/r/snails
The official subreddit for the coolest gastropods.
Credit to /u/artisnotanaddiction for the subreddit icon.
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as a snail pet subreddit we raise snails as pets, not as food
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Snails are living creatures. Please provide them with a healthy environment
Please do not release captive bred snails
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I've read elsewhere online about how it's important to not fully replace the substrate unless it's an emergency like mites infesting it and that the snails can become ill from doing a complete substrate change. I've read that keeping some of the old substrate (around 50%) can prevent this by not completely destroying the healthy bacteria that's been created.
Unfortunately, my current substrate has been in use for a long time and is extremely saturated and unclean. The snails seem to be doing fine though. Does anyone have any experience or suggestions regarding my issue?
Many thanks.
Dunno if this has been posted here or not but found it to be quite funny.
I bought some watercress and found some snails in it! They have a little less than 1 cm long shells, and there were a couple more dead snails that had a little over 1 cm shells. Can anybody help me ID them? Also I’ve never had snails before, so please share care advice! I started them off on top of the rock and they both moved into the water so I think they might be aquatic. The right one sometimes leaves the water for a while and comes back.
I'd like to get it but I can only find it on one website and can't find out much about it
Does anyone have any experience using foggers/misters in their snail enclosure? I'd purchased a Thrive auto mister (LINK) for my 10 gallon tank, and my snails were absolutely obsessed with it, but it broke after only a month of using it. I'm wondering if it's because I used tap water? Or overfilled? Regardless, I need to find another mister or fogger for my guys because the reality is that I simply don't keep up with misting the tank or other, more manual forms of humidity control. Does anyone have any suggestions?
I know also changing out my tank's mesh top with a glass top will really help, so I will do that as well.
I see a lot of reptile misters that somehow feed into the top of the tank via a hose, but I don't know how that would work for my tank? Presently I do have the mesh top but don't know if a hose option would work with a glass top either? TBH I just don't get how those hose ones go into *any* tank, really, without creating gaps in the top of the tank but maybe (probably) I'm missing something. TYIA!
I've had the Repti Zoo fogger recommended to me but I don't get how it would go into the tank? (be nice pls). This also might work but has shitty reviews - thoughts??
TLDR: fogger / auto-mister recommendations for snail enclosure? Send links pls
I’m an isopod person but it seems a small dude has snuck into my most recent harvest of wild a. vulgare. Who do I have here? (Location: Virginia, US)
She's not drinking the water, she's literally just sitting there pondering. Me too Morgan, me too.
(Ignore the poop 💩 🟧 lol)
Title. Finding it a little difficult to get my head around when a lot of recommendations are US based and I really don’t want to get anything wrong for my snailby, any pointers in the right direction would be appreciated. :)
Can anyone tell me what this orange thing is coming out of my snail ?
Southwest Louisiana, found in the bayou. My brother sent it to me cause he knows I love snails haha
Ambie saying hello ~ (and probably ready for the fresh radish I'm about to give him)
Watchin trailer park boys
Don't worry, Magnus is healthy and LOVES pumpkin so much he forgot to open(?) his eyes.
Mystery snail got flipped over and he’s been like that for days. I originally moved him so that he’ll be face down but now he moved himself AGAIN to be on his back.
Is he blind or something? He's perfectly fine, eats and is active regularly, but I'm just curious if it's a normal thing.