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40 Live Leech Babies. This is one of our more popular leech products. Babies are sometimes as thin as pins or needles and have recently hatched out of their mother's cocoon. Most baby leeches cannot pierce on their own. If you intend to feed them until they grow up to be small leeches, you need to allow a larger leech make the first feed, after which the babies can attach and feed on that same site. Baby leeches can potentially be kept in cold water and looked after as pets without feeding for a while, until they grow slightly larger and more ready to bite. However, in keeping them without feeding, you run the risk of losing a small percentage of them in the process. We recommend you buy leeches as babies, only if you feel confident you know how to care for these tiny babies.

$300.00

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Buy 9 Leeches for Hirudotherapy

9 Live leeches - Mixed Sizes

215.00

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30 Live Leeches

30 Live Leeches Pack

100% "Alive-Delivery" Guarantee of Sterile Leeches!
If there is a problem with your order, please send us a picture on the day of delivery and we will replace any damage.

UPON ARRIVAL: Immediately transfer your leeches out of the container with special gel and into a jar of cold water! You may use tap or rain water.

$350.00 $320.00

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Giant Dracula Pet Leech

GIANT-SIZE Bloodsucking Leech. Sold as: Leeches as Pets. Not Suitable for Leech Therapy. The Giant pet leeches is a beautifully colored Blood sucker leech. This leech is believed to be the basis of Bram Stoker's Dracula novel which portrays a human being - a count, who really possessed leech-like behavior and was himself believed to be a leech disguised in human form. Some species of this variety leech become very large in size and are preferred kept as leech pets by some people because they are easy to take care of. The Giant leech pets feed on blood of mammals and are at least 1 year of age. Those leeches can go up to a year without feeding as well and when they start moving, they are slower to move about, but much more robust than their smaller leech counterparts. The giant pet leeches can be fed every 3 to 6 months on your house pet. These leeches will expand to quite a Huge size when fed and full of blood. They suck on the blood fast and very confidently. This pet leech is an experienced bloodsucker and is not hesitant in its biting the chosen area where you've placed it. You can also place it on a dog, cat, sheep, cow or horse to feed from. As it doesn't require that much upkeep and feeding, it is considered the perfect aquatic pet for some who have decided to try something different. The giant Dracula leeches are intelligent creatures and very lively and fun to maintain and look after. They have a mind of their own and a personality as well. If you are looking for another leech with a personality, the buffalo leech is another alternative to tray and raise as well, although they are much more difficult to maintain and care for. If you purchase two pet leeches of this giant size and you keep them together, they will eventually mate in spring and one might become pregnant and give birth to a set of baby leeches. The species would be either Hirudo or Macrobdela Decora, depending on which one is currently available in a Dracula size in our stock pile of leeches.

$14.00 $24.00

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Hungarian Leech

The "Hungarian Leech" is the first ever variety leech to be discovered in the history of the world. The Hungarian leech is a close sister of the Bloodsucking leech and nearly identical in appearance, genetics, composition and function to its counterpart. The leech inhabiting those areas featured a distinctly-beautiful pattern on its back and a greenish-brown tint of coloration. Today, Hirudo Hungarian leech continues to be the single most popular leech of Europe. This is one of our most-sold leech varieties!

9.99

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Leech Forceps for Handling

Leech Forceps - Long. Stainless Steel Metal. Our forceps are a strongly recommended leech tool to use with any type of leech creature. If you are buying leeches for pets, leech forceps are a must-have and a go-to instrument to use in handling leeches. These forceps allow quickness, exactness and gentle handling of the leech, The tool also gives you the ability to swiftly move your creatures around, back and forth, transfer them into new containers change and upgrade their leech lodge to a new environment with moss, rocks, and more leech indulgences. We feel the forceps tool is a must-have for anyone dealing with leeches. This incredible product is also one of the two best sellers in our leech supply shop (number one being the leech jars).

$25.09

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Leech Moss Bedding

Moss for Keeping and Breeding Leeches. 1 Pack contains about 200 grams of Leech Moss, enough to maintain about 20 leeches. Leech moss is not necessarily a mandatory prerequisite product for leech maintenance and care, but rather, its an optional extra. If you happen to be an avid leech lover, leech collector, a leech pet keeper or an aspiring leech breeder, you might want to use leech moss for your lovable animals. Although Hirudo Medicinalis and Hirudo Verbana medical leeches can live perfectly well in plain tap water, if you add leech moss as bedding and add other aquatic flora and fauna to their aquarium you are stabilizing their environment, making it as close to their original habitat in the wild as possible, mimicking their leech lakes or pond surroundings. Hirudo Leeches feel happier with leech moss and they tend to snuggle and hide inside it, stretching their bodies out and enjoying the moist dampness and sponginess that it can offer. Perhaps the aroma is quite calming for them as well. This natural moss provides a comfortable bed for pregnant and mating leech mothers to lay in, as well as for Hirudos who are being bred and multiplying, in the process of laying eggs and when the pregnant leeches' cocoons are hatching and baby leeches (hatchlings) are being born and crawling out of their spongy eggs.

$19.99

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How To Take Care of Your Leeches:

UPON ARRIVAL: Immediately transfer your leeches out of the container with special gel and into a jar of cold water!

HOW TO GET THEM OUT: Pour out the gel with the leeches from the container. If the leeches are still inside, you may add a bit of cold water and swoosh everything around vigorously. If they are still stuck to the walls, you may try to use your fingers. Regular tweezers may harm the body of the leech, so they are not recommended for use - its best to purchase the recommended leech forceps used for easy removal and handling of the leech. In the absence of forceps, be sure to handle your leeches quickly, so they don’t start sucking blood from your fingers.

BEST CONTAINER TO USE: Keep your leeches in a large glass (or plastic) jar with a tight lid. The container needs to be filled about 1/3 full of ice-cold water. The lid needs to be closed and you may puncture needle-size holes in it. Alternatively, instead of a lid, you may cover your jar with cloth tied with an elastic band.

CARE: Change the leech-water at least once a week. Dump out old water by shaking it around vigorously first, with the lid on, until the leeches’ skins come off (they shed their skins about once a week). Skins appear as slimy whitish-clear particles, floating in the water. Carefully pour-out the old water with skins, taking care not to pour out any of the leeches, then, refill the jar again, close and shake. Repeat this process as many times as needed, until all the skins are completely gone and the water is perfectly clear. Fill the jar again with 1/3 cold water (its ok to use tap) and close the lid tightly.

Keep your jar with leeches in a cold, partly dark place, away from direct sunlight. During winter, they can be kept outdoors, partly-covering the jars with a towel, to protect from full sun-exposure. We do not advise you to feed your leeches during winter. Leech species can keep for 1 year without feeding. Keep your fed leeches apart from the hungry ones, as they will prey on each other. Be sure to purchase separate jars, to separate your fed and hungry leeches properly.