LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

[fluffycrow]

I know some of y'all will find this questionable... but as a snail keeper I occasionally feel the need to save them
A little while ago I found this snail had been crushed, possibly by me, unsure.... and it looked a bit of a mess but after careful assessment I could see she wasn't bleeding, and had no signs of organ damage.
So instead of giving her to Dougie as my usual kindness- I decided she had a shot at healing and popped her in one of my snail tanks.
A silicone bowl of milled oyster shell, and some veggies later... and she was pooping, eating, and attempting to crawl about. Her mantle soon retracted and re-attached to the intact shell, leaving a big piece of useless shell which got in the way whenever she tried to move about. Causing her to drop from the top of the tank etc. So I performed a little surgery and cut it off. There is a lip remaining, as if I went back any further I'd risk damaging healthy shell, but she will be able to rasp this smoother herself.

I will likely release her soon, as she's partially regrown shell already and is about fit for survival on her own. She's not a protected species, so it wouldn't hurt to keep her, but I have enough as it is.

Here's a before and after: spoiler for those who might find it gross!

Spoiler: Before

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And now, she's up every night doing great!
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Sorry for the nerd-rant. Happy about it though

How amazing!

 

[BelovedBirds]

That's really cool, BB! Good on you for saving her!

Now keep her away from your plants, lol

Any chance she'll remember my act of kindness and spare my plants?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Any chance she'll remember my act of kindness and spare my plants?

That's like expecting me not to impulsively buy something

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I wonder if for some of my smaller plants, I can just put some holes in a tall water basin and use that as a shallow pot. We have some that are like 5~ cm deep, is that still too shallow for small, unestablished succulents?

 

[KikiDeAnime]

I started moving a few things around in the chickens' yard and they found a frog.
I watched them destroy that thing while running around

 

[fluffycrow]

I wonder if for some of my smaller plants, I can just put some holes in a tall water basin and use that as a shallow pot. We have some that are like 5~ cm deep, is that still too shallow for small, unestablished succulents?

That's perfectly fine for both established and unestablished succulents

 

[KikiDeAnime]

Alright...I made a mistake
I decided to let the flock out to free range including both mama hens & chicks.
That was a bad idea. Both mama hens went after each other's chicks.
Thankfully I saved all before anything happened.
Both mama hens & chicks are locked up separately.

 

[TwoCrows]

OMG....I bought another succulent! I will go get a photo now.

 

[Canadian Wind]

OMG....I bought another succulent! I will go get a photo now.

Thought you weren't going into nurseries anymore?

 

[fluffycrow]

OMG....I bought another succulent! I will go get a photo now.