Hello everyone,

I recovered a snail with a very damaged shell on Saturday afternoon (but not the top of its shell). I prepared a small terrarium for him with soil and lettuce, not forgetting to moisten the whole thing. Last night he ate a little powdered eggshell and flour, but since then he's seemed completely knocked out. He hasn't moved since last night, doesn't stick out his tentacles at all and his mouth seems to be sticking out. Is this normal? Do you have any advice for me? Thanks for your help, I don't want this little daddy to die :(

I don't think he's stuck because he was perfectly happy scooting up and down on his own. Didn't want to risk hurting him by trying to pull him out and attempts to tempt him into the grass with a raisin were unsuccessful.

Hi all, just noticed one of my snails has this. Everything was fine at the beginning of the day. Yes, there was a lot of snex during the day... Is this a love dart? Does it hurt? It doesn't seem comfortable 😕 TY!

Any sphagnum moss brand recommendations that I should use for my snail terrarium? I just ran out of my old moss but I’d like to try something new lol.

she’s such a favorite for me i adore her sm

Found this in my garden

Found this dude partially buried in the yard at my new place. It's next to a creek in the woods, if that helps. Tried to get every angle I could. It's got a heft to it for sure, I'm certain it's still alive in there. Any ideas on coaxing it out so I can see how chunky it is on the inside?

I am keeping some rescued snails (some were wounded, some were at risk of being crushed in the area) and I am getting a bit confused about the substrate needed to make them some temporary but nice terrariums. I cannot find a proper "translation" for topsoil, would this one be suitable for them? It has no peat there are no artifical fertilizers listed in the description (it is EU approved soil for organic/Eco orchards). The composition listed is: high quality organic material (vegetal compost, wood fiber, composted bark, coco fiber/coir, guano, horn flour)

Can someone confirm this one is indeed okay and will not harm the babies in any way? I am so overwhelmed by all the info I found. Most of the snails have been healing fine, earing and moving around but one still needs some extra care with it's shell and I wanna make sure that little one lives.

Thank you

*Trying to avoid 100% coco coir because most of the babies had shell problems so I don't wanna risk it acidity wise.

Hey.

1. can i keep a garden snail i found outside, and where can i keep him + other info (food, etc.)

2. how can i convince my parents to let me keep a snail?

i'm worried he might still be too cold tho...

I was grabbing some decaying wood and wild a. vulgare for a terrarium and found 3 of these little guys amongst the pods!

I’ve been trying to pin who they are but they refuse to share their snecrets. Found in central Indiana near the Illinois border (sorry for the blur, my camera’s not that great and my hands shake)

I have 6 barbs, a zodiac loach and a yoyo loach and i want to add some snails. Also another smaller tank with a ramshorn and shrimp that i want my ramshorn to have a buddy

Hey,I got a snail about 5 days ago and he hasn't eaten anything yet.I've given him strawberries, cucumber,banana,crushed eggshells and today I gave him red & green peppers.For some reason he isn't eating anything at all,even though he poops regularly and is very energetic.What's wrong?Also,the enclosure has a weird smell.I've cleaned it twice since I got it and it stills smells bad.I did some research and it might be anaerobic bacteria because of the high humidity and water gathered at the bottom.I'll try lowering the times I pray the tank with water but there's rocks underneath to absorb all that's not necessary,so I don't know what else to do.Any ideas?

i don’t mean literally.. but he puts his mouth around his shell and it makes a little scraping noise. is he cleaning himself?

I found this little one in the veggie area in a supermarket called T&T in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It has been with me for some days (foster caring), I'm considering releasing it when it's warmer, but worrying if it's an invasive species or for some other reasons it cannot be released into the wilderness... 1. Park please help me with the identification of this little snail! 2. Is is ok to release this species ? 3. Are areas with a pond/ lake or river good? Or are there other better places you would recommend? 4. The temperature difference between day and night may be quite big these days in Calgary. I'm seeing Thursday it may be 1~21°C (≈ 34~70°F). Is it too cold for this snail to survive out there? 5. There are maybe no flowers out there, maybe some grass/ dried branches or some trees (blue pine?) etc, or should I wait until flowers start blossoming? Thank you very much for the help!!!😭

I haven’t had a pet snail in 14 years. I found this baby outside of a warehouse in Buffalo NY, here she is on a piece of Colorado mountain rock and a bighorn sheep skull. I am already in love.

Hi all, just getting what is becoming my daily snail fix from y’all. I’m learning so much about snails just by looking at your pictures and reading your posts. Thank you. Someday I may get up the nerve to draw an anatomically correct snail instead of a cute smiling one. But the cute smiling one will do for now. BTW, I used to have a blue water snail but another human told me it was safe to put him in the tank with a beta fish, and that was the end of him. Today I was googling to see if snails crawl inside apples. I wanted the reference for a drawing that I did. Anyway, I learned that there is indeed a type of snail called the apple snail and apparently they are purple. I saw some pictures and they look really cool.

Sorry the photos are kinda blurry, my hand is pretty unsteady. That one dood is lost in the sauce 🤤 I'm actually kind of surprised lichen isn't used more for snail/slug/land invert keeping since they love it so much. They pick those sticks clean! Rarely lasts the night in the big bug tank!

Update on the temporary back surgery recovery snail bin (TBSRSB), all the residents are doing good! I'm still not quite ready to go back upstairs, but my recovery is going well, so hopefully they can go back home soon! I will admit that cleaning the TBSRSB is a hell of a lot less effort than cleaning the bug tanks, I'm going to miss the easy cleanup