Post by blackscorpion on Jan 21, 2018 7:19:21 GMT
Hi there,
I just wanted to show you my snails. It all started out with Plumeau. He is a Helix aspersa whom I found as a youngster on an outside stairs. I picked him up to put him out of the way so he would not get crushed, but his house was very fragile and it broke between my fingers. I knew 1 person who kept garden snails and decided to keep him until he was better, asking this person for advice. His ice cream box became a plastic container/terrarium and in the end he just stayed. I got Citronella and Draco months later from a colleague who apparently held snails too and Brother came a month or 2 later as a youngster. There were 4 others too, but they died quickly. For my birthday I got a real glass terrarium from my parents, big but very good surprise! And in the meanwbile Plumeau and Brother have been "dating" and I ended up with loads of eggs. I have frozen a bunch of eggs, having been told by breeders that is the most humane way to destroy them. But I kept a couple too. Anyhow, here are the pictures!
This picture shows part of my glass terrarium.
On the bottom you see from left to right:
Plumeau (Helix aspersa)
Brother (Helix aspersa)
Citronella (Cepaea nemoralis)
Draco (Clausilia)
And here you see a picture of the babies when I just discovered they had hatched.
It is taken with a strong macro lens on my camera.
These are baby Helix aspersa.
I just wanted to show you my snails. It all started out with Plumeau. He is a Helix aspersa whom I found as a youngster on an outside stairs. I picked him up to put him out of the way so he would not get crushed, but his house was very fragile and it broke between my fingers. I knew 1 person who kept garden snails and decided to keep him until he was better, asking this person for advice. His ice cream box became a plastic container/terrarium and in the end he just stayed. I got Citronella and Draco months later from a colleague who apparently held snails too and Brother came a month or 2 later as a youngster. There were 4 others too, but they died quickly. For my birthday I got a real glass terrarium from my parents, big but very good surprise! And in the meanwbile Plumeau and Brother have been "dating" and I ended up with loads of eggs. I have frozen a bunch of eggs, having been told by breeders that is the most humane way to destroy them. But I kept a couple too. Anyhow, here are the pictures!
This picture shows part of my glass terrarium.
On the bottom you see from left to right:
Plumeau (Helix aspersa)
Brother (Helix aspersa)
Citronella (Cepaea nemoralis)
Draco (Clausilia)
And here you see a picture of the babies when I just discovered they had hatched.
It is taken with a strong macro lens on my camera.
These are baby Helix aspersa.
Your aspersas are adorable 
