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I keep reading on here that there’s basically no chance of survival without a shell. I don’t even know if this is a snail, but I’m worried that if I leave it then it’s going to have a drawn out death. I already stepped on one tonight with a shell and had to quickly kill it because it was all mangled and I feel horrible about it.

I finally set up my 10 gallon tank can that fit 20 snails

I have two giant African snails, in the past we’ve had issues with fruit flies breeding in their enclosure. So after we moved them to a bigger tank we decided to introduce isopods to help with the issue, we’ve caught a few in the wild, there was less than ten. We quarantined them and after that introduced them into the tank. It removed the fruit flies and got rid of the nasty snail smell, there’s practically no feces visible in the tank. Snails also seem to be happier now, they wouldn’t burry before, and now occasionally they’ll do it, they’re also more active and generally happier with improved bacterial flora in their tank. The issue is, the isopods bred like crazy. They are swarming the tank now, eating probably 1/3 of the food I put in there. Which is nice, nothing goes bad and gets stinky. But I’m wondering if the overgrown colony can negatively influence the snails? The isopods are running all over them, on their shell and their bodies. And if they can, since the snails don’t fulfill their predator duties, are there any safe predators I could introduce that won’t hurt the snails? Or maybe I should get a different cleaning crew?

Found a slug in my cauliflower that had been in the fridge for days. Yesterday I took him out and put him in an enclosure with the cauliflower leaves, and today I put some sliced carrots, tomato, zucchini and sweet potato in there. He’s walked all over them but didn’t eat anything and I don’t know what he’s looking for… what should I do?

I recently lost all my plants (my mistake, I was misting them but not watering them enough) so I replanted everything.

I want the plants to take and thrive. What kind of fertilizer can I use without harming my kids?

I was so happy I caught him in action haha. I had no idea it was this long! I'd love to see some of your guys' siphon flexes too 😊

Wife picked this up in clearwater Florida I grabbed it and threw it back in the water thinking it was some sort of cone snail but not positive at all.

About a week ago, I noticed one of my snails had fallen from the side of their tank. I picked him up off the ground and put him back down the right way up, but he didn’t move for days. I picked him up again and he was crawling with springtails, and seemed very deep into his shell. I put him on some wet moss to try and coax him out, but it’s been about a week and he hasn’t moved. He hasn’t suctioned to the moss/substrate, and he hasn’t formed a mucus seal so he isn’t estivating. He also was at an angle in his shell, with his tail more out than the rest of him. He doesn’t smell yet, and I don’t want to give up on him if there’s a chance he may still be alive, but is there any way I could coax him out? Or is he definitely dead? What do I do with the snail if he is dead? And I would love to know why this happens so I can prevent it from happening again. There was a bit of a dip in their humidity as the weather changed unexpectedly where I live, but I can’t think of anything else I’ve done differently with them. Thank you in advance

Idk for sure what either of them are though 😭

Not sure if it’s considered nsfw because I don’t know if it’s mating or not, but yea I guess the question is are these snails mating? I tried to google what they look like when they mate and none of the search results looked like this. And there’s a very small white hair like thing that keeps popping out of the middle thing connecting them, they’re circling with each other slowly and it’s almost as romantic as it is kinda horrifying, just wanted to clarify if I was seeing a beautiful creation of life for these 2 lil cuties or if I’m seeing an brain eating fungus that’s causing suffering💀🤦‍♂️

i recently got these mites to get rid of fungus gnats, but i started seeing mites crawling on the snail's body, and im kind of scared these may be the harmful type of mites and not the one i bought :(

So I've got my snail tank all set up. It's a 45x45x30 cm exo terra enclosure. I'm seeing so many contradicting information about dimensions, some are saying It needs to be 60x45x45 and others say much smaller is OK. I know it depends on the snail but can I put 2 fucilias in mine? (Giant african land snail, in the uk) I'd rather get fuchsias (idk how to spell it) as thats what my local pet store sells and I'd rather not buy online. Hoping to buy them today

R.I.P

My friend is raising the babies of their GALS. Their babies are kept in a small tupperware in the same cage as their parents ans their tupperware has three pieces of cuttlebone along with substrate, moss, and vegetables they change everyday. They are wondering why their baby snails shells look like this. Any help is appreciated!

My adult milksnails have been stuck to the glass for over a month, zero movement. Are they dead?? Can they stick if they're dead??

What would a good setup for breeding look like?and since they're primarily feeder use what diet would be good for them? I am going to be feeding them to my monitors and I want to figure out a proper diet for the snails as well as how to prep them for the savs. Do I deshell them before hand or?? Any help would be great. I know this is a reddit for snails but this is relating to the topic , thanks!

I know snails sleep alot, but at night theyd walk around, eat, etc.

Even at night, they don't do anything anymore, they just keep sleeping :( One of my snails slept for 2 days straight until i woke it up in fear that it had died (it was alive)

My snail Gary was moving a second ago he isn’t moving now.. I poked him and he isn’t sticking to anything! Is he alive???

What I thought would be a half-hour process ended up taking several weeks, but I finally completed the process and am now waiting for an update. I'm planning on using them educationally, especially with kids. Has anyone else gone through the process of getting a permit? I've had a permit for a black rat snake before, but this is my first time applying for snails and the first time applying with the USDA rather than the DNR.