Exciting times, my albino tigers are maturing!

[etana]

Yesterday I saw one of my albino Tigers sleeping on top of the soil, which was a bit odd.

Then I looked more closely, and he had a bulge! Yay for nice snaily dreams! Then he woke up and put it back in with his mouth haha.

Seriously though this means he survived past the crucial point in their lives that is just before sexual maturity. Now I hope the rest will follow through and I will one day have Tiger babies, too. I still don't know for sure if they're compatible with Gaius the big guy, but that'd be nice even if the offspring won't be albino.

[jolovessnailies]

Oh bless him Etana love, I hope you didn't wake him at a crucial point LOL!! I am so pleased he is on his way to maturity and is doing so well. Everything crossed for Tiger babies.

Hugs
Jo xx

[etana]

Lol maybe I did, I've been known to spoil nice snaily dreams before when wanting to see better, oops! But I'm so happy for the little guy. Now if I could see that the rest of my albinos have the same going on, that'd be brilliant.

[jolovessnailies]

I am sure they will be fine love, thanks for the updates. I wish I could hatch just a couple of babies, so far I have been out of luck.

Hugs
Jo xx

[Borini.]

Congratulations! How old are they?

[etana]

Thanks Borini! They're about 1 year plus a few months, if I remember correctly.

[jolovessnailies]

Have things progressed at all love?

Hugs
JO xx

[etana]

Not that I can tell. Then again my Tigers are all extremely nocturnal and also like to burrow for the day, and I try to keep my hands off them as to not stress them out. Though this time it means I don't know of other possibly maturing snails. Ugh, I'm like "but these are important days and they need the rest!" and "but I wish I knew!". I suppose I'll try to find out soon unless they come up by themselves and let me see.

The other night, I happened to see that the one albino whom I saw with the bulge earlier was attached tightly to the shell of Gaius, who is like 4 times bigger, lol! I think he has to grow a bit before Gaius notices him as a partner and not just a sticky baby.

[jolovessnailies]

Mine seem to come alive at night as well Etana love so I know what you mean. It makes it difficult to keep tabs on them. I hope they come out soon so you can have a good look at them. Oh poor baby, making advances to Gaius and being rejected because of his babyness. I hope he doesn't take it to heart LOL!!

Hugs
Jo xx

[etana]

Hmmm, tonight Gaius was foaming from many weird places (he looked like he had soap on him, he was so foamy), and the albino Tiger I know to be mature was swollen at the mantle. I wonder if something has happened between the two.

I was worried about Gaius at first because I'd never seen him foam like that before, but he seems to be eating his egg now.

[jolovessnailies]

I am sure he will be fine love but it occurred to me that no matter how long we have snailies as pets, they can always come up with something new for us to ponder over LOL!!

Hugs
Jo xx

[picklepies]

Ooo exciting! Snailies becoming adults is very adorable x

[etana]

Yes picklepies! Poor things with their sleepless days and first awkward attempts at love!

[jolovessnailies]

They do behave like awkward teenagers don't they and it is so sweet?

Hugs
Jo xx

[etana]

They do! I'll never forget when my snail Lemon finally had her first time loving another snail, she kept trying to stick her love organs into all kinds of wrong places such as her partner's mouth! The other snail was more experienced and had to act quick because Lemon was twice as fat as him too, lol. It all went well in the end though.