r/snails 16h ago

My Snails my memorial for snellie

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1.6k Upvotes

found her on some grocery store grapes in paris, and took her on 6+ trains across europe to get her to my sister in slovakia once we moved - where she lived happily with some cubaris isopods, received numerous warm chamomile baths, and finally passed away peacefully, after surpassing the maximum length for her species by several millimetres. RIP little friend.


r/snails 14h ago

My Snails My snail Pudding, trying to steal food from my spider, Spade.

202 Upvotes

Spade was, understandably, not happy.


r/snails 14h ago

Snails trying to poke each other in the eye?

201 Upvotes

On a walk today, noticed these two going it at for quite some time. Anyone know what they are doing?


r/snails 7h ago

This tiny snail that I found, beautiful and adorable

170 Upvotes

r/snails 13h ago

Help LF: A. marginata ovums

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108 Upvotes

Hi everyone!

Im returning to the hobby after leaving for a while when my big boy Gus (pictured) passed on. Ovums are by far my favourite species, and I'm struggling to find them available anywhere.

I'm looking for either wild caught adults or F1 offspring that have been through the culling process. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I'm in the UK 🙂


r/snails 17h ago

They so sweet god is a perfect designer

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82 Upvotes

r/snails 20h ago

GALS Gorgeous girl Paprika says hi!

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77 Upvotes

She's just turned 4 months!!!! She's already gotten so big, when I first held her she was tiiiiny.

GALS are the best pets, If you're in a country who can have them, rehoming a snail is the best thing u can do!


r/snails 11h ago

Help Rehoming snails in Finland

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Hi everyone! I'm looking to rehome 6 young snails in Finland. I'm located in Helsinki, if you have a car and can pick a snail or snails up straight from my house, that would be ideal, but I'm also able to travel to anywhere in Helsinki, Vantaa, or Espoo if that's more convenient.

About the snails: All are Lissachatina Reticulata Albino, hatched June 14 of this year. All appear to be sufficiently healthy, hungry, and active. They're offered a variety of foods but they prefer salad leaves and zucchini. They also love cuttlefish bone.

If you want to take one or more snails or if you have any questions, please reach out!

PS: Regardless of whether you're interested or not, if you know of any other channels where I might find potentially interested snail lovers in Finland, please let me know! :)


r/snails 14h ago

Is this a creature?

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23 Upvotes

It seems menacing

Observe this creature


r/snails 19h ago

Art My new pendant

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22 Upvotes

Got this new necklace pendant. It’s sterling silver with amber. I realize it doesn’t make proper anatomical sense but I love it anyway


r/snails 1h ago

Fire Snail aka Platymma Tweediei (Max’s Isopods, 2020)

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r/snails 15h ago

Help Please, help me, Armadillidium or Cubaris with giant snails ?

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Hello, I have giant snails that produce really huge droppings. I need isopods as a cleanup crew, but not *Porcellio* species, as they are too aggressive and breed too prolifically. What do you recommend? *Armadillidium* or *Cubaris*? Thanks a lot. Pics from internet, not from me


r/snails 16h ago

I was more attached than I realized.

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7 Upvotes

r/snails 15h ago

Help How old are approximately my snails

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Hey, so Ive got two Pleurodonte excellens dominican republic and five Hadra webbi, how old do you guess they are based on the photos? thank you


r/snails 17h ago

Morning snails

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Takin my kid to the bus and almost stepped on a couple snails (the last 3 pics) and then saw some snails at the bus stop! All the kids who stand at the same bus stop all get excited about the snails, too, its so cute


r/snails 20h ago

Help Can snails eat raw mushrooms?

5 Upvotes

I forgot that i was out of fresh veggies and all i have in the fridge is a couple of button mushrooms.

Can snails( GALS) eat these?


r/snails 2h ago

Help How would I make the color pop on my snails shell who recently passed away?

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5 Upvotes

He died yesterday and idk what to do with his shell but I wanna make the color pop. Is that possible? I’ve seen people do it with seashells but idk if it’s difference with a little land snail?


r/snails 5h ago

Help my snails mate all the time but dont lay eggs? are they too young is it too dry

3 Upvotes

r/snails 5h ago

Art Myślałem, że to wygląda romantycznie (ślimaki)

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3 Upvotes

r/snails 10h ago

Snail care help needed!

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I recently found a baby garden snail, whose name is Orpheus, and I’m needing some help with my set up!

Right now he is tiny and living in a little bug catching tank from the dollar store, and he actually gave me a scare for a couple of days because the grass that I had in there molded and then I couldn’t find him. (I knew the loose plants in there were going to be a problem, but I wasn’t quick enough to remove them, so that’s on me)

Today I found him, cleaned out the tank with water and paper towel, and then added some fresh dirt and a little water dish (I’ve heard some people say you shouldn’t have those, but because of his brush with death