Giant American Land Snails: Megalobulimus Oblongus
Most giant land snails are African, this one, the Megalobulimus Oblongus, is different because it is actually a giant American snail. There are quite a few giant American snail species, although overall, the African species are a lot more common as pets. Megalobulimus Oblongus originally comes from South America, but can now be found in […]
May 8, 2010
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Giant African Land Snails: Archachatina Degneri
This species, also called the ‘Giant Gold Coast Snail’ is one of the smaller members of the Archachatina family with a shell length of 8-9cm, compared to the Archachatina Marginata shell length of around 12cm. Archachatina Degneri has a fairly smooth and shiny shell, with the first three and a half whorls being of a […]
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Giant African Land Snails: Achatina Achatina
This snail, also called the ‘Tiger Snail’ and the ‘Giant Ghana Snail’ is the largest land snail in the world. Due to its vast size of an average 18-20cm shell length, this species is very popular for pets. A shell length for this snail can easily exceed 30cm, with an average diameter of about 9cm! […]
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Giant African Land Snails: Achatina Immaculata
This is another species of Giant Land Snail that is often kept as a pet, though not as often as Achatina Fulica.  These two species are often confused with each other due to them looking fairly similar, although there is a lot of variation between the two if you know what you’re looking for. Achatina […]
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Giant African Land Snails: Achatina Fulica
The giant African land snail Achatina Fulica is one of the most common giant land snails in the world. They are east African snails and are a popular choice and most common choice for pets due to the fact that their shells can grow up to 25cm in length! In fact, the largest ever Achatina […]
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Giant African Land Snails: Archachatina Marginata
The giant African land snail Archachatina Marginata is the largest of the Archachatina sub-species of giant land snails. This species of giant land snail can be found native to West Africa and can have a shell of up to 12-15cm in length! The family of Archachatina Giant Snails are generally more primitive than Achatina snails […]
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My Pets: Mr Tiggins
Name: Mr Tiggins Animal: Cat Colour: Black Size: Average size for a cat Breed: Unknown Gender: We think he’s male Birthday: Unknown We ‘adopted’ Mr Tiggins when we moved to another farm, as he was already here. The lady who lived here before us had already named him ‘Mr Tiggins’ which suits him perfectly. He […]
April 13, 2010
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My Pets: Jet
Name: Jet Animal: Cat Colour: Dark Brown Size: Small to medium for a cat Breed: Unknown Gender: Male Birthday: Not sure – some where in the 1990s Jet was a stray cat that we adopted when we moved into a new house. We first saw him when we were viewing the farm, and then later […]
April 13, 2010
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My Pets: Gerty
Name: Gerty Animal: Guinea Pig Colour: Mixture of black, light brown and white. Size: Medium to large size for a guinea pig Breed: Unknown Gender: Female Birthday: 26th July 2009 Gerty has medium-long hair, yet is smooth coated. She is quite shy and has a very loud squeak! She lives with her sister Aurea in […]
April 13, 2010
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My Pets: Aurea
Name: Aurea Animal: Guinea Pig Colour: Mixture of Dark brown, light brown, black and white. Size: Small to medium size for a guinea pig Breed: Believed to be Abyssinian Gender: Female Birthday: 26th July 2009 Aurea is the first guinea pig I have owned who has long hair that sticks up in rosettes. She shares […]
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My Pets: Hazel
Name: Hazel Animal: Guinea Pig Colour: Light brown and white Size: Small to medium size for a guinea pig Breed: Short Haired Dutch Gender: Female Birthday: 14th January 2009 Hazel lives in a hutch with her two ‘sisters’ Orchid and Pixie. She is very similar in colour pattern to Pixie, both being of the Dutch […]
April 13, 2010
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My Pets: Pixie
Name: Pixie Animal: Guinea Pig Colour: Black/dark brown and white Size: Medium size for a guinea pig Breed: Short Haired Dutch Gender: Female Birthday: 14th January 2009 Pixie, along with her ‘sisters’ Hazel and Orchid were the first guinea pigs that I got of my own. Out of the three of them, Pixie is the […]
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My Pets: Orchid
Name: Orchid Animal: Guinea Pig Colour: White Breed: Believed to be a Pink Eyed White Size: Medium to large size for a guinea pig Gender: Female Birthday: 14th January 2009 Orchid, along with her ‘sisters’ Pixie and Hazel were the first ever guinea pigs that I ever had. These three guinea pigs were all bought […]
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My Pets: Star
Name: Star Star is actually my brother’s guinea pig who I help to look after. Animal: Guinea Pig Colour: Black with light brown-red patches and two white patches. Size: medium to large size for a guinea pig Breed: Unknown Gender: Female Birthday: 9th March 2007 Star was bought from the pet shop at the the […]
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My Pets: Charcoal
Name: Charcoal Charcoal was actually my brother’s guinea pig but I helped to look after her. Animal: Guinea Pig Colour: Mainly black with a few brown speckles Size: medium to large size for a guinea pig Breed: Unknown Gender: Female Birthday: 9th March 2007 Charcoal was bought from a pet shop along with her sister, […]
April 13, 2010
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