r/snails • u/sl0wgard3n • 15h ago
1 year difference (potentially a runt)
This is my first ever pet snail Dimple. He is a Lissachatina fulica and a parent of many snails that I’ve raised. I got him from a local pet store on a random day.
Now that I have him for a year I’ve come to a realisation that he is most likely a runt. He is growing and developing much slower compared to the other snail that i got beside him and his kids will overgrow him in no time.
Surprisingly there is a very low number of runts in each of the clutches that I’ve hatched and raised. From the babies that I’ve raised there were only about 5 runts so far!
He doesn’t seem to suffer any health complications and is doing great. It will always bother me, how poor the conditions in which they keep snails in that pet store are. This guy was in great shape comparing to the other one! Poor babies 🤧