Cepea nemoralis eggs

[louize1986]

Hi,

I have a batch of Cepea nemoralis eggs, How is the best way to hatch thease??

Do i place on top off substarte ? Or are they better burried?

Is cocco coir ok to use? and does it need be damp? and what temps?

Any help please has i have the eggs just waiting for advice to hatching them


thanks

[cepealove]

Bury them in the substrate they hatch at room temp x x hope you liked the snails x x

[louize1986]

Ok thats great, thankyou, ive give you a PM

[lee2211]

I've got some to,
I've got them in a little tub in the adults tank, with some moss and I spray them and the tank twice a day. Because they're in the same tank you don't need to do anything different with the temperature, just keep them the way the parents like it.
They wouldn't have laid in an environment where the conditions were right for them to hatch, so just keep everything the same.

[pleurdonteisabella]

Its all exciting the first time they lay.

Happy hatching.

[louize1986]

Thanks alot will keep you updated on here

[lee2211]

Sorry to hijack the thread, but if the egg has what looks a bit like a dent in it, is it hatching or going off?
I can't see any cracks, and it hasn't shrunken or looks any different to the others, it just looks a bit like it's got a little dent in it.

[coyote]

Louize, good luck with your eggs?

Lee, about how old are your eggs? And has the color changed at all?

[fabrizio]

Mine stayed white all the time.. they were left in the adult tank, as they are so small snails, no harm would have aroused from that.
It happens in (mediterranean) Summer, just these days last year (the snails were CB from an England source), and I (re) buried them, after discovering, very shallowly into a mixed peat/volcanic gravel substrate, I used because of its power to absorb excess humidity.
Hatching toke place after about 2 weeks, if I'm correct...

Good luck Louize, from me too!

[lee2211]

Yeah, but all eggs change colour as the eggs develop in side them.
None of the others have anything like this, I *think* they're about 2 weeks old? Roughly, I can't remember when they were laid.

[louize1986]

Hiya, thanks all, i have them burried in coir, and moist.

Is it good to keep it nice and moist? and if it happened to dry out would this kill the eggs?

Does it need a constant moist substrate for the eggs?


And is a clear colour to start with ok?, What colour will thease eggs change too?

And do they get any bigger? what should i exspect to see when i know they ready to hatch out?


Any advice, thanks

[fabrizio]

Mine were white... and as long as I can remember, I didn't notice substantial changes, perhaps due to the fact that the newborns are semi-transparent, although parents were of the orange colour type.

The gritty/peaty soil thy were shallowly mixed within, was humid but not wet. I would avoid any dampening, yet even dryiness could be harmful, as this species usually does live in places were some humidity is guaranteed along the whol year.

[louize1986]

How would i achive this humid?

If i mist this substrate lightly will it help?, Or should i not spray the substrate lightly?

any advice please, ive never kept or had eggs off thease has i cannot see thease no where local to me , thankyou

[fabrizio]

If you are in the UK Louize these are local ideed, even if they could be absent from your specific area, if too dry or not trees enough in it...
I would suggest to spray mildly, at least to compensate evaporation; keeping the container almost close, to ensure persisting humidity, can be recommended for most of the time.
I did so, and almost all of them hatched.

A little ventilation should be ensured of course, even to avoid molds and the like; so you can lift the cover for some 1 hour, once or twice a day, then spraying over the egg place agian, and re-place the cover on the box.

[louize1986]

Ok thanks for that tip, will keep you posted if they hatch, will have to have another look in woods etc etc, has ive never seen them around my area, thanks alot.

Is there any rare types witch can be found out there, witch i need to take a extra look out for do you know?

Appricate the help, thanks

[fabrizio]

Really hope to be helpful with my tips, Louize

At last, keeping stable the condition of the tank/substrate roughly as they were at laying time, should ensure hatch.

If your area is cool, planted enough with thicket of (semi) natural origin, I guess some Cepaea will be live there!
-Are you referring to rarer types of Cepaea (that is quite variable, some morphs are really astounding), or snails species in general?

Although I don't know UK habitats, I know around 100 land snail species are found there, most of them being diminutive in size but really fascinating... some could live just right in your backyard, under old bricks, moulded barks, fallen, moulded leaves (as tiny Vertigo species do), among mosses or the like..!

(I have to find again a quite detailed page, featuring most of the UK snails... I'll post the link, as soon)

[lee2211]

Just keep them the same as the parents, they need to be kept wet otherwise the eggs will dry out and die.
They should get a bit bigger as the snail developes inside the egg, the same with the slight colour change. I spray mine twice a day the same as I do with the adults, and I keep them in the same tank to ensure the temperature is correct. Don't change anything, they lay the eggs in a place with the exact requirements to hatch the eggs, this means they laid in your tank because the snail believed that the temp/humidity ect was correct and will ensure the eggs hatch.
Good luck