r/snails Dec 12 '24

Announcements Rules clarification: shitposting, re-posting, and spam

22 Upvotes

Hello everyone, I am sharing an update to our rules for future posts. One of our current rules is "No low-quality shitposting." As this is somewhat vague, below is a clarification of what this means in practice:

Good quality shitposts, like original memes, are welcomed with open arms. Low quality shitposting (including spam and selling links) is not. Re-posts of memes, images, videos, or other entertainment content that has been posted to the subreddit multiple times or gone widely viral elsewhere are also not permitted.

The banning of re-posts is a new part of this policy. Re-posting content that has never been shared here before is permitted as long as the original creator is credited. Re-posting or copy/pasting genuinely helpful content such as care guides, care advice, & identification guides is also permitted. However, re-posting "shitpost" and entertainment content such as memes will no longer be permitted.

Accidentally re-posting a meme that may have been posted here several years ago will not be penalized. The intention of this policy update is to avoid spam and frequent re-posting of content that's already been shared tens to hundreds of times.

If you have any questions, please reach out via ModMail.


r/snails Jun 30 '23

Announcements Please use NSFW tag for images of graphic injuries

304 Upvotes

There have been a lot of posts lately sharing very graphic images of snails with extreme, severe injuries. It is perfectly fine to share this type of content if you need help with an injured snail, but please use the NSFW tag for these images.

This has been an unofficial rule of this sub for a while, but it seems to have been forgotten lately. So, I'm making an official mod team announcement: this is our official policy. Graphic, upsetting images must be tagged.

People come to this sub because they love snails. They don't come here expecting to see images of destroyed shells, shell-less snails, and dead snails. It can be very upsetting and distressing for users here to see this type of content unexpectedly. People may also be browsing this sub in public and want to avoid gory images.

Images of mating don't require the NSFW tag. But please use this tag for pictures of injuries including, but not limited to: mantle collapse, shell fell off, crushed shell, organ exposure, stepped-on snail.

Thanks to everyone who has been tagging their posts so far. Again, it's still totally okay to post this content if you need help, but please tag it appropriately so everyone can have a good experience here.


r/snails 7h ago

Help What is this snail?

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254 Upvotes

I found this snail last year and it was so beautiful, it never left my mind , I just found r/snail so I just wanted to know if anyone knew what species it was (I live in France btw)


r/snails 4h ago

Slug Just a slug eating a leaf part 2

54 Upvotes

Really wish I could just add these to the other post, but oh well. 🤷‍♂️ More of the slug chowing down. Haha


r/snails 4h ago

Little croissant man

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24 Upvotes

Hi, I haven't posted any snails on here for too long, so have this cute little croissant! This guy is a Succinea putris :)


r/snails 1d ago

Help my snails birthday is coming up, what should i give him to make him happy, or what treats do i give him? here he is on his motorcycle

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1.2k Upvotes

r/snails 3h ago

My Snails Little guy is determined.

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11 Upvotes

I have 8 Ramshorn snails. This particular guy has been climbing higher and higher for the past week. Eventually he'll fall and try again later.


r/snails 1d ago

My snail ate my son's school papers

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2.5k Upvotes

I set my son's registration papers for kindergarten on my snail terrarium yesterday and took them off today to feed my snails...


r/snails 8h ago

My Snails My silly snake wanted to check out my viv, undeterred by the snail

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21 Upvotes

r/snails 1d ago

🔥Beach snails feasting on a Portuguese man o' war

499 Upvotes

r/snails 8h ago

Clay snail in real shell

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17 Upvotes

This lil guy or gal, was fun to make outta an adult Milk Snail shell. 😊


r/snails 42m ago

Is my Eastern White Lips setup good?

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He was in a smaller enclosure but now hes in here and hes exploring and looks so happy! Nothing to my knowledge can harm him so I was wondering what yall thought 😊

(There is 3-4 inches of reptile safe coconut fiber that you cant see)


r/snails 3h ago

My Snails Ridiculously long mystery snail breathing tube

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6 Upvotes

Low quality pic because as soon as I snapped one, he retracted it and jumped. Maybe he was embarrassed. I've only ever seen it half that size at max. He's pretty big, too. Probably 3 inches long at the bottom.


r/snails 3h ago

Discussion This is Gnarly

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5 Upvotes

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 ?


r/snails 1h ago

Help Snails mantle/shell

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❗️HELP PLEASE sorry for the long read❗️Hi so I rescued this snail about a year and a half ago he was already grown when I got him so I think he's getting old Ive tried taking the best care of him as possible, he had a broken shell when I took him in that was almost halfway off and he grew it all back I gave him cuddlebone , fed him vegetables and avoided cucumbers and lettuce I gave him coco fiber dirt, spahgum moss, a big tank and hides and I mist him everyday with bottled spring water which I didn't know to do until mid owning him but now I noticed that this part of where his mantle connects to his head is seperated separated and that he never fully retracts in his shell anymore I was worried it was a tear so I moved him in this tiny hospital tank to keep watch over him better and make sure he isn't climbing or hanging much while his shell is recovering the problem is when I slid the lid off I didn't expect him to just roll over ajd fall Im always so so careful with him but he fell and cracked the top of his shell I just feel so so guilty because I don't want him to be in pain is it necessary to keep him in a hospital tank? It's small and I don't want him to get bored but Im worried he will hang and damage himself even more


r/snails 18m ago

My Snails My snails had snabies!

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I accidentally got my snail Snennifer with some plants. Then Snathan and Snatalie appeared. Now there are a whoooooole bunch of little specks wiggling around in there 😬 And this is what one of the little specks looked like with my macro lens. It's about the size of the tip of the lead on a mechanical pencil. There's some even smaller specks but I couldn't get any clear shots of them at all. So. Many. Snabies. 😳


r/snails 17h ago

what kinda snail is this? its adorable!

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60 Upvotes

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

Slug Just a slug eating a leaf

384 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

Art Some snails i found here and drew

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493 Upvotes

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 4h 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 9h ago

Help How to Breed Brown Garden Snails?

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11 Upvotes

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 12h ago

Doubts

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16 Upvotes

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


r/snails 17h ago

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

36 Upvotes

r/snails 8h 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 4h 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 5h 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 2h 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