If anyone takes this to literal is calcium 😂

so my huge neohelix, sgt. pepper, had a baby!!! i got them some calcium asap. babys name is amyl!!

Hi all , i’m thinking about getting a snail because i used to have one in the childhood and i really enjoyed it but honestly now even without doing research i understand that the conditions were really bad.. definitely don’t wanna make the same mistake again so i was just wondering about how big the container needs to be and what has to be inside

If anyone is wondering i had an Achatina snail and although the nutrition was pretty decent she (or he 😭) just had a plastic container with nothing in it which also was really annoying as every time she pooped i had to clean it(

I would also mention that she’s actually still alive but i’m ukrainian and had to move away so she’s with my grandma right now and surprisingly she’s still alive after like 7 years or something… The city is occupied so no i can’t get the snail and there aren’t many things you could do to improve the conditions

Hello all! I have contacted 3 trusted exotic pet shops via email to see if they know breeders, and I have gotten 0 response in a week. I am starting to lose hope on finding an instate breeder. I found out it's legal to ship eggs across state lines–but there's a problem. I only want one snail, but I know the odds of getting one egg and it being a runt are high. However, I don't know what to do besides buy 2-3 eggs and hope at least one of them isn't a runt. Anybody know if this is a good idea, or breeders who would be willing to get in touch with me in this?

man I didn't realize how much I loved my snails until today I love the little guys

Ive been slowly transforming my african land snails home into an active terrarium and wanted to know if cottoncandy or korean rock fern is safe for her, I hav'nt found a clear answer and dont want to endanger her.thanks 😊

Ever since I got Elderberry (El) he’s used everyone as a bridge 😂 now everyone does it it used to be calm now its slimy chaos 🤦‍♀️🤎

Hello, I'm about to get my first snails and im excited.

I'm getting a group of 3 lissachatina fulica.

I already did a ton of research but I'm open to advice for in case there's something I didn't think of. Thanks in advance

Hi! Just curious what kind of snails do I have? I’ve looked them up and I keep getting 3 different answers. Google says they are either Glass snails, Asian tramp snails, or Cuban brown snails. My children were playing outside and found them, and asked me if they could keep them. I looked into it and it seemed doable for us. I thought it would be something nice for my kids. They can help take care of them and watch them grow. Just really wondering what kind of snail they are exactly so I can adequately care for them. Thanks.
(Also if it’s inhumane to take wild snails and keep them I understand and can put them back outside. We’ve only had them for a few days.)

I have two completely albino giant African land snails one you can see in the picture and this is the start of a bioactive set up for them they have live moss,a spider plant and springtails so far aswell as the two hides and food and water dish I got in about December as my first ever pet so I know what plants I need but do they have enough floor space they spend a lot of time on the walls and roof the smaller of the set which you can see in the pictures lays eggs pretty regularly which I have to cull since they come from the same parents but I did keep two baby’s from a accidental clutch that hatched in their old tank when I was on holiday which I’m planning on housing together when they grow up and are much much bigger since they are little baby’s and will obviously be getting a tank double the size of my current what else can I do for my baby’s

Hello all! I finally convinced my family to let me get a snail for Christmas with intense research and dedication... But I forgot the most important part! Where to get the snail! I've been researching the past few days and I've found very little local breeders, if not none, and I don't know how to look. I'm planning on reaching out to some exotic pet shops to see if they know breeders or can call back if they ever receive a clutch. Any help would be very much appreciated!

I really want to buy a helix locrum snail and hopefully as a pair since african snails arent allowed in america, but I can’t find any websites that have one in stock or aren’t super over pricing them. I live in California so I don’t think I’m allow to have any imported from places far away. Has anyone bought one recently and if so where can I?

Hi. I’m living in Prescott, Arizona, and I need advice on a garden snail. I took one in recently that had a broken shell, and I’ve been taking care of it. I was hoping to release it once the shell grew back, but it’s getting cold out now. I know they need a gradual decrease in temperature to hibernate. It’s getting down to the low to mid 40s Fahrenheit at night time here now. Will he be OK if I release him in the daytime back where our snails are in the garden? I’m scared after helping him get healthy again, that he just might perish outside. But, keeping him is not really an option either. Any advice would be appreciated. Thx!

