ems
Achatina fulica
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Post by ems on Aug 1, 2010 17:24:22 GMT
hiya, I was wondering if anyone could tell me if it is normal that my snail would only lay one egg a week ago and then one more 5 days later??? i was told and have read that they usually lay clusters of at least 5 at a time? I've been reading some of the other posts on here and everyone knows the breed of their snail...i think mine is a west african one it has a pointy shell end???
Any info would be appreciated. Thanks
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Post by Bumblebee on Aug 2, 2010 11:19:16 GMT
Do you think you could get a picture of your snail? Could help to identify it, since there are many land snails from west africa  But what I have noticed with my fulica's is that they tend to sometimes lay like just a few eggs here and there in the tank, and a couple of days later, I can find the big batch of eggs. I don't know if they sort of 'drop' those few eggs I find first, since they are always a bit scattered on top of the substrate, never dug down... So dig through the substrate and check in the plants (if you got any) and possible plant-pots and I'm sure youll eventually find eggs |
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Post by pleurdonteisabella on Aug 2, 2010 15:12:34 GMT
Most speacies can lay tester eggs a week to a month before they lay a real batch I don't know why they do it but its not very often the tester eggs have been fertilized.
A picture would be great to identify him as bumble bee said there is lots of west african land snails. ;D
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ems
Achatina fulica
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Post by ems on Aug 2, 2010 20:07:18 GMT
i shall try and upload a pic...thanks for info x
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ems
Achatina fulica
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Post by ems on Aug 2, 2010 20:26:16 GMT
how do i do it???
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coyote
Archachatina papyracea
Cochleas ego amo
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Post by coyote on Aug 2, 2010 21:13:17 GMT
When you click on "reply," type in your message and then look near the top of the page, under Subject. You will see Attachment, and then a Browse button. Click that to navigate to the file on your computer you want to upload to your post. Select that file, then click Post Reply.
If you have a media-hosting site account (Photobucket, Flickr, Imageshack, Smugmug, etc), you can also just put the URL for that image in your post.
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Post by lee2211 on Aug 3, 2010 16:45:35 GMT
Yes, it's perfectly normal.
These are often called "tester" eggs and tend to be laid a little while apart and there are only a few of them, a little while afterwards, and some times not at all, a larger batch is laid.
However, if this is the first time your snail has laid eggs they're not likely to hatch.
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