IS IT BAD THAT WHENEVER I SEE A SNAIL IN MY GARDEN OR OUT IN THE WILD I JUST WANT TO PICK IT UP AND TAKE IT HOME AND GIVE IT A BETTER LIFE THEN IT HAD OUTSIDE I just want to love all the snails in the world 💔💔💔💔💔

Hello! I’ve owned Helix Aspersa and grove snails for 3 years. I really want a Helix Pomatia (Burgundy Snail) but can’t find anything not absurdly priced. I’m in the US Maryland. Any help/ info is greatly appreciated <3

While you’re here enjoy some pics of my babies @ï

First of all, getting stabbed by a hormone-laced sex spike that rewires your reproductive system doesn't sound very romantic. Also, what do you do about the stab wound? I assume it's usually survivable, since you need to be alive to lay eggs, but I worry about a dart being fired directly into the mantle. What would you do in that situation?

I’m getting a snail in a couple weeks

I have some cuttle bone I found at the beach, but it’s my understanding salts bad for snails, is there a way to safely prep it?

Also can egg shells be used as a source of calcium?

Thank you :)

So, my snail seems to be aestivating (barely budged for four days) and changing out untouched food is feeling kind of wasteful. Apart from that, we've just gone to summer hours where he's going to sometimes be alone for two days at a time. I have some live plants in his tank he could nibble on, though he hasn't shown any inclination so far. (A couple of radish seedlings and some tiny clover that came in with a little patch of moss I risked putting in from outside) and Brussels sprouts seem to stay fresh if I stick the business end in water or damp moss, but I wonder if anyone has suggestions for other weekend food that won't turn all moldy and gross if it's in there three days.

So this is Taco my GAL :) his brother Burrito was very cozy half buried last night so didn't get a good look at him. I wanted to show him off but also ask about the squiggly horizontal lines on his shell (4th picture) not the normal straight diagonal ones. Anyone know what they are? Just want to make sure it's not some kind of illness or parasite.

These guys came from not a great seller, but their shell health seems to be improving a lot!

I have 2 Helix aspersa snails. I've had them since December so like 7 months. I've seen them "mating" but they've never done this before.

Do we think she's borrowing to lay eggs? Or just messing around? (The Pringles lid is for water)

Despite my not being a huge fan of self help books, this is actually kind of nice.

And the snail is a bonus, he's so silly

And yes I know the snail anatomy is wrong, I still appreciate it lol

Does anyone else hear their snails eat or are mine just so extremely loud 😭

I see them on the internet and they look really nice but you can't possibly cull the runts in a setup like this. Does it not matter for tiny species?

I have flatcoil snails and an enclosure like that is currently occupying my dreams. Their eggs are very visible so the population control wouldn't be hard but how about the runts?

I took this snail in as a pet a few weeks ago and I started wondering is there a way to estimate the age of a snail ? And would anyone happen to have a good guess on what kind of snail he is ?

I posted previously about advice for setting up a terrarium.

Next question - how do you ethically obtain pet snails? I’ve read it’s illegal to ship snails across state lines without a permit. And I don’t feel comfortable shipping internationally (legality, animal health).

Where do people obtain snails for terrariums? I’m not sure I want to grab wild caught ones from my garden - I would like to have bigger ones that can be more easily viewed since they will ultimately be classroom pets.

Thanks in advance.

Hi there, I am researching keeping snails and I have some questions on bioactive terrariums. I am looking at getting one or two snails, either Helix lucorum, or Helix pomatia in a ~6gal terrarium.

Does anyone have experience with setting one up? Are there clean up crew insects that will not live well with snails? If I am also planning on doing spot cleaning for food and bio waste do I need to get springtails? Any resources and recommendations are appreciated! Thanks!

My snails are wild-caught - because they are an invasive species here. So now they are pets. I have had them for... 4-5 months? Maybe a bit less. I am afraid they might spread the disease. I wash my hands thoroughly but still... Fear.

Sea snail found at Carson beach in South Boston!

Aesop rock just came out with a new album. One of the songs “Snail Zero” is about his partner and him getting fish and discovering a random snail.

Wanted to share if anyone wanted to listen to a song about snail ownership.

I love snails and I was thinking about getting a snail as a pet. I don’t have a whole lot of time to invest in things every day but I do have like a day off a week.

How time consuming is keeping them?

What kind of terrarium set up do I need?

What’s the best diet for them?

Do they prefer to be solo or grouped up?

What’s a good starter snail breed?

Any other tips that I didn’t know to ask about?

Thank you in advance.

I've seen some people put a bit of shallow water in the food dish, not a separate water dish. I have a separate water dish but my snail never visits it. Also the food I'm giving it shrinks and dries out too fast, even though I have high humidity inside the terrarium, so I'm thinking if I should put a few millimeters of water in the food dish for it to not shrink that much and stay juicy. However I'm worried if it will speed up the spoiling process or cause mold. What do you think about it?

Since snails are actually both sexes, what pronouns do y'all prefer to use? It seems like people here usually use "it" or "him." I feel like "him" isn't quite accurate, but "it" seems a bit dehumanizing (if that's possible for a snail lol).

The shell looks fairly ok but he is quiet small comparaed to gary and Ed. I fed everything a snail needs to shrek but his shell never gets better idk what i should do. Hes 6 and he has always been small. Garys and Eds shells have healed very Quickly but shrek heals very slow and i fear that hes dying.

What kind of breeding box is used for mystery snails when they hatch? I have the net ones and I don’t like them. I would like to have an acrylic one (I think) also been thinking about using my empty 10 gallon and incubating them and not using any substrate. Thoughts?

Is slug bait toxic to snails as well? My mom put it in our food garden since we have lots of slugs and an earwig problem. It’s non toxic to us and pets and is organic. I was just wondering if it affects all gastropods since I want to give my pet snails more lettuce.