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! :)

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!!
:)