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Feb 26, 2010 17:43:31 GMT
Post by rebeccaraff on Feb 26, 2010 17:43:31 GMT
I was about to clean out my snail tank today and found eggs - lots and lots of eggs!
I cannot have baby snails so can someone please tell me how i can dispose of these eggs
Please help!
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coyote
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Feb 26, 2010 20:36:31 GMT
Post by coyote on Feb 26, 2010 20:36:31 GMT
Put them in the freezer for a couple of days.
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Feb 27, 2010 7:58:20 GMT
Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2010 7:58:20 GMT
well if their giant african snails (GALS) you go with coyotes advice but if they are just garden snails relise them back (the eggs) into the wild
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Feb 27, 2010 13:57:40 GMT
Post by rebeccaraff on Feb 27, 2010 13:57:40 GMT
Yes sorry they are GALS thankyou and do I need to pickout the eggs or should it be okay to empty the tank into a carrier bag and place soil and eggs in the freezer? well i was thinking aswell I live in scotland and currrently it is freezing outside - been snowing constantly so should it be ok to put the bag out in the freezing cold for a few days? Thanks :-)
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Feb 27, 2010 16:50:26 GMT
Post by Bumblebee on Feb 27, 2010 16:50:26 GMT
You only need to remove the eggs and place them in the freezer, just make sure you get all the eggs =) Personally I wouldnt place the eggs directly outside, dunno exactly how cold it is in Scotland atm and if the weather is gonna stay like that.. I dont think that there is any big risk of the eggs surviving if it is really cold, but better be safe than sorry and place the eggs in the freezer for a few days
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Feb 27, 2010 18:29:44 GMT
Post by crossless on Feb 27, 2010 18:29:44 GMT
I like to freeze peat before putting it away just in case there is egg which I have not noticed as I pick clutches.
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coyote
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Feb 27, 2010 20:49:37 GMT
Post by coyote on Feb 27, 2010 20:49:37 GMT
I don't think you have to freeze the substrate as well, unless you feel there might be more eggs you've missed.
Freezing the substrate will also freeze any pests that might be living in it. The downside to that is if you also keep woodlice in the tank; they would not survive freezing. You would have to pick out the woodlice, so you might as well just pick out the eggs and just freeze them.
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Feb 27, 2010 23:06:29 GMT
Post by crossless on Feb 27, 2010 23:06:29 GMT
I'm not using now any cleaning animals at the moment so when I use I think I'll start to just wait and pick up those unwanted babies if I miss some eggs while I dig them.
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aerliss
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Feb 28, 2010 0:05:33 GMT
Post by aerliss on Feb 28, 2010 0:05:33 GMT
It be FREEZING (literally) at night in Scotland right now. I very much doubt GALS eggs would survive outside at night, especially the clear nights we've been having.
Hmmm... I wonder if you could put them on a bird table?
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Feb 28, 2010 6:25:51 GMT
Post by crossless on Feb 28, 2010 6:25:51 GMT
Hmmh.. I would not put eggs outside, it could make some people that don't know anything about snails it could make them hysterical and some animal haters really make animal keepers feel like they are hell if they start to make pointless calls to prevention of cruelty to animals association. So when I destroy eggs I close very tight that bag where the eggs are so neighbors imagination don't get too much space in their head.. I have deal with one turtles keeper that when my all 8snails lay eggs she can come to my place and pick them up for turtles food.
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Feb 28, 2010 16:40:13 GMT
Post by rebeccaraff on Feb 28, 2010 16:40:13 GMT
Ok I put them in the freezer just to be on the safe side. I also put all the substrate in the freezer aswell just to be extra safe because I think my father would have a fit if I had missed any and we had baby snails aswell How often can snails produce eggs? I'm sorry if this seems like a silly question but will they just constantly produce eggs all of the time or do they have to wait a certain length of time between laying eggs? Thanks x
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Dusk
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Feb 28, 2010 18:23:22 GMT
Post by Dusk on Feb 28, 2010 18:23:22 GMT
If they're achatina fulica, then they may well be laying eggs constantly - assume about two weeks per snail between clutches, but every snail will probably be laying, and not necessarily in sync.
If you sift through the substrate every few days, you should catch any before they hatch.
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Feb 28, 2010 18:25:55 GMT
Post by rebeccaraff on Feb 28, 2010 18:25:55 GMT
Okay I will do Thanks x
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danikat
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Mar 2, 2010 12:47:22 GMT
Post by danikat on Mar 2, 2010 12:47:22 GMT
I always got away with checking for eggs once a week.
Since cleaning the tank out required taking everything except the substrate out anyway I'd use that as an oppertunity to sift through and look for any eggs. Which then went into a small plastic bag in the freezer for a few days (or more likely a week as I'd forget they were there until I went to add the next clutch).
But if possible it's a good idea to check more often, just in case you do miss a clutch, or an odd egg.
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Mar 2, 2010 21:24:02 GMT
Post by crossless on Mar 2, 2010 21:24:02 GMT
My fulicas lay once month eggs but not more often than that.
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