slug eggs?

STAR105.7

Arachnopeon
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Nov 18, 2007
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I traded for leopard slugs and albino millipedes back in the beginning of January,
and just 5 minutes ago my mom and I found what looked to be eggs, they look like a smoky-white glass balls that are slightly bigger than the balls at the end of a pin. I know they didn't come from the millipedes because they are only a centimeter long. If anyone knows any info on these things, please tell me! :)

ps. anyone who tells me how to hatch these things and take care of them
will get 15 extra party points. {D
 

Scythemantis

Arachnobaron
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Feb 27, 2005
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We kept leopard slugs for quite some time, collected right in my own backyard in Maryland. We've since moved to Florida and had to leave them behind (no possible permit and they are a non-native species as far as I know), but they reproduced a lot before we let them all go where we found them.

The eggs actually were not as you described, however. They were lightbulb-shaped, and plenty larger than the head of a pin. A little longer than a grain of rice.

We didn't have to do ANYTHING special to hatch them, we just had dozens and dozens of babies about a week later. We kept all our slugs in glass-topped tanks, heavily damp to the point of being extremely moldy, which seemed to keep them well-fed along with the veggies we'd throw in. Had trouble with fruit flies, though.
 

arachyd

Arachnobaron
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We're overrun with them here. They get into everything. In the house we find slug trails over the dry dog food in the dog's bowls. They even climb up into my rabbit hutches and leave slime across the pellets of rabbit food. It sounds like you have slug eggs. They take a bit more than 20 days to hatch so you'll know soon enough.
 
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