Melanie!!

This is Melanie........we discovered her last week on the 12th August!........
Marrow and Marjorie have been busy!!..........
She's so small and so cute..........I'll be posting regular updates of her progress.
She's our first home bred Marginata.........even though she wasn't planned!! :)

Snail Update April 2010

Right ... I haven't blogged in AGES! So here's an update of my gang....


New Tank lid arrived last week! Love it!

Here's Marjorie,posing!

Marrow was being shy today!

Back in the nice clean tank,feasting!

Marjorie

Here's Marjorie,our latest addition to our snail family!!....She arrived Yesterday and is a rescue from Brixton Market In London...She's a Marginata var Ovum-or commonly known as a Margie.



These pictures were taken as soon as we unpacked her,as you can see she was eager to investigate her new home!:)

RIP- Kebab

He died last Sunday..... bless him :(

Jade x Rodatzi babies-update!!

So here's what's left of the batch so far!!...
Normal shells on the left and yellow(rodatzi) shells on the right......and albino bodies shared between the 2 groups.
So at the moment there are just 2 snails that look like they have yellow shells and albino bodies,fingers crossed they stay like that!! :)

Albino baby!!

So look what we found the other day!!.....yep it's an Albino baby from the Jadatzi litter.....and we've since discovered there's 3 others like him as well, what's even better is their shells look pretty unmarked as well but that could change as they grow,we'll wait and see!
There's also a normal shelled one with an albino body,then the rest of them look like normal Fulica babies....
Will keep this blog updated with pics :)

Hatchlings!

So here are a few of the hatchlings at just 5 days old!!......It's too early to tell what colour their shell of body will be,but aren't they just so so cute!!....
Will update pics as they grow :)

Snail Babies!!!!

Yippee the eggs are hatching!!!!!!!....just 3 hatched so far!!
I'll take piccies as soon as i can,but don't want to disturb them too much just yet........keep checking back for updates!!

:)

Eggs!!!!!

Came home today to find Eggs in the Jadatzi tank!!!!......Just finished scooping them out in their own tub... I won't be hatching them all off as we don't have room for loads of babies but will certainly be keeping a few!
Fingers crossed they hatch ok and fingers crossed we may get an interesting mix of different coloured babies!! :)

Snail Sex!

So we arrived home last Saturday night to find these 2 guys having some snailie 'fun'!!These are 2 of the Jade x Rodatzis,so hatchlings should be interesting!!...We may well end up with some albino babies!!
Fingers crossed for eggs!!! :)

Snail Art....

Was rather pleased with how this turned out!!....Didn't know i could draw! :)

RIP Godzilla & Phyllis!

Well I'm not having the best week.........Both Godzilla and funny little Phyllis died this week,I'm absolutely gutted!
Unfortunately these things happen,their little lives were not
meant to be........bless em :( x

Phyllis at 8 months...

So here's Phyllis at 8 months old....she doing great!!
Growing really well and is best friends with Marrow the margie......Surprisingly as well I've been catching a glimpse of her reproductive organs protruding from her neck every now and again...which is really surprising to say she is such an odd shape,I really thought she would just be a runt,bless her!..It looks like she's really fit and healthy despite her deformed shell... :)

Donna & Kebab at 10 Months....

So here's Donna And Kebab at 10 months old....Donna is just getting slimed on by a Jadatzi baby...
I weighed them both today and there is a huge difference between them still, Donna weighs in at just 15 grams!
And Kebab is racing ahead at 47 grams!
I moved them from the 3 foot tank to a smaller one a few months ago and since then they are doing really well and growing the best they have since i got them......:)

Rodatzi x Jade baby

So this little guy/gal is nearly 3 months old and is a cross between an Achatina Fulica Hamillei F. Rodatzi and an Achatina Fulica F. 'White jade' ........other wise nicknamed a Jadatzi!

So a rodatzi has a yellowish albino type shell and the Jade has a normal shell but with a albino body.....so with this little guy being a cross it should be quite interesting what he turns into!!
We're guessing he's going to look like a normal Hamillei this time around,but there's 3 of them,so when bred again they may throw out an albino bodied snail!?

Anyway for now him and his siblings (who are nameless at the moment) have a lot of growing to do...so watch this space! :)

Marrow!

This is Marrow,he's an Archachatina marginata var. marginata,or more commonly known as a Margie.

He's approx about 3 years old and measures 17cm in shell length....he's HUGE!!

So he's just moved into the 3ft tank with Jim and Phyllis the fulicas!

Kebab...update

This is Kebab,the Tiger Snail (achatina achatina) ....he's 9 months old and still rather small...him and his sister are very slow growing,though I've been told that's not unusual for this species. Donna his sister is very very small though,so i may move her back to the nursery tank to keep an eye on her growth.
As for Kebab though..you can see from the photo that his big stripes are starting to appear!! cool!!
:)

Phyllis..Jan 08

So here's Phylis at 4 months old...she's growing quite well.you can see from the pictures that her whorles have stayed the same but the rest of her shell is growing quite normal.
Her shell is rather rough looking and has quite a rough texture compared to her siblings but despite her her little oddities,she's doing very well!!! :)

Fixed Shell...Super Fast!!

So i went to check on Olive this morning and I'm really amazed at what i saw!!!
Check out the super fast shell repair!!..I knew she would fix fairly quick but never expected it to be this fast,she only broke her shell 3 days ago and has already made a brand new piece to cover the hole!!!!! Excellent!!! :)

Broken Shell!

So look at what silly Olive did 2 days ago!!!
I opened the lid for feeding time and she decided to fall off the roof into the tank and knocked her shell on a piece of mopani wood that sits in there.....she's taken a right chunk out of her shell,but she didn't seem too concerned about the whole thing!! Lucky for snails,their shells can self heal as long they have a constant supply of calcium,which they have in the form of cuttlefish!
I'll keep updating Olives progress as she heals herself! :)