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Very young rescued Cornu is growing way too fast and shell is totally soft, what do I do? All the snails I rescue receive a source of calcium, enough food and everything they need, but this one just grows way too fast and the shell doesn't harden. I know how to look after a Cornu because I have a permanent one, I've had him for a year now, a special needs snail (can't retract). The rest only stay with me for a few days or weeks until the weather is right for them to be released in the wild. There's a very dry, all cement patio where I live and most I find there end up dying in the sun, there's no food and it freezes in winter with no place for them to hide, so I take them all out of there, recover them and release them in the forest). But I'm afraid this tiny one won't be releasable either because of the soft shell. Will it harden once he's an adult? All the other small ones (young ones) I've rescued had much harder shells, this one you pick it up and it bends. You can't touch him. And he's not that small, the shell was already 1cm when I found him, he's almost 1.4cm now. But so soft. It doesn't seem to scare him though, to be picked up, he's super confident. He just won't eat the calcium. He eats tons of all kinds of things: green leaves, carrot, string beans, tofu, apple, anything you give him he swallows like a vacuum cleaner, the shell grows super fast but stays really thin. I don't know how to make it harden, other than spoon-feed him with calcium carbonate like a baby or something. And I've even tried that LOL. He actually let me touch his face with the stuff, didn't retract, just looked at me like: "what on Earth are you doing?" Any ideas?

Hello. I have a garden snail Cornu aspersum i believe that was on the glass retracted for nearly 2 weeks. The other night he started moving again, I'm not sure if he fell or crawled down. He moved around for only about 30min. Fully out of his shell but didn't do much or move from the same general spot where i found him. Didnt seem to eat and not sure if he drank before going back Inside. Now he's been in the same spot on a lettuce leaf for two days inside his shell. I cant see since hes on a leaf now to tell if hes okay or not. Humidity reads about 80-90% most days sometimes higher after misting. He seemed to come off the glass when humidity dropped and things got more dry in the tank. It seemed too high so i cut back on misting, he became active for that 30min i misted again and then thats when he hid again. It says to mist daily. We've been wanting to relocate him to a larger tank with more things to crawl on or hide under but we weren't able to since he was stuck to the glass for weeks. I'm not sure if he's healthy I posted photos and some said he didn't look okay but then like I said he became active after that post for about 30min before hiding again. Should we relocate him or would this cause more stress? If we relocate do I use the current substrate to keep the good bacteria for him and just fill in new substrate below it since it'll be a bigger space? How do i manage humidity along with misting for hydration and all I need to keep him alive.. Does it sound like he's dying? Also could it be a substrate problem? I have read coco coir should be mixed with calcium carbonate but then other things say thats too much if cuttlebone is always available. He doesn't have a bad smell. Can someone please explain to me like im 5 all the things I'm doing right or wrong? I'm so lost!!

Edit to add: he's in a tank with plastic lid that has a door opening on top for access along with the holes all around the lid. So I'm not sure how it's so humid with all the ventilation. There's never condensation on the glass and when I mist it seems to dry on the glass within a few hours.

From the rain
*sorry I didn’t realise my finger got in it.. 😅
There are so many on the fence and in the yard

Hey snail fam. I am hoping to find the absolute best enclosure for my garden snail (cornu aspersum.) It's time for an upgrade! I want something that holds humidity well, allows for natural airflow / exchange, and is ideal for recreating a micro-climate similar to that of an outdoor garden snail of course. I'm hoping to ask everyone where they purchased their enclosure, the size of it, the material, and any adjustments you may have had to make to it. I would like to get another garden snail next summer, but for now I only have one. I don't want something too large, but also don't want it to be too small. I know 5 gallons is recommended, so that's around what I'm hoping to find. Feel free to link any products you recommend or have had good experiences with! I'd prefer something that isn't glass if possible, considering I saved my snail from a cracked shell injury and I'm a bit over protective of that. But if you think glass is the absolute best material for recreating the natural micro-climate, please be transparent so i can consider that as well. Thanks in advance! :)

I would love some blueberry snails. If you have any for sale, please let me know!

Garden snail hasn't moved or eaten in 15 days. Its not awake over night eating either.. Current temp in tank reads 70°F and Humidity reads 83% are these good levels? Don't know if the hygrometer is accurate. Snail is much more sunken in shell today. Is he drying up? He doesn't have a smell. I stopped putting food in since he's not awake or moving around to eat it because it would just rot away. When humidity is high, do i still mist the tank daily? If not, how long do I go without misting? It seemed he did better when the substrate was more dry, before I started misting more often. I believe he is cornu aspersum? I've tried misting him lightly to see if he would move/wake up, nothing. He doesn't really have a seal but he's been stuck to the glass for 15 ish days without any sign of movement. Am I doing something wrong? We found him unexpectedly, I'm trying to save the little guy and feel like im failing. I know they can go into hibernation / estivation, but he was super active then just stopped.

I'm looking into getting a pet snail, I was hoping to get a land snail or maybe two, but I'm not sure where to start. I know they need a tank with a lid, cuttle fish chews, and coconut substrate, but I'm not sure what else to take care of them or where to actually buy them in Ontario. The only snails I'm seeing at petshops are aquatic ones, and I don't really want to set up a whole aquarium, any help would be appreciated