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Post by inky on Oct 23, 2013 5:33:15 GMT
the lines of the shell are too net and too regular for aspersa the aspersa has full of horizontal lines clear which cross the black lines, while there, there is not... and the black lines are clearer I would take other more precise photos That being said, there are other morphs with much lighter and neater shells. It does look a bit colourful for an aspersa, though. Maybe a luco?
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Post by inky on Oct 23, 2013 5:24:45 GMT
Nice snails! Both helix Aspersa? Never have seen one with a light shell. Yup, the only snails I've ever seen other IRL are H. aspersa and C. virgata (vineyard snail)
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Post by inky on Oct 21, 2013 7:54:09 GMT
Now that my snailies are older, I have a few more pictures to put up. This time I tried to take it with a steady hand and I deliberately brought them outside to wake them up. Unfortunately, one of them stayed asleep for a bit due to the warmer weather coming in but Snowball seemed to like the attention! Snowball slimin' along the lid top. Comparison of shells. Showing them both together~
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Post by inky on Oct 4, 2013 6:47:46 GMT
Hello! Welcome to the forums, I really hope you have a good time here.
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Post by inky on Oct 1, 2013 2:15:51 GMT
Cuties! The lighter one looks like a Snowball to me, don't really know why...... Wow, now that you mention it it really does look like a Snowball! Snowball it is, thanks for being quick to answer~
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Post by inky on Sept 30, 2013 9:43:12 GMT
Hullo, after great consideration, I've decided to start keeping snailies again! I have two and I'm pretty sure one at least carries albino genes as his shell is much lighter than my other. The darker one is a little older than the other, but there's still a noticeable colour difference when I look outside and see smaller snails. As you can likely see, even under shade one is much lighter than the other. Still haven't thought of any names, if you could suggest any that would be great! PS: Sorry for huge image size, it would lose even more quality if I compressed it. Edit: Snowball is named! (The albino)
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Post by inky on Sept 30, 2013 1:13:22 GMT
They're really pretty, if I saw anything like that I'd take it straight away!
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Post by inky on Sept 30, 2013 1:09:21 GMT
Yeast works too if you can get hold of it, that's why they love beer so much. Baking yeast should do well enough. Ah, okay, that's useful too. Thanks very much!
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Post by inky on Sept 30, 2013 1:08:56 GMT
You can try leaving out a snail buffet with cucumber, lettuce, fish food, watermelon, and all the snaily favorites. Or just go out after a rain at night and pull them off of the leaves. This is a really good idea, thanks! It'll work well I assume.
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Post by inky on Sept 30, 2013 1:08:32 GMT
Or mushrooms. When I was on vacation recently, I used mushroom scraps to bait them. It yielded mostly slugs, but the results were fantastic. Any mushroom will do. It works better to set them next to a log or something else they can hide under. When they're done eating, they'll hide there for the night and you can collect them at your leisure the next day. Yup, I already know about the mushrooms but thanks anyway! For some reason, the slug population has boomed overnight, I can't move around in my garden at night without nearly stepping on one now! Again, thanks~
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Post by inky on Sept 29, 2013 12:51:09 GMT
Slugs and snails love beer. Set up a non-lethal beer trap, there's plenty of tutorials out there made by angry gardeners. I don't think you can identify a snail unaffected by a gene but carrying it. I suppose over time you could breed the generations until it becomes the dominant gene, but it'd take a bit of luck and a lot of time. Well, I'm a bit too young to buy beer and my parents don't drink the stuff so that won't work very well =P I've considered finding light snails and just breeding them together and hoping for the best, but I can't house all the snails in the tank that I have so it would be cruel to wait until they produce enough colour for me to see if they're albino or not. Fortunately as I've been thinking of selling my fish, I'll have a larger tank and can try this method out later. Thanks~
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Post by inky on Sept 29, 2013 12:50:59 GMT
Slugs and snails love beer. Set up a non-lethal beer trap, there's plenty of tutorials out there made by angry gardeners. I don't think you can identify a snail unaffected by a gene but carrying it. I suppose over time you could breed the generations until it becomes the dominant gene, but it'd take a bit of luck and a lot of time. Well, I'm a bit too young to buy beer and my parents don't drink the stuff so that won't work very well =P I've considered finding light snails and just breeding them together and hoping for the best, but I can't house all the snails in the tank that I have so it would be cruel to wait until they produce enough colour for me to see if they're albino or not. Fortunately as I've been thinking of selling my fish, I'll have a larger tank and can try this method out later. Thanks~
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Post by inky on Sept 29, 2013 9:22:02 GMT
Okay, so, We don't really have many, well, exotic snails and slugs here. The only snails I've seen are garden snails, garden slugs and vineyard snails from my school. I'm wondering if I'm somehow doing anything wrong in searching and if there's anything I can use to bait them in? I know mushrooms attract slugs from my own experience and that cat food attracts a lot of little garden bugs, but the cats get to it before anything else can usually. If you can give me any tips on finding snailies in my garden, that would be very helpful. Another quick but slightly silly question that I think I know the answer to: Is there any way I can tell normal snails have the albino gene and if so is there a way to bring it out in breeding? If not, is there any way to find an albino without waiting years for one to just come by? Thanks if you can answer any of these!
