Dadie
21-Mar-11, 12:03
We are now the proud owners of 4 Giant African Snails.
Named Shelly 1, Shelly 2, Shelly 3 and Shelly 5 at the moment!
Iona named them.....:lol:
Going to pop through to Wick to get some more compost for them and a new waterspray bottle today and a toothbrush to clean the shells (my one is not going to be used for that job).
They are facinating to watch though quite slow and they can fairly demolish a cucumber and a banana.
Iona sat up for ages at bedtime watching them by torchlight wandering around the tank and they are nice and quiet and dont wake her up unlike the hamster who had to be moved up to Laurens room!
Still not brave enough to handle them as im waiting for the cuts and burns(cooking injuries, yup, managed to grate my fingers and catch the wire rack in the oven on the same day) to heal on my hands before handling them.
Bought some calcium dusting powder to sprinkle on their food as well as the block that came with them...to see what works out best in the tank.
Anyone else got them and what do they think about them?
Named Shelly 1, Shelly 2, Shelly 3 and Shelly 5 at the moment!
Iona named them.....:lol:
Going to pop through to Wick to get some more compost for them and a new waterspray bottle today and a toothbrush to clean the shells (my one is not going to be used for that job).
They are facinating to watch though quite slow and they can fairly demolish a cucumber and a banana.
Iona sat up for ages at bedtime watching them by torchlight wandering around the tank and they are nice and quiet and dont wake her up unlike the hamster who had to be moved up to Laurens room!
Still not brave enough to handle them as im waiting for the cuts and burns(cooking injuries, yup, managed to grate my fingers and catch the wire rack in the oven on the same day) to heal on my hands before handling them.
Bought some calcium dusting powder to sprinkle on their food as well as the block that came with them...to see what works out best in the tank.
Anyone else got them and what do they think about them?