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!:)

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!! :)

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... :)

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!

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!!! :)

Thor & Olive...

So this is Thor and Olive,brother and sister to little Phyllis!As you can see they are huge compared to her and are growing really fast,they look really healthy and will soon be the size of their dad Jim! :)

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.. :)

Poor Vic...

So yesterday my other big Fuli Vic died...:(

He'd gone 2 months without eating and finally he gave up,bless him.
Really gutted as it was only last week that his brother Bob died..

Bless em both...my original land snails..:(

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!! :)

Bank holiday!! & snails!

Strange way to spend the bank holiday i know! But i had great fun weighing and measuring my snails tonight! This is Vic who is 14 cm long and weighs 11 0z!
And HUGE thanks to my man who let me use his tools to measure him with :)
Got a chick pea curry on the hob now so a marvelous tea for a marvelous bank holiday!! :)

Giant African Land Snails

check out my slimey beauties Vic & Bob!!!! They're HUUGE!!