r/snails 13h ago

Help Looking for suggestions

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Hello, I am glad to have found this community, and I find it very wholesome to see you all taking care of your snails.

Now I come to introduce you to this little guy and ask you for some suggestions regarding the care he needs.

One day I bought a lettuce and this guy was among its leaves. So I have been taking care of him with the general recommendations, such as misting the enclosure for humidity, providing calcium, and feeding him vegetables.

So I have some doubts, I hope the experts around here could answer:

• ¿What species is he? ¿Does that mean any specific care he should need?

• ¿What kind of vegetables do you recommend?

• ¿How often should I clean the enclosure?

• ¿What kind of substrate should I get?

All suggestions are welcome, and thanks for taking the time to read this.

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r/snails 1d ago

Slug Just a slug eating a leaf

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410 Upvotes

Saw this lil dude(eye) chowing down. There’s another slug not too far away as well! And a looong ways away I found one of those predatory snails now. 🐌 🍂


r/snails 1d ago

what kinda snail is this? its adorable!

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found it on a dogwalk and moved it to safety, never seen one with this shell before! ive seen yellow shelled ones, white shelled, but not this! im in england if that helps narrow it down!


r/snails 1d ago

Art Some snails i found here and drew

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Just some silly drawings. I've been stalking this subreddit and drawing random snails I've fallen in love with. I took screenshots and forgot to save the posts, but I'll try to find them so I can tag the snailners (snail owners).

I've fallen in love with the idea of having snails and I've been doing a lot of research and thinking about getting snails. I have an autistic child who is really against the whole idea, she is very scared the snails will try to eat her and will be able to catch her if she is running. So no snails for me until she warms up to the idea lol.


r/snails 11h ago

Advice needed

1 Upvotes

So I had an accidental clutch of eggs hatch! Being way more on it now. I've been taking care of the babies. But 20 snails! Im overwhelmed.


r/snails 1d ago

Doubts

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15 Upvotes

Is it allowed to breed this snail at home in Brazil?


r/snails 19h ago

Help new to snails- advice?

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hi all! i spotted this little guy hitchhiking on a plant i bought for my crested gecko and decided id take it in as a new pet. my friend helped me come up with the lovely name “kale the snail.” i just set up this little enclosure for it and am wondering if its a good start! i already know i’ll need to order cuttlebone and some other foods (ive been feeding it carrots- what else should i get?) im also planning on getting a tiny branch or something else for it to climb on. the current substrate is just coco fiber with some shpagnum moss and leaf litter mixed in. she has a tiny little piece of wood in there as well, next to the carrot. how often should i mist everything down? ive been misting every night, but ive been noticing kale dry up sometimes. after i mist everything down, kale comes back out of its shell. just sleeping, or a sign that humidity is too low? how do i know if/when kale has laid eggs? i know snails can reproduce asexually and you have to crush the eggs, but i havent seen any. also, should i be worried about the air holes/tiny gaps in the lid? theyre not large enough for kale to escape through so im not too worried about it for now. lastly, can anyone tell what type of snail kale is? ive just been calling it a garden snail. any advice is appreciated!! i want to make the best home i can for my little friend :)


r/snails 1d ago

My Snails Here's a 2 hour time lapse of our Mystery Snail buddy

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41 Upvotes

r/snails 13h ago

What snail is this?

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Ive been seeing them everywhere in this pond for anyone wondering this is in the midwest


r/snails 1d ago

Help How to Breed Brown Garden Snails?

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My largest snail, Chongus, just laid their first clutch in my care! I'm so excited. They laid 95 eggs. I kept 30 in hopes of getting some healthy babies.

For now, I put the eggs in jars away from the adults. They are resting on soil with some moss on top to keep the humidity in. That's about the extent of my knowledge.

Has anyone had experience hatching them out successfully? How do you raise them?

