Fur babies and snail trails

[Mermaidia11]

I just wanted to say two things –

1. What a absolutely lovely bunch of people you are. Your antics, fur babies and positive, spiritual, technical, medical, kind advice, love and support here - (which you give freely and unselfishly to all) has literally saved my sanity, soul and self. So a very big thank you to you all(other sites can be cruel, mean and patronising - must be all their pharma sponsors and ulterior motives ) you should all be very proud of yourselves Very

2. Secondly, I had to rehome my house cat and was heartbroken...I’m sure contributing to my depression.. so I took all of your advices and adapted and accepted

This took the form of making a few garden snails into pets.

I expected to keep them for a few days, but then I discovered just how fun and relaxing they were to watch; with their own unique personalities and characters.

A lovely lady recommended (hidden?) that I distract my self with creative endeavour, so I have spent the last few days setting up a YouTube channel for them; and feel a lot better for doing so.

The analogy is not lost on me - snails are considered pests and revolt most people.(it’s how I feel about myself and my useless body most of the time) But I have found such comfort in them and their funny ways - slow, leggless and pointless - they have nevertheless delighted and surprised me at every turn

To my utmost delight; I found that they had laid eggs (I was at my lowest point at the time). I also asked you guys for some advice, and a rubbish day became a bearable one because you were all so kind, supportive and understanding to me.

So I wanted to give you and them my utmost thanks, love and respect; and not hide said love any more (for you guys and the snails).

Here is my snail family if u are interested

youtube.com/watch?v=zw2E-AJ...(Not working as expected?)

Distraction and unconditional love is indeed the keys to coping, in whatever form that takes✨♥️🐌♥️✨

Thank u and bless every dear heart here

[Sane1]

What a very sweet post! I was waiting with bated breath to see your new babies.....unfortunately I couldn't get the video to play.😕.

[Mermaidia11 in reply to Sane1]

Thank you for your very kind and much appreciated comments!

I think that there’s copyright issues on the ole u tube and I’m not very tech savvy......and I feel they love the music... (even though snails are allegedly deaf lol I think they still pick up the vibrations?!)

Music is the food of love and my panacea; well it certainly seem so, judging by the amount of eggs they have laid! (And the fact I’m still alive lol)

I will try another, with less music!

All of the video’s so far can be found on their channel

youtu.be/DHBOK9W_Rjc(Not working as expected?)

youtu.be/V9kyazeSzfk(Not working as expected?)

And I wish one and all blessings

✨♥️🐌♥️✨

[PDConscience in reply to Mermaidia11]

A liberal dusting with table salt is highly recommended.

[Mermaidia11 in reply to PDConscience]

Lol lol that’s what my 12?year old son said! You know they get a necklace of bubbles when the feel fear? I’ve only ever seen it once, but I felt a bit bubbly after reading that lol

[PDConscience in reply to Mermaidia11]

You have a wise son. Taking his advice on dealing with garden slugs/snails, then transitioning to a nice puppy dog may be a healthy move.

[Mermaidia11 in reply to PDConscience]

I’m not going to dignify that with a response lol ....apart from to say you don’t have to walk, toilet, avoid or attend to a snail like you do a fur baby pup.

I suppose the snails are a worthy receptacle for my love; in the absence of the ability to care for a even a cat, never mind a pup mate !

I cut my cloth according to my pitiful circumstances; and the mollusks have filled a gap I thought would be empty forever.

Caring for them has been the best fun and distraction in years! (the joys of neurological decline at 45)

Those critters are mesmerising(to me lol), and that’s what I need right now🎉🙏♥️🐌♥️✨

[Sane1 in reply to Mermaidia11]

I ended up at you tube. Theres a video for everything! LOL. Does the male lay the eggs?

[Mermaidia11 in reply to Sane1]

Ooh I’m finding it fascinating learning about them!

Well snails are actually hermaphrodite (technically lol)and so both lay the eggs as well (that must be why I have so many of them lol)

Thanks for asking, I hope you managed to get to see the funny little fellas

[Nicholas_Martin]

I can't imagine my life without pets. Now I have a two cats, both are rescues from local shelters. As for the snails, my daughter had a giant african land snail as a pet. I'm open-minded parent but it was a bit strange at first to have this creature at home due to my job (I'm a former pest control guy). Nowadays I run a blog pestcontrolhacks.com/ where I write about, you guessed it, various pests.

Anyway, when I was a child I had a dog and an ant farm so, as I said, can't live a day without pets.