Snail Depression.

I have been quite worried about Snailie since this I started a blog about him and other unrelated topics. He has been hiding out under the lettuce, a lot! I did not know if Snailie was not happy about me mentioning Lilly in his blog or it if he was not happy when I said this blog would contain other items of interest also. Or was it just because I was not letting him have free range of the kitchen anymore.

So I have been keeping a close eye on him and also did a little reading about having a snail for a pet. Gotta make sure I take good care of him, since he can not go out and forge for himself. Of course that is a dangerous life, what with eyeeeeeeeee...... Snail Bait !!!!!!!!!!! In reading everything I could find on rearing a snail. I did make a few discoveries. I have not told him the book I am reading about rearing snails, is really a book for people who raise snail, for escargo. I think I will keep that tidbit from him.

First off, I was standing next to his little home and heard this tiny crunnnnnnnnnnch, crunnnnnnnnch, crunnnnnch, much to my dismay he actually had his little head turned way around and was eating his own shell. Well, I just knew there had to be a reason for it, so back to the book on rearing snails. "Probably needs dirt or maybe his calcium levels are low" I dig out my calcium pills out and scrape a bit off one onto his lettuce and sure enough he made tracks over to the calcium dust on the lettuce and started eating there.

In my reading I discovered when raising snail, they like dirt and get nutrients from it also. Well, I have been bringing in his lettuce from the garden and cutting off the dirty roots and washing it to boot. I have stopped that, since he should have it all. Since I have put in dirty roots with the greens he has been like a pig in s..., or in this case a snail in dirt!

Something else that has amazed me is his strength. I guess I did not arrange his home exactly the he really wanted it, so he has spent a little time moving things around. He actually moved several dirty 4" roots from one side of his home to the middle of the it.

But back to this depression thing from the first post until now he has been hidding a lot, even after I sorted out the the nutrional problems, I was really preplexed. Then it hit me, he must be a Republican.. Thinking back on the date this started, was about the time for the count down to the election, then there was the election. Because the day after the election, he just stuck his head in the sand literally. Finally today he was moving around a bit and , started eating more. Also, maybe that eating his own shell, was sorta like nail biting when you are nervous.

Hopefully, he has come to terms with the how the election turned out. If he had really thought about it, his house is paid for, so no foreclosure, he really has no investment, so no increases in capitol gains tax to worry about, he can't handle a gun so no concerns over gun control, he doesn't make over $200,000 (last figure I heard) so no taxes, and since he basically has zip for income, he will get his health insurance on an entitlement program. So he has decided not to really sweat this election and it outcome. He has decided that if things get really tough, he will have to eat more dirt and maybe switch to a few weed, instead of all lettuce.

That's it for now.