Post by bluejay on May 19, 2024 2:30:32 GMT
Hi there. My name's Linda and I'm from sunny Portugal. 
I bumped into this forum while I was researching safe foods to feed 5 garden snails (Helix aspersa) that my mother "rescued" from a wall in the elderly home where she now resides (with the help of the caretakers, of course, lol). It was the start of winter (yep, it still can get pretty cold here in Southern Europe...) so my guess is that they were looking for a safe place to hibernate. Fearing they might get killed, or eaten by the neighbourhoodcl cats if released in the garden, she called me...
And because I like animals and exotic pets, and I had kept a pet snail in my teenage years, who lived for many years (probably Helix pomacea, but not sure, I recall it was large and very fair in colour), I thought it would be fun to have some land snails again and set up a terrarium for them.
They're doing great, and... they had babies!!!!!! They started to emerge today and I'm going to set up a smaller nursery for them. Now I'm researching baby snail care, hehe... 😁
Besides the land snails, I also have freshwater snails in 2 community aquariums: 1 golden Mistery snail, 4 Nerite snails (2 zebras, 1 black racer and 1 turrita), 2 Ramshorns (1 red, 1 pink) and a couple Malaysian trumpets. And I'm on the verge of getting Blue Ramshorns and Red Racer and Horned Nerites. Can hardly wait!
That's all for now. I'll see you guys and gals around. 🙃
I bumped into this forum while I was researching safe foods to feed 5 garden snails (Helix aspersa) that my mother "rescued" from a wall in the elderly home where she now resides (with the help of the caretakers, of course, lol). It was the start of winter (yep, it still can get pretty cold here in Southern Europe...) so my guess is that they were looking for a safe place to hibernate. Fearing they might get killed, or eaten by the neighbourhoodcl cats if released in the garden, she called me...
And because I like animals and exotic pets, and I had kept a pet snail in my teenage years, who lived for many years (probably Helix pomacea, but not sure, I recall it was large and very fair in colour), I thought it would be fun to have some land snails again and set up a terrarium for them.
They're doing great, and... they had babies!!!!!! They started to emerge today and I'm going to set up a smaller nursery for them. Now I'm researching baby snail care, hehe... 😁
Besides the land snails, I also have freshwater snails in 2 community aquariums: 1 golden Mistery snail, 4 Nerite snails (2 zebras, 1 black racer and 1 turrita), 2 Ramshorns (1 red, 1 pink) and a couple Malaysian trumpets. And I'm on the verge of getting Blue Ramshorns and Red Racer and Horned Nerites. Can hardly wait!
That's all for now. I'll see you guys and gals around. 🙃