Long Distance Friendships :-(

[LittleChickenLady]

Leroy the snail cruising around.

"Give me those treats, mom.."

Penguin.

Josie.

Niglet.

Snowball, Little Lady, and Helen.

And the cross-beaked Silkie babies. Still alive and at my grandma's house.

 

[LittleChickenLady]

They eat algae I'm pretty sure.
That's what Squishy said.
She better be right.

 

[SourRoses]

They do

But Uhhh.. I did exactly what you did, only a month ago... and threw a whole algae wafer in the tank.... and it just sat there and fouled the water and eventually it all turned green

So I scooped it out with a net and the filter cleared the water up then.

 

[SourRoses]

Hi Leroy!

 

[LittleChickenLady]

I didn't put a whole one in there, only two little pieces.
Maybe a half of one is in there..



My little snail is just laying there and has been in the same spot since yesterday.
I know you said they can stay there for several days.. but I'm worried.
He looked fine when I got him.

 

[SourRoses]

When you stare at him, just see if the shell door is there inside the shell. It's usually a 1/4 inch recessed in there and is a reddish brown color. As long as its there and the shell isen't empty, its still alive. I noticed them all doing that a bit this past week, so I was wondering if they were feeling as if they should be going dormant

Sometimes they can die, but I only had 2 out of 24 snails do so, and they were just babies when they arrived. I really have no idea why they die

Applesnail.net is where I get all my snailie information, and they I don't remember finding any answers there about it

 

[LittleChickenLady]

It's still there.
Leroy is on the side of the tank now.
When I checked on him earlier he was waving his little 'arm' at me.

 

[SourRoses]

Hehe!

Hi Mommy!

Silly Leroy.


I had a chat with the Silkie ladies a while ago when I went out to do laundry. I asked where the eggs are, wheres my first egg? And the cheek! Those girls have some nerve! They said, Wheres the treats? To which I replied, Wheres the eggs? And they replied, Wheres the treats?

Seriously, after all I did for them? Turning them by hand 3x a day... making my back sore bending over to watch them hatch for hours... cleaning shavings out of the water 6x a day? And they wont give me an egg unless I give them treats first? The ungratefulness!

 

[whiteflare]

Oh my goodness, internet banking is annoying the bejeesus out of me!!!

HOW do I do it?! What on earth is a Telecode?!

 

[Nicola]

Hey everyone
How's it going