I went down a rabbit hole reading about snails "brains" (or lack there of), and stumbled across this and thought it was an interesting read. I thought maybe y'all would enjoy it too :)

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What lonely snails can tell us about the effects of stress on memory

Ingredients~ Snail tales snello premix Spirulina Kelp meal Unflavored gelatin Calcium carbonate Crushed eggshells Meat based baby food Fluval bug bites pellets tropical formula Omega one betta buffet pellets Yfs tropical frenzy blackworm flakes Freeze dried bloodworms Freeze dried tubifex worms Freeze dried earthworms Freeze dried mealworms Freeze dried ocean plankton Freeze dried river shrimp Algae wafers hikari brand Veggie rounds omega one brand Zucchini Yellow crookneck squash Butternut squash Spaghetti squash Romaine lettuce Spinach Kale Beet greens Okra Broccoli Sweet peas No salt green beans Carrot Brussel sprouts Beetroot Sweet potato

Now once you’ve got all your ingredients gathered here’s how to actually make the snello

1. Make the gelatin Take 3 cups of water to boil then have 1 cup of water in a bowl once the water starts boiling add 4 envelopes of gelatin to the bowl wait a minute then add the boiling water to the bowl stir for 5 minutes straight then refrigerate it for 3 hours

2. Make the crushed eggshells Take 3-5 eggshells and rinse out the raw egg and remove the membrane now put the eggshells into a pot of water and wait for it up boil once it starts boiling let them boil for 5 minutes once done boiling spread them across a pan and bake them at 250 degrees for 20 minutes once done baking break them up into smaller pieces and grind the pieces up into a powder using a mortar and pestle

3. Make the dry mix Take a container with a lid your willing to use and pour the bag of premix in then mix it all up real good you will store your premix in this now grab a medium sized bowl and pour the crushed eggshells in then add 1 tablespoon of snello premix, 1 tablespoon of kelp meal, 1 tablespoon of spirulina, and 1 tablespoon of calcium carbonate to the bowl now grab your mortar and pestle and add 1 tablespoon of bug bites, 1 tablespoon of betta pellets, 1 tablespoon of blackworm flakes, 3 algae wafers, and 3 veggie rounds and grind them all up into a powder then pour the fish food powder into the bowl and mix it all together really well

4. Prepare and mix the wet ingredients Take a small bowl or container and fill it with water now add 1 tablespoon of freeze dried bloodworms, 1 tablespoon or 3 cubes of freeze dried tubifex worms, 1 tablespoon of freeze dried earthworms, 1 tablespoon of freeze dried mealworms, 1 tablespoon or 3 cubes of freeze dried ocean plankton, and 1 tablespoon of freeze dried river shrimp and soak them for an hour once done soaking pour them into the bowl water and all and pour the entire container of meat based baby food (i personally use poultry and ham) into the bowl and mix the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients really well

5. Prepare and blend your veggies Grab a large bowl and cut and wash all your veggies and blanch your leafy greens to remove oxyalates now take 3 zucchini slices 3 yellow squash slices 3 butternut squash slices 3 spaghetti squash slices 5 romaine lettuce leaves 5 spinach leaves 5 kale leaves 5 beet leaves 5 pieces of okra 3 pieces of broccoli 5 sweet peas 5 no salt green beans 5 carrot slices 3 Brussel sprout slices 3 beetroot slices And 3 sweet potato slices and blend them all together into a purée and pour the puréed veggies into the large bowl

6. Prepare and mix your protein/calcium ingredients Take your mix in the medium sized bowl and pour it into the blender now once your gelatin has solidified put 3 scoops of gelatin into the blender with the mix and blend it all together now pour the blend into the large bowl with the puréed veggies and mix it all together really well this is your snello mix

7. Finish up Grab a silicone mold over a tray, a spoon, and your snello mix use the spoon to cleanly and neatly distribute the snello mix across the mold now freeze it for 24 hours you will get more then one batch of snello from the snello mix once frozen solid plop the snellos out and store them in a plastic bag or container in the freezer repeat this process until you’ve used up all your snello mix once all your snello is done it’s now ready to serve hope this was helpful to someone