One-eyed snail and more

[simple]

I have hundreds of snail pics and I love to show them off, so I thought I should share a few of them and their stories here.
A small warning, I don't know how to work with ImageShack, I hope the pictures are visible.

This is my one-eyed snail, which I creatively named Ciclope. He was rescued by my sister, when she brought it home I tried to get him out of his shell, when he finally did I noticed something weird, he had two eyeballs but only one upper tentacle! He laid eggs but they didn't hatch.

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The next one is White, I brought him from school and kept him when I noticed he was very pale. I think he was an albino.

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I washed their terrarium with detergent to get rid of the mites (wasn't too successful), but I couldn't just put the snails in there after using a dangerous chemical so I put them in a bowl and sealed it with stretch wrap. I must have missed a spot because I woke up in the middle of the night with half of them wandering in my room.

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I accidentaly broke a snail's shell while washing it, it was still alive and the shell didn't go inside the body so I gave it some cucumber with calcium powder and half of a cardboard ball to hide. It proceeded to ignore the cucumber and eat the cardboard ball.

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Never leave your snails alone for too long, they don't like standing still.

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[astana]

Snails are indeed feisty little things. Your one-eyed snail is fascinating! There was a user on here that posted about their one-eyed slug, also creatively named Cyclops, and your snail reminds me of it.

[simple]

Thank you! He's my favorite snail. I also saw another one-eyed snail named Cyclops some time ago, it's just too appealing 

[etana]

Wow! That stare of Ciclope, it is intense!

Lovely pics, yeah wild caught snails must be watched carefully as they love to explore.

[seastar]

Apr 12, 2018 13:44:51 GMT etana said:

Wow! That stare of Ciclope, it is intense!

Lovely pics, yeah wild caught snails must be watched carefully as they love to explore.

You're right etana! I have both captivity bred and wild caught snails (though, I got the wild ones from a seller who caught them). Rainbow and Lemonade like to "peeka-boo", but never leave, but Peanut, Choco, Cappuccino and Marble would surely leave if I ever gave them the chance.

By the way, simple, Ciclope is AMAZING! I've never seen a one-eyed snail before seeing the picture. In the second one, he really looks like a hungry cyclope!

[etana]

Yeah, my Giant African snails only leave their tank if they somehow fall out, but my wild caughts have been quite impressive escape artists before!

[simple]

All of my big snails are wild caught, here in Portugal snails are seen as snacks so I always feel sorry for them and bring them home.
On a happier note, Ciclope is the oldest of his group, and despite having some health problems, he's one of my most active snails! And unlike the others, he doesn't try to escape when given the chance

[seastar]

I've noticed something interesting; for some reason, we snail keepers tend to prefer the hurt/sick/weird ones... Like, Ciclope has only one eye, and he's simple 's favorite; Peanut is super extra shy, she retracts at any single vibration, and she's my favorite!