Jhenderson Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 @CoryI had bought 1 yellow rabbit snail and 2 mystery snails about 10 weeks ago from petco. The rabbit snail was in my glofish community tank and the mystery snails were in my betta tank. I put the rabbit snail in the betta tank about 8 days ago so I could treat my glofish tank with salt. There is now a baby rabbit snail in the betta tank with 1 betta, the 2 mystery snails, and my 1 Rabbit snail... How is this possible? It couldn't be a hybrid can it? Or did it maybe get pregnant at pet store more then 10 weeks ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat_Rigel Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 It can't be a hybrid. They are two different genus- pomacea for the mysteries and tylomelania for rabbit snails. The genes won't match up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jhenderson Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 9 hours ago, Kat_Rigel said: It can't be a hybrid. They are two different genus- pomacea for the mysteries and tylomelania for rabbit snails. The genes won't match up. 9 hours ago, Kat_Rigel said: It can't be a hybrid. They are two different genus- pomacea for the mysteries and tylomelania for rabbit snails. The genes won't match up. That's what I thought. Do rabbit snails even need a male to reproduce? I think some organisms don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 12 minutes ago, Jhenderson said: That's what I thought. Do rabbit snails even need a male to reproduce? I think some organisms don't. That is a fun question! For rabbit snails yes, they are dioecious, meaning there are males and females. But other snails are hermaphrodites meaning they are both male and female. Here is a fun video on snail sex: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenman Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 According to the Aquarium Breeder website, female rabbit snails can carry sperm with them for months. They'll then have one to three live birth babies every four to six weeks. The babies emerge in a white egg sack and quickly shed it and start hunting for food. You now know you have a female rabbit snail. As snails go, one to three new snails every 4-6 weeks is a very modest rate of reproduction. Oddly enough the site claims they adore Java fern and will devour it but will ignore most other plants. I didn't know that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonske Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 I got one rabbit snail about a year ago and she produced a cute rabbit baby every month or so for at least seven months. Rabbit females are like guppy females, once impregnated, they go on making babies for quite a while. On 1/31/2021 at 12:10 AM, gardenman said: Oddly enough the site claims they adore Java fern and will devour it but will ignore most other plants Mine never ate Java fern or any other plants. They love algae and carrots, not much else. Could be an individual snail preferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenman Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 1 minute ago, Fonske said: I got one rabbit snail about a year ago and she produced a cute rabbit baby every month or so for at least seven months. Rabbit females are like guppy females, once impregnated, they go on making babies for quite a while. Mine never ate Java fern or any other plants. They love algae and carrots, not much else. Could be an individual snail preferences. I thought that was weird when I read it which is why I mentioned it in the post. I've never kept rabbit snails so I don't have any personal experience with them, but I was surprised to read that. Java fern is typically unbothered by everything and for rabbit snails to single it out seemed odd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonske Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, gardenman said: Java fern is typically unbothered by everything and for rabbit snails to single it out seemed odd. People have various experiences with it. I had a huge bush of Java fern (not doing so great) and it was never bothered, by neither the big rabbit mama nor the babies. Maybe they didn't like the taste or had enough carrots and zucchinis to leave the fern and all the other plants alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jhenderson Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share Posted February 1, 2021 Thank you guys so much for the info.it has helped alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levi_Aquatics Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Good info to know! Thanks for asking the question @Jhenderson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_Obermiller Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 On 1/30/2021 at 10:22 AM, Daniel said: That is a fun question! For rabbit snails yes, they are dioecious, meaning there are males and females. But other snails are hermaphrodites meaning they are both male and female. Here is a fun video on snail sex: Can't believe I just watched snails do their thing lol. But now I can say I know a lot more about snail reproduction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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