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Post by eibhlin on Aug 14, 2016 16:56:56 GMT
Well in a rough count i still have about 90-100 baby's in there. That's quite well i think. Somehow all the eggs i have placed outside never hatched. I checked up on some today that have been put in the ground and i could dig them back up. They didn't hatch at all
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Post by jolovessnailies on Aug 16, 2016 9:20:14 GMT
That is quite a few snails hunni, please let us know how they get on and how many are born. Good luck with the ones you are digging up, I really hope they manage to hatch. Please keep us updated.
Hugs Jo xx
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Post by eibhlin on Aug 16, 2016 10:40:53 GMT
Well i think i started out with about 100-110 baby's. Some Cepaea didn't make it. I found about 5 that have died. Still super tiny, didn't grow much. There was 1 helix that died in an incident and 1 that died by it self. Maybe some others died as well but haven't noticed yet. I can't really move around much in those tanks because there are babies in every corner. When the windows are baby snail free i take the chance to wipe them really fast. But that's not happening often... I think that's actually not bad. Many did survive and they are growing well. Some of the Helix are already half the size of my grown up cepaea!!! They seeù to just boom haha. There are also small Helix baby's still, some seem to grow much faster. Maybe those wouldn't have survived in the wild.
I think i will release both Helix tanks after my exams. Thats around the first week of september. It's usually still nice weather over here then so they have time for winter to come.
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Post by jolovessnailies on Aug 17, 2016 9:59:18 GMT
You cannot save them all hunni and they probably do better than they would in the wild, no predators etc. With my snailies some have grown up faster than others and have become bigger, many are medium snails so I think they are like people come in all sizes. I am so glad that sme are growing well, they are the survivors. Nature is cruel and will select the weak and ensure that they do not survive. I know it is the way of things but I think it is so brutal.
Thanks for the update love.
Hugs Jo xx
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Post by eibhlin on Aug 17, 2016 11:16:55 GMT
Thanks I transferred the last helix out of the Cepaea box this morning. It does seem like the cepaea are thriving better now without their big (some huge) snail friends. They seem to be moving around more, eating more and even growing faster now! So a tip to people who read this in some future: KEEP THEM SEPARATED!
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Post by eibhlin on Aug 17, 2016 11:31:29 GMT
Some pics: The Cepaea tank. I placed some small plants in there because it was so empty... There are about 20 cepaea baby's in there i think. Most are sleeping on the tank top. See how tiny they are!!! And the Helix tanks. Don't mind the mess. They make it all dirty over night! It's just crazy! But they are with about 30-40 in one tank so yeah... Oh and... they ate all my plants except the fern on the left.
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Post by jolovessnailies on Aug 18, 2016 9:53:17 GMT
Oh they are so very cute sweetie, what lovely little dots. I see they are heading for the food bowl bless them. I would so love to hold a tiny baby like that and watch the expressions on his little face. Thank you for sharing them with us and please let us know how they get on.
Hugs Jo xx
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Post by etana on Aug 18, 2016 18:35:49 GMT
Sweet little snailies. Keep the pics coming. Cepaea do drown very slowly. I've been surprised by it myself!
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Post by jolovessnailies on Aug 19, 2016 9:22:23 GMT
Oh that's awful Etana love, poor little things!
Hugs Jo xx
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Post by etana on Aug 19, 2016 17:48:32 GMT
Ohh Jo I mean it's a good thing, they can be floating in water and be completely ok when they get out even after a surprisingly long time.
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Post by jolovessnailies on Aug 22, 2016 9:14:45 GMT
Sorry hun, trust me to get it wrong again. Yes they certainly do love a swim, I often have to keep topping the water up for them as there is always one big person who has hogged it all and splashed all the water out lol!
Hugs Jo xx
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Post by eibhlin on Aug 27, 2016 11:46:46 GMT
Sad news in one of the tanks. I gave them some water melon and one baby somehow crawled underneath it and drowned Thats so sad The poor thing wanted some njummy food and just died in it.
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Post by etana on Aug 27, 2016 19:50:06 GMT
Aww sorry to hear it, eibhlin
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Post by eibhlin on Aug 27, 2016 21:04:55 GMT
Aww sorry to hear it, eibhlin Yeah its so stupid that this happened. I wish i took out the water melon sooner or something. So close to his life in nature and then this. I placed him outside for his last sleeping spot. Poor little snaily. He was all white so i knew all help came to late already.
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Post by eibhlin on Aug 31, 2016 10:25:27 GMT
Uuugh!!! I'm really looking for an other tank to put the cepaea baby's in. They are so tiny and crawl everywhere. It's very unsafe and not very efficient working in those tanks i have. Today i wanted to replace the food and by picking up a piece of cucumber, a super super tiny one was crushed So now i feel bad yet again! It's so hard to work in such a tiny opening on the top. I notice that my terrarium is like a 100% easier the manage. I think i will check out the local gardencenter if they don't have small ones on sale. They did a while ago. I did a calculation and a tank of 30x30x30 cm would be fit for about 15 snails. I did a count and if no others get into accidents, i have about that amount of cepaea baby's.
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