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 :(

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 :)

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......:)

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!

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!!! :)

Phyllis!!!.......again...

So little Phyllis is now 2 1/2 months old and she's growing slowly!! Bless her she's such a cutie!
I've tried to take a picture from every angle,so you can see the odd shape of her shell,her bottom whorls have stopped growing so they look all compact and squashed together,so it's going to be very interesting to see how the rest of her shell will actually grow and fit in with the rest of it!?
Watch this space...........

Godzilla!

So this is the latest addition to my snail family...
Meet Godzilla, he's an Achatina Iredalei,or sometimes known as the Albino land snail or the Golden Land snail.
I'm guessing he's about 2 months old,going by his size and I have only got the one of this species,as they are the only land snail to give birth to live young instead of eggs.So the Iredalei population could get rather out of control with 2 of them.
He's also my early Christmas present from my boyfriend!! Lucky me... :) x

Phylis-update!

So Phylis is 6 week old now and doing great!!
She's obviously still not growing at the same rate as her siblings but she has grown quite alot for her...I'm really pleased with how she's coming along!!
and she's a right speedy mover bless her!!
:)

Phylis..

This is phylis....she's from the same batch as Thor and Olive but as you can see she's alot smaller and quite an odd shape! Her shell seems to be growing rather oddly and not as fast as the others.
Hopefully this won't affect her and she'll be able to live a normal snailie life....but time will tell!
Fingers crossed for little phylis :)

Fuli Babes.

These are Jims babies,Thor and Olive.
These two are staying and hopefully the rest will get rehomed anytime soon!
They're just over a month old now.. :)

Bob...

Bob died today....bless him,he was only 3 years old but one of my very first African Land Snails ,who I'd had since he was a week old!

Really sad......:(

Poorly Land Snail.

So Vic my biggest Fulica has been ill for the past 3 weeks! He's been looking on and off like this and hasn't eaten a thing.I give him warm baths to wake him up but he's just not interested in food and keeps retracting again.
He's also gone from weighing 11oz to just 7 1/2 oz.
So at the moment he's in a tank on his own,being kept extra warm,but not sure if he'll pull through or not :(

Tiger update!

Just a quick update on my Tiger Snails....
They're growing nicely now, although Kebab is the biggest still,Donna has a bit of catching up to do!
They're loving cucumber at the moment and the odd piece of apple is a fave as well.They keep nibbling away at the cuttlefish as well to keep their shells growing. :)

Snail Grub!

Here's Bob tucking into Yummy snail mix! Bought from the Snail Trail eBay shop,it consists of,sunflower kernels,hemp seed,oats,limestone flour and chicken mash.Soaked with a bit of water until it resembles porridge!
My GALS are 3 years old but this is the first time they've ever tried it and as you can tell it seems to going down rather well!
Yummy!! :)

Land Snail

Just a little snailie update! This is Vic on one of the rare occasions i see him awake,he's very shy! His brother is far more willing to pose for the camera,so will take a shot of Bob for my next post! :)