baby Lagos (Archachatina papyracea)

[AlienSnail]

I've taken photos but can't upload til tomorrow.

Anyway, I've just found six tiny archachatina in my tank, and the only archachatina in there are the A.papyracea (forerly known as Lagos), one did have babies before a couple of years ago, but I don't recall them being quite as tiny, but I honestly think they MUST be A.papyracea.
They're now in a tub within the tank.

Yippeeeee!!! ;D

[Dusk]

Aww! Yay!

Speaking as someone who has purchased baby papyraceae, they do seem to be omgridiculously tiny for archachatinas Looking forward to pictures of tiny tiny cuteness

[muddydragon]

woooo, its baby snailies season!
you should post some pics of the adults too!

[Grant]

Aww congrats ness

[AlienSnail]

Here are some of the babies...




And one of the adults having a rest in the pool part of the waterfall. I'm now wondering if the addition of the waterfall has encouraged them to breed? Similar to the rainy season perhaps?

[vandamay]

Oh well done, they are gorgeous

[AlienSnail]

Thanks Vanda, I'm chuffed with them, hope they survive. Last time one laid eggs there were two albinos, but they died early on. These are all normal fleshed. I have no idea if the albino strain are weak with this species, or if it was co-incidence. Thare aren't enough of them in captivity to know I don't think.
Both parents (an older photo, but they haven't changed). One appears two-toned but I think it's due to mild shell damage causing the growth of a lighter stripe.

[Rachel]

wow, that bottom one is lovely, but both very cute

[AlienSnail]

Thanks, he is a cute wee thing, I'm fond of him. I wonder if there are many more with a shell like that? I suspect it is just shell damage though. He was from my first (and only other) batch of eggs and grew normally for a time til his shell started with the stripe thing, which is why I think it was a fall or something that may have caused it.
Having said that they don't tend to fall, they have great strength and suction for their small size
I'm just hoping that it wasn't poor genetics, becasue that would mean he may have passed that on to the babies. I think it's a nice feature, but not so if it's not meant to be there, if you know what I mean. Time will tell.


.... bless ... he's still bathing in the waterfall pond

[AlienSnail]

Here's a little update, photo taken a couple of days ago. There's a huge difference in size between them, one of them in particular doesn't appear to have grown at all, but is still active. One also appears to only have a couple of very faint stripes. Perhaps it's shell will be quite plain? I'm looking forward to seeing how they grow.

[Dusk]

Oh, so tiny! And so lovely

[AlienSnail]

Thanks

[welsh]

Well done Ness hope they do well for you x

[AlienSnail]

Thanks

[Rachel]

awww, bless