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Post by inky on Sept 28, 2013 12:15:37 GMT
Oh, there was one time I found six slugs outside and stuck them in a container with a few tiny holes. ... an hour later, there were two slugs on the walls, one under the table, two burrowed, and one IN THE SNAIL tank, which had a screen lid. The snails were all bunched together far, far away from him. Wow, that's both funny and weird at the same time! I've heard they're hard to keep in one place, but one getting right into the tank? That's just amusing.
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Post by inky on Sept 27, 2013 2:20:30 GMT
As killen said, I reckon those are Achatina fulica.
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Post by inky on Sept 27, 2013 2:18:44 GMT
Well, turns out they're smart, a bit too smart at that. Mine slimed everything up overnight, ate all the food, got out of the tank, slimed all down my mum's amplifier and did a turn and went straight to the door and somehow got out both closed doors! I have a bit of a mess to clean up apparently, too. Oh well, back to snails, they're smaller but neater and don't usually succeed in escape attempts!
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Post by inky on Sept 27, 2013 2:16:04 GMT
That and rubber plants. I'm pretty sure birch is fine, but we don't have many willows here, only a few weeping willows which I've never seen so I can't say it's good or bad. Was searching on forum, petsnails.proboards.com/thread/7851/safe-plants-tanksThat link can help out ^
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Post by inky on Sept 23, 2013 4:02:04 GMT
I have an Australian accent, apparently it's pretty cool having one according to some overseas friends. All UK accents in general are pretty awesome though, not saying they're the same or anything And yeah, everyone has an accent, people just grow up with it so they're used to it and it doesn't seem odd to them. I've been told that my accent is strong and weird but I don't hear a thing wrong with it. EDIT: Oops, I just realised I posted on an older thread. Sorry!
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Post by inky on Sept 23, 2013 3:47:53 GMT
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Post by inky on Sept 23, 2013 3:01:43 GMT
Really not a good thing to hear, if the shell is completely off then yes, unfortunately he'll most likely die soon. As Dumbledore said, I'd put him in a small container so the little guy can't strain himself.
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Post by inky on Sept 22, 2013 13:31:42 GMT
We only really have helix aspersas and vineyards here unfortunately. I find them under cushions that we use for target practice, silly things! Almost as if they want to be shot with an arrow sometimes, I move them and find the same ones on the next time I check. EDIT: Huge aspersas you have there!
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Post by inky on Sept 22, 2013 13:28:28 GMT
I have three black slugs with orange feet, not sure what species they are since I forgot to check. They're incredibly shy though, won't come out if you're watching them, talking, moving near them. I hate their slime, it's ridiculously annoying to scrub it all off. They also love wet fish food and mow right through it. Definitely this. Mine is very shy, hasn't moved since I brought him in. Almost worried to be honest, but otherwise this is all right. The slime is soo gooey!
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Post by inky on Sept 21, 2013 9:23:04 GMT
I don't keep slugs, so I can't do a personal slugs vs snails comparison of my own, but one thing for sure is that everyone seems to say that they're much slimier than snails! They also dehydrate a lot faster as I've personally seen. Yes, I had one on my hand just for a moment and my hand was pretty goopy! The mucus seems to be much thicker than a snail, too. Thanks for comparing!
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Post by inky on Sept 21, 2013 1:47:13 GMT
Hello erryone, I'm currently keeping a Limax flavus(yellow slug) and I've already seen many changes from a normal helix aspersa. First off, they're much slimier than snails, probably due to them having no shell to retract to. They also seem less picky than most of the snails I've had, happily munching on some damp cat food until I could find some leaves. They burrow. Gave me a bit of a shock when I checked the tank and didn't see the little guy! Mine at least seems to prefer staying on the ground substrate rather than climbing on the sticks or walls. Much harder to handle. They can get on you a bit, raise your hopes then just slide back off. You can't really pick them up like you can with a snail. I already knew this, but they tuck their head in when they rest. Also scared me as I found him with the cats, fed him with some cat food, went to get my tank and came back to a guilty cat and a headless slug. They also seem to have different tastes. None of my snails ever touched cat food. So much bigger! A normal helix aspersa can sometimes be hard to spot, but this slug is hard not to! I do have a small feeding bowl, but I reckon he could reach over it entirely. So, as I'm new to keeping slugs(and have been a bit busy and haven't had time to keep any others I've seen ) do any of you slug keepers have any suggestions or facts? Thanks!
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Post by inky on Sept 21, 2013 1:33:15 GMT
I haven't been able to get one, but as Tsrebel said, geckoes can be a useful buddy in the tank. Although, when the gnats and bugs run out, you're gonna have to pay to feed it too most likely.
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