Dadie
24-Oct-11, 10:31
My snails have laid some eggs.
I am thinking about microwaving the soil again, but, if anyone would like a snail as a pet I would leave a few of the eggs and see if they hatch.
The eggs are about 5-7 mm so the baby snails will be small but they will grow to have a shell about 15cm or so measuring from tip to the lip (nearest the head).
I only have a couple of weeks at most before I will microwave the soil as 4 snails is plenty for us!
And I dont think I could kill them after they hatch.
You will need a small tank with a good lid and a heat mat for the snails (they dont need a light really) and will need a calcium supplement to give them a healthy hard shell apart from that they are very easy quiet pets that live long and need minimum attention ..a quick scrub with a toothbrush ever so often and a mist with water and are cheap to keep...my costs are a cucumber every fortnight and that bit on a banana the kids dont eat!
Oh and if you dont want to micowave/scald the soil every so often you are best with only one snail as they are each both male and female but do need another snail to mate, but both can lay eggs!
I am thinking about microwaving the soil again, but, if anyone would like a snail as a pet I would leave a few of the eggs and see if they hatch.
The eggs are about 5-7 mm so the baby snails will be small but they will grow to have a shell about 15cm or so measuring from tip to the lip (nearest the head).
I only have a couple of weeks at most before I will microwave the soil as 4 snails is plenty for us!
And I dont think I could kill them after they hatch.
You will need a small tank with a good lid and a heat mat for the snails (they dont need a light really) and will need a calcium supplement to give them a healthy hard shell apart from that they are very easy quiet pets that live long and need minimum attention ..a quick scrub with a toothbrush ever so often and a mist with water and are cheap to keep...my costs are a cucumber every fortnight and that bit on a banana the kids dont eat!
Oh and if you dont want to micowave/scald the soil every so often you are best with only one snail as they are each both male and female but do need another snail to mate, but both can lay eggs!