricosa,
what about the umbilicus (= navel) in the yellow specimen? If its open and deep, it might (!) be Fruticicola fruticum. Just a guess......... .
Kind regards: wolf

[tenebricosa]

Yes it is quite open and deep, so I guess you're right! The pink one has one too, but maybe they're not the same species?
I'll send some more detailed pictures tomorrow.

[finch]

They're adorable! Congrats

[tenebricosa]

Soooo a few things have happened since the last time I posted!

First, I found a big clutch of eggs and I'm not sure which of my snails made it. Obviously not Cosmo, and not Rosy or Apple because they've both been aestivating for a while. Maybe Chocolate?

And this is the first clutch that I've managed to hatch and keep alive! As a sort of experiment, I picked about half of them to put them in another container, and left them rest of them in the main tank to see if they would disappear like the last clutch did.
Turns out the ones I left in the main tank did fine, but I didn't see them move around much and they always stuck to the walls or the roof of the tank, except for a few that would stay under the food dish or on the branches. Meanwhile, the ones in the other container were very active and ate and pooped a lot; so in the end I put them all in the small container, I'll see how it goes.

Here's said container, a urine sample pot that I originally used for transport, with holes on the lid and gaze on top to keep the tinies from escaping.



I even noticed at least one of them is a lot lighter than the others, too, I wonder what they'll look like when they're all grown up.



I've also witnessed a mating! Rabbit and Hamster mated the other day and I got to see almost every stage except the last one. They seemed to be bothered by the light I used so I just left them to do their business alone.
Here's a pic I snagged of Rabbit exhibiting his penis and his love dart:
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Spot and Leopard, the two snails of unknown species, have also joined the main tank! They seem to be adapting well, noone's been bothering them and they are active at night, as they should be.

I'll soon move the babies to a bigger container so that they have more space to grow.