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Post by inky on Sept 29, 2012 4:45:50 GMT
Aww, RIP Neptune and Arlene! At least they lived a happy life with you in their care!
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Post by inky on Sept 29, 2012 3:50:48 GMT
Also, I meant it was attached as in it was stuck to it with mucus. I think it died in aestivation or something.
Edit: Nope. He's alive =D
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Post by inky on Sept 29, 2012 3:49:30 GMT
I looked, it's not your species but I'll look into it. It has more of an "outey" shell than yours.
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Post by inky on Sept 28, 2012 3:03:59 GMT
1. I wouldn't put any other creatures in the tank apart from non-cannibalistic snails, like helix aspersa.
2. I reckon that it's because they don't really want all that soil on them. Mine used to do that too.
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Post by inky on Sept 28, 2012 2:59:32 GMT
That's definitely a garden snail. I've had them before.
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Post by inky on Sept 28, 2012 2:55:11 GMT
Hi, I'm no longer looking after snails as I'm going to get a spider or crickets. But yesterday I pulled a daisy out of the ground accidentally instead of just picking it. I saw something attached to one of the bottom leaves. On closer inspection it was a tiny snail, with tiny TINY snail babies on it as well. It looks a lot like a vineyard snail, but it has an aquatic snail shell, meaning it points outwards instead of let's say, a helix aspersa. Pictures soon. Basically what it looks like: This with a really outward shell. Any suggestions? PS: I think the snail is dead inside, so I can't tell its flesh colour. EDIT: It's alive! Don't worry about the carrot, I'm going to move him off of it soon! Basically I gave him up for dead and went to throw the carrot away and found he had attached himself to it! Edit 2: He came out of his shell to get a better grip at the pet grass I gave him, and in that time I got to see what his body is like. It's a light dull gray, with the tiniest eyes ever! He seems a bit too small for his shell, however, which worries me. I hope it's just because he had nothing to eat in aestivation. I tried to take a picture of it, but it was too small to focus on and it was gone in a minute anyway. He seems to be a shy lil' thing, too! I have a tank but it has desert sand in it, as it was meant for crickets. I need to come up with a small tank fast!
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Post by inky on Sept 28, 2012 2:41:28 GMT
Wow, your girlfriend is brilliant!
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Post by inky on Aug 9, 2012 22:46:15 GMT
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Post by inky on Aug 5, 2012 9:44:49 GMT
you must have been not thinking...
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Post by inky on Aug 3, 2012 13:55:42 GMT
I used to. They kept going missing for a few weeks due to their tiny size
Excuse any typos, my phone is failing.
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Post by inky on Aug 2, 2012 9:53:54 GMT
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Post by inky on Aug 2, 2012 9:51:42 GMT
I was actually joking about the spamming lol. THAT would be stupid.
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Post by inky on Aug 1, 2012 8:07:36 GMT
No, I mean, we have harder rules here. The only snails I've ever been able to have are helix aspersa and the occasional vineyard snail. D= I really wanna enter, oh well. Maybe next time?
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Post by inky on Aug 1, 2012 8:03:15 GMT
Right now I'm not on my own computer. I'm probably gonna spam it with several accounts.
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Post by inky on Jul 31, 2012 11:36:51 GMT
Buh... there are no cepaea in Australia D=
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Post by inky on Jul 31, 2012 11:24:32 GMT
I took a few snails in because I just couldn't resist an albino-looking one even though it may just be sun bleached. I took two in officially, but one of them is so tiny I'm afraid it'll get out of the tank! This thought made me think: Snails have to produce young to live. Humans have to produce young to live. Snails don't harm us. We harm snails in an extremely cruel way. They've probably lived far longer than us. We kill them anyway. They eat to live. We eat to live. THINK, people! Would you like to have acid poured over you? This is what snails get with salt. We should copy-paste that around and hopefully people will back us up. More than likely they'll just comment rudely But it's worth a try.
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Post by inky on Jul 29, 2012 5:12:40 GMT
This has to be stopped!
I've posted on several youtube videos and flagged them. Several people just wrote "its a snail get over it", but the guess what? I won the argument! The youtube video was deleted for violating the terms!
I think we should start some sort of uprise. Lobster lovers did, so why can't we? Even though I don't keep snails anymore, I'm still anti-cruelty! These magnificent creatures have most probably lived in the world MUCH longer than we have, yet they're considered pests? I think we should comment on these videos and tell them exactly what they're doing. Pouring salt on a snail is like pouring acid on a human.
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Post by inky on Jul 23, 2012 6:29:21 GMT
She was far too young for her to pass away.
My mother accidently unpluged the fishtank heater until it was to 13○ C.
My Red Ramshorn snail died before I realised how cold it was. It's a surprise my fancy goldfish and pleco survived.
Goodbye, little one, you will be missed.
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Post by inky on Jul 12, 2012 3:54:48 GMT
Your snails are very beautiful.
It's likely that they'll hatch. Snails can keep sperm in their body for a very long time.
EDIT: Oh my god I just saw the baby, I couldn't find him before! He's so cute!
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Post by inky on Jul 12, 2012 3:52:29 GMT
You should put up signs like mechangel said. It's a good idea.
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Post by inky on Jul 12, 2012 3:50:39 GMT
I've read about it and it seems that land snails are OK with algae. Not like I'd feed it to them due to the bacteria that's in fish tanks. I'm sorry for your loss, too. It might have been bad bacteria, like pinkunicorn said. I'd never feed snails algae unless they were aquatic snails, like my ramshorn snails. Are you sure they were young? I had one of my snails go a few months ago due to deep retraction. I had got him from the wild in winter so they probably laid eggs and was dying of old age. It's hard to determine the age of a snail, unless you have had it born in captivity.
I would probably stay away from algae as the snails can eat it and even though it's apparently harmless, it may have bacteria in it and apparently fish tanks have bad bacteria in it.
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Post by inky on Jun 28, 2012 7:49:58 GMT
RIP Hermy. I hope your snail babies are going well.
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Post by inky on Jun 28, 2012 7:48:52 GMT
Thanks guys. I thought about getting another apple snail, but I'm a person that doesn't like replacing pets. I got two red ramshorn snails.
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Post by inky on Jun 27, 2012 11:00:48 GMT
When I kept snails, they were very calming. I get nightmares where I feel everything, and mostly get nightmares, no good dreams for me! When I had my snails, I woke up nearly screaming and I just watched them. (Partly because I thought they were gonna turn into huge monsters or something xD) Later that day I was still a bit freaked out, but they actually really help. I just thought of something, lol...
Teacher: Why do you not have your homework? Me: I was watching my snails. Teacher: That is no excuse! Me: They calm me. -Proceeds to walk away, holding snail in hand- PERFECT CALMING SENSATION IN SCHOOL. Seriously, though, they are quite calming.
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Post by inky on Jun 27, 2012 10:56:39 GMT
Either Kevin's answer or Cernuella virgata.
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