/r/snails
The official subreddit for the coolest gastropods.
Credit to /u/artisnotanaddiction for the subreddit icon.
Be nice. Bullying and Harassment will not be tolerated.
Be on topic, posts need to relate to snails
as a snail pet subreddit we raise snails as pets, not as food
No NSFW posts
Swearing is fine, but no derogatory slurs or other hate speech.
No low-effort shitposting
Credit all non OC posts to the original poster
Snails are living creatures. Please provide them with a healthy environment
Please do not release captive bred snails
/r/snails
I am desperately searching my house for a good source of protein for my garden snail (Mary SHELLy). I am unable to get any blood worms right now and I'm very worried that she is undernourished. Can I give her BOILED chicken? if so how much and how often? same questions for blood worms.
I know as an adult Bob Seger gets blood worms 1x a week. Should I be following that same routine for the Snabies?
I got my snails 2 days back and they js vanished in the soild.... Is this normal? Cuz of steess? They will come out when they want? Or what else?
just found my garden snail microplastic hibernating (he's got a thin dry whiteish layer covering the entrance of his shell) after not seeing him for a week cause he was buried. I know snails hibernate when its too cold, do they also do it when its hot? I'm in the southern hemisphere so it's the middle of summer here. Another possibility is that its too dry, a few weeks ago I changed the soil from the dirt in the area I found him in to coco fibre which seems to dry out much quicker. Sometimes the top layer of the soil is dry by the end of the day. should I be spraying it twice a day now? Theres another snail in there as well also a garden snail but he's fine and as active as usual.
My snails finally laid eggs! Should I take the eggs out or do anything for them or can I just leave them in there to hatch?
Hi, I saw today a post with advice to put a snail down because it lost its shell due to mantle issues. I wanted to know if it was possible to out the snail in the fridge to make it fall asleep, then in the freezer to stop it's heartbeat and if it was painless
I got 2 baby garden snails from my garden and now they're fully grow the first I got is a lot smaller than the other (when I found they the first that I got was bigger), he is active but I think he is a runt
This is the best picture I got. Anyone know what type he is? Bought a plant, was checking for pests and found him.
How can i get my giant african snail to lay eggs when theres just 1 snail, she laid eggs one time with a mate but her mate died and she hadnt laid eggs for a year, can i get her to self reproduce?
He is hangin on to the fern pot but he looks a little crumbly on the side. He was just sliming around a bit ago so I know he was alive, but I’m worried about what I’m seeing. Also just wondering what that is and what causes it?? Thanks in advance!
i have a large cave hideout in my tank and i'm thinking about switching it out with something smaller because it's so big that i can't check on the snails inside with ease, and im worried that they might get ton comfortable in there and won't come out
My snail fell off the aquarium and broke the shell. What do I do?
Im new with snails. I added 3 apple snails to my fresh water aquarium. But sometimes they love to get out and go back the water.
I have a garden snail. It's a little bit older than a year old.
I've just looked into it's little house and thought that he was inside it's shell, but then I looked closer, and saw that it was NEXT to the shell. The shell is completely empty. Its inner organs are still attached to it's body.
I thought that well, that's it, it has passed away. But no, it's still alive. The poor thing is right now going up it's little house like it usually does.
I don't know what to do. I'm guessing that its about to die, right? But how long will it take? Will it suffer? Should I speed the process? And how do I even do that? What could have caused him to get out of its shell in the first place?
Help...
I’ve kept around 14 eggs and crushed then froze the rest. I have placed them in a small tub (with holes poked in the lid) the tub is a bit smaller then the palm of a hand, and I have buried them in soil and placed a damp paper towel on the lid of the container. It is right now in my snails exo terra enclosure to keep it nice and warm. Am I doing it right?? If not what should I do, sorry I’ve been keeping snails for over a year now this is just my first batch of eggs. Any help is appreciated! 💕💕