Stacey Solomon's son Rex has introduced a new addition to the family home that he has quickly grown "attached" to.
Taking to Instagram the Loose Women star introduced her 5.4 million fans to 'Jonny the snail'. The mum-of-four shared a clip showing the insect in a box full of leafy greens as her son Rex looked pleased as punch.
Stacey shared a clip of Rex lovingly wanting to take his new 'friend' to school. The mum explained that the teachers might not be best pleased with it but Rex was having none of it.
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He cried: "But I want to!" Stacey replied: "Well we will see what the teachers say." Rex added: "The teachers will say yeah."
Stacey gave a further update as she said that Rex had become 'attached' to the snail so it was agreed that he would accompany him to nursey. She said: "They said all the other kids would love to learn about snails so they kept him for the day."
The 32-year-old added that she was worried about snail's only having a short life span which would leave her young son devastated as he was becoming attached. But much to her surprise, after a quick Google, she discovered that the bugs actually live for up to 25 years.
Astonished, she said: "I googled how long do snails live, how long am I going to have to take care of Jonny. Apparently snails can live up to 25 years... 25 years!
"Like I genuinely don't know what I'm going to do. Like I feel that all my kids are going to grow up and move out and I'll still be cutting up cabbage for Jonny the snail."
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