passion for a variety of exotic animals has long been no surprise, therefore, seems to be quite commonplace to find such a creature in the house, like a snail.Reproduction of molluscs is not too time-consuming process, so willing to do business on their sale only need to buy two birds, and the terrarium equipped with patience to successfully overcome all the difficulties.
Most representatives of this kind - hermaphrodites, but not all.For example, different sexes are yellow aquarium snails.Breeding them in comfortable conditions can occur year-round, so before you begin to engage in their cultivation, should itself answer the question why this is necessary.The fact that one clutch can be more than hundreds of "snail".If this huge Achatina, then attach a hundred or so young in the hands of caring owners will not be easy.If you just want to look at the kids, it's best to give up this idea at all, because I have enough troubles with them, and they eat a lot.
Huge grow almost all the snails Achatina.Breeding takes a lot of strength in the female, so pregnancy is a negative impact on its growth.After laying eggs, it will grow slowly or even remain the same size.The mother's body is weakened, because the kids need calcium for the eggshell and shell.Should not be allowed to breed animals from one masonry patients snails.Although they reach sexual maturity at 6 months, but this period is the rapid growth of shellfish growing their shells, so it is best to breed after one year.
known cases of self-fertilization, but they rare.For reproduction need another mollusk snail.Reproduction involves the fertilization of a larger and older individuals, but this is true only in their natural habitat.In captivity, sometimes surprises can happen - for example, the offspring leads a small snail or both.In this difficult period mollusks need to provide complete care.As the litter is used coconut substrate thickness of about 10 cm. The soil and the soil should be sprayed twice a day, the temperature should be maintained between 28 ° C.
Before pairing enhanced calcium supplements should be consumed each snail.Reproduction of the body takes too much calcium, so the diet should add crushed coquina, fodder chalk, crushed shells, or quail eggs.Opening laying begins in a month and a half after mating.In the pre-dug hole snail lays eggs.Reproduction can occur even after the seating of shellfish in different terrariums.They are able to do some more clutches, one has from 20 to a few hundred eggs.
Young animals appear in 2-3 weeks, sometimes a month.At first he lived with his parents, but if in the terrarium too crowded, the young snails can be transplanted into another house.Their shells are very fragile, so you need to be careful.Small snails should eat every day, access to the food they need constant, because for the strong growth needed nutrients.If the seed is not desirable, it should be kept separately snails.
