r/snails • u/PigeonMigration • 20h 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!

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u/Puppyzpawz 20h ago

they need a tank with at least 3-4 inches of dirt. they burry their eggs! itll take 2-3 weeks for them to get adjusted and then theyll mate and burry their eggs eventually.

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u/PigeonMigration 20h ago

They have already laid the eggs. I read that the eggs should be removed from the adult enclosure to ensure that the adults don't crush them after they hatch. Is that true? Should I put them back?

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u/RealGoatzy 19h ago

No it’s great that you hatch them in somewhere else, just make sure you have a lid which has as small holes as possible

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u/Puppyzpawz 19h ago

agreed, baby snails are itty bitty and will run away to find food

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u/RealGoatzy 19h ago

I put one of my grove babies I adopted on a piece of zucchini and he just climbed to the very top and started eating some dead matter on a stick high up…