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Post by littlegoldsnail on Jul 19, 2019 19:11:03 GMT
Hello, I have 1 helix aspersa (I need to get him some friends). I got him this spring/early summer, and he is doing great! I was wondering if his habitat needs to come in during the winter? his habitat is currently outside because it’s warm out (and he’s doing great outside), but it gets pretty cold in the winter and I was wondering if he would need to come inside. There are helix aspersa wild in the neighbor’s garden and they seem to survive somehow, but I wasn’t sure how he would do. Do they just hibernate?
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Post by shysnail on Jul 19, 2019 20:56:43 GMT
They aestivate, which is similar to hibernation, until the conditions are better suited to them. So outside would probably be fine, or inside if you want to see your snail active through the winter months.
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Post by littlegoldsnail on Jul 20, 2019 15:54:21 GMT
Yea, I would love to bring him inside, my family is just convinced that he’s a slimy gross thing that’s gonna end up escaping into my bedroom and sliming my blankets. I tried to convince them that he does not stink, I have a secure lid and he’s to lazy to even try escape anyways, but they don’t believe me... sigh.
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Poppie
Achatina fulica
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Post by Poppie on Jul 20, 2019 17:19:24 GMT
Yea, I would love to bring him inside, my family is just convinced that he’s a slimy gross thing that’s gonna end up escaping into my bedroom and sliming my blankets. I tried to convince them that he does not stink, I have a secure lid and he’s to lazy to even try escape anyways, but they don’t believe me... sigh. snails are my least smelliest pet i own, infact they don't release any smell into the air, only if you stuck your nose in the container. They are unlikely to escape and crawl around your room because if they have a secure cage, they can't and they know there's no food out there and will mostly likely stick around outside the container anyway. |
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Post by littlegoldsnail on Jul 20, 2019 17:42:19 GMT
Oh I know that, my family just doesn’t believe me.
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nar
Achatina achatina
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Post by nar on Jul 25, 2019 0:55:31 GMT
My family definitely thought they were just fun garden creatures that you play with and leave outside until I returned from university with some as actual pets in a tank. They were definitely not thrilled when I sat down on the couch with a snail eating a carrot in my hand.... I guess they came around when they noticed how curious the snail was with the flashing TV lights and that he never seemed to retract into his shell.
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