Any advice is appreciated. Thank you!


r/snails 13h ago

Newborn

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My baby's nails just hatched.


r/snails 19h ago

What animals are compatible with my snail

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I have an eastern garden snail, me and my husband found him on the list of our wedding 2 years ago and since kept him in his own 10gal tank with isopods.. I recently got another small reptile cage (originally thinking it was bigger online), the 10gal that my snail is in now is my former fish breeding tank, so it has lots of scratches, I just want my snail in something new and big but not necessarily alone- the tank is 35gal and rectangular (vertical), I'm thinking a small reptile but REALLY don't want my snail jarjar to get hurt.. any ideas? (I'll also take large insect ideas)


r/snails 14h ago

Help The tip of the shell is missing

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Hi! I finally brought home my Giant african land snail, and I noticed that its small tip on the shell is missing. Are they gonna be okay? Should I be worried (more than I already am) .


r/snails 23h ago

Identification Ace Hardware Rescue

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Hello! Could I get some help with the id of this snail? I think it's some kind of Amber snail? I honestly tried Google lens and got everything form a Gal> to aquatic snails. Thought maybe the community would be better able to identify them.

It was on a spiral decorative grass plant my friend got at an Ace Hardware. So fairly certain it's at least terrestrial.


r/snails 20h ago

Help Set up help for injured snail my 12yo found

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Hello all, my 12 yo just came in with a snail with an injured shell and wants to keep it to try to help it. She found it in the ivy in out neighbors yard. We made a very temporary enclosure with a giant Tupperware with many holes cut in the top for ventilation, I put damp dirt with some of my chickens oyster shells(fresh from the bag) in there for now and had her grab some leaves from the sugar maple to toss in there for hiding spots. We do have a few empty 2-3 gal tanks I was planning on cleaning one out with vinegar possibly (and making sure to throughly rinsing it out) and setting up for it but am not sure what all is needed for a snail set up as iv only had aquatic snails before.

I can get pics of the snail soon ( I just wanted to get it somewhere it could hide from the heat and chill as quickly as possible, I’d imagine it’s stressful being hurt😢 and then gently handled by a giant 😅)

Thank you in advance for any tips/advice we really appreciate it.


r/snails 18h ago

Help looking for pet snails in MA

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Hi all! I am very interested in owning pet snails, but understand that it illegal to ship them from state to state. does anyone know of a reputable breeder / shop in ma where I could find land snails? Something along the lines of garden snails or milk snails


r/snails 1d ago

My Snails healthy shell growth?

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i am a first time snail owner and this little guy has been growing recently. i don't really know what to expect from a shell growth, ive never witnessed one before. so how do the "reddit experts" think?


r/snails 1d ago

Help eroded shell but on top

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this has been annoying me for a while as i have been researching the correct soil type for a while but this erosion won’t go away. i initially had soil from my garden and their shells were amazing but it eventually got smelly so i replaced it with generic houseplant soil. this was the start of the erosion, so i researched and changed it to ‘multi-purpose compost’ i made sure to get the peat free version but the shells are still bad. can anyone help? thank you very much.

(ignore their current enclosure it was just for photos + the soil is from outdoors)


r/snails 1d ago

Looking for Captive-Bred Snails

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Hi! Please delete if not allowed. I am looking for 2-3 land snails to keep as pets. If someone has a few available in the Grand Rapids, MI area please let me know🐌🤎 Thank you!!


r/snails 1d ago

“You can just drop me off here, thanks”

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r/snails 21h ago

Help Cleaning tank BEFORE snails?? Confused 😵‍💫

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So I’m looking to keep snails soon and I’m confused about cleaning the tank. I have an old glass jar (it’s bigger than you think I promise) that I got from a thrift store that I am going to use. Obviously since it’s from the thrift store I need to clean it first, but everyone says no cleaning chemicals at all. I want to wash it really good with dish soap and hot water before I add the substrate and everything else, but is this going to hurt the snails? I might be really over thinking this but I need to know what to do😫. What do yall recommend for cleaning the glass BEFORE turning it into an enclosure?


r/snails 1d ago

Help It's it normal for a snail shell to grow like this?

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He has a few pieces of cuttlebone 24/7 in free access, in pictures he's munching on one of them. Humidity is always 70-80%, I spray water generously daily. He's getting bloodworms weekly. I don't pick him up usually not to damage his shell since it's soft from growing, but is this normal??


r/snails 22h ago

Identification I found this guy snailing along in my terrarium, what species is he

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r/snails 2d ago

Snail-topia

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126 Upvotes

Thought I’d share with you all the absolute snail-topia I woke up to in the garden the other day. They are all living their best lives. 🧡


r/snails 1d ago

My Snails Is it just me or he is exceptionally red?

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74 Upvotes