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Since it's winter now where I'm living, I don't have lots of options to give my snails leaves/grass or anything else. I have some fake plants from a pet store already, but they are pretty small and the snails don't really hang on them a lot. The other, bigger fake plants in this store are very expensive, so I thought I could just buy some fake plants in Ikea.

Could this hurt the snails in any way? Like, is there anything in/on the fake plants that could be poisonous or something?

Or does anyone in here have any other ideas on what to put in there until I can get fresh leaves again?

Thanks in advance, I love this Subreddit so much!<3

Here’s my rescue snail, Rhomby! We found him on the sidewalk a few months ago, and his shell was completely cracked. His body was partially exposed from the back and we were convinced he wouldn’t make it.

Somehow a thin membrane formed on the internal organs and kept them from infection, and he slowly completely regrew his shell! It’s just a little deformed now, but overall quite sturdy.

We named him after a rhombus, which his shell resembled before healing. He loves to take baths in his water dish and enjoys the rare cucumber treat day 💚

Here’s my rescue snail, Rhomby! We found him on the sidewalk a few months ago, and his shell was completely cracked. His body was partially exposed from the back and we were convinced he wouldn’t make it.

Somehow a thin membrane formed on the internal organs and kept them from infection, and he slowly completely regrew his shell! It’s just a little deformed now, but overall quite sturdy.

We named him after a rhombus, which his shell resembled before healing. He loves to take baths in his water dish and enjoys the rare cucumber treat day 💚

Does anybody have any experience with heating pads or heat lamps? Got a cold snap in the area, and live in an older house that is not well insulated. My garden snails have been much less active since it's turned colder. I know they do this in the wild, but would it be healthier/make them happier to warm them up a bit? Don't want to cook anyone alive lol

The US version of the show "ghosts" had a "ghost snail" on it 💜 An escarghost, if you will.

Does anyone here have any experience having their house sprayed with insecticides while keeping snails? Last year I removed them from the house while it was done, but this year it wasn’t possible due to having nowhere for them to go and a heatwave that would have seen the car be much too hot. I’m quite concerned as one of my snails (who was already showing signs of deep retraction syndrome but kept coming back when I thought he was dead) was found 100% dead in his tank when I came back. Thanks

my little speedy had a fall he’s very small and seams to have a crack on his shell at first he was moving around just as speedy as normal but now his eyes are fully tucked in and he’s only moving a little is he going to make it? should i take his pain away? what do i do i don’t want to loose him

Hii an update fron my late post. Thank you guys for giving me advice for my assassin snail. I will try to give it a better food source and learn more about it's anatomy next time I make a post asking for halp. I was just really scared and panicking, but now I know assassin snails don't leave their shell.

Does anyone else's snails fall asleep while eating? It's three times now where I thought my snail had croaked mid meal, but he was just napping!

ITS JUST GONE

I live in the Netherlands and this is the first winter I have GALS. They are in our living room which always stays at least 18 degrees. Lately my 2 GALS (idk the specific species) have been going into hibernation despite having plenty of food, water and calcium. They also have a heat mat but thet barely feels warm so I bought a cable terrarium warmer today. Are they supposes to go into hibernation or is thet unhealthy?

Hello! One of my snails died recently and I'm not sure why. It wasn't particularly young but wasn't that old either, I suspect there was a different reason for its death than old age, but I have no idea what. My other snail is alive, but today I found out that she sealed herself off. I sprayed the enclosure in the morning, but she hasn't come out. This evening I threw in fresh food and placed it next to her, but she hasn't responded. I mist their enclosure once every two days and they have food and calcium available. What could be the possible reason for this? What should I check/change so that my snail would thrive again?

When the light turned on this morning, I realized this unit of a snail had a big lump on its shell’s lip. It doesn’t look like another snail is on it from what I can tell, looking at other angles. Can anyone identify what is going on?

note: ignore the tube, I had an oxygen issue and put in a bubbler temporarily.