Giant African land snails
My first giant African land snail was given to me by a boyfriend about five years ago. She (they're hemaphrodites, but I decided it was a "she". Apparently when they mate they get into a sort of conga...) was only about the size of a 10p when I got her, but grew to positively monstrous proportions - it was like sharing my flat with a B-movie monster.

One time I went away for the weekend, leaving her all on her own. Now, snails are generally pretty happy on their own for a few days as long as you leave them enough food and water. As a special treat, I had left Cordelia a saucer of beer (snails love beer). I returned on Sunday evening to discover my beloved snail stuck upside down in the saucer. She had drunk the beer, fallen over, passed out, and whilst she was asleep, the remainder of the beer had evaporated, adhering her firmly to the saucer.

Up until she was about three years old, I thought that Cordelia's favourite foods were cucumber and beansprouts. That was until the day I decided to leave some leftover guacamole in her tank, on the outside chance that she might like something involving raw onion, raw garlic, lemon and chilli. I thought she'd turn her nose up at it, but she gobbled it down as if she hadn't eaten for days!

Cordelia died last year after having been a bit doddery and off her food for a while. It was very sad - my then-boyfriend cried buckets as we buried her in the garden with a can of Fosters.

RIP Cordelia :(



I've got a new one now :) He's called Jean-Paul-Pierre-Francois and doesn't like guacamole.
(grandmasterfluffles Come to my Armageddon party on, Tue 12 Jun 2007, 10:01, Reply)