Even a person who is too busy and staying in constant travels sometimes wants to have a living being at home. If you want to get yourself an unpretentious animal that will not make noise, bark to wake up neighbors or constantly run away, then the gigantic African snail of ahaatin will become the perfect companion for you.
Akhatiny - care and maintenance
The shell in our snail is quite large, about 25 cm in size, and along with the body, the length reaches 30 cm. You have already understood that the ahatine is a large snail, what kind of care does it take? Settle it in an aquarium, the height of the walls of which is not less than 40 cm, where you provide your mollusc with a permanent moist environment. You can spray them periodically from the atomizer, which they really like. At room temperature, your pets will not behave very actively, 25-28 degrees of heat is most suitable for them.
At the bottom lay a mixture of humus, sand and peat, a thickness of about 7 cm African snail ahaatin complex care does not require. In their food they can offer vegetables, fruits or mushrooms. Suitable are the most common apples, carrots, cabbage or sweet peppers. They also eat softened bread, dairy products without sugar, boiled eggs, minced meat, leaves of meadow plants and flowers, baby food. Remainder of food is better to clean, so that the aquarium was clean. Add egg shells, chalk or bone meal to the feed to provide them with calcium. Do not allow salty, sweet, fried and sour foods, smoked meats, pasta, potato sprouts to fall into the feed.
Care for eggs ahatine
Although our snails and hermaphrodites, but their self-fertilization is rare. It is better to find a suitable partner for your pet. The number of eggs in the clutch reaches 200-500 pieces. For a year, she can make up to 5-6 clutches. The shape of the egg resembles a chicken, and its size is about 5 mm. The yield of the young is very high - about 70% to 100%. If you decide to move the eggs to a new terrarium, then ensure there are the same conditions as in the previous one where the parents live. If the "living space" allows, it is better not to plant young animals during the first four months. Akhatin - a snail is unpretentious, it's easy to take care of it, and they never create any special problems for their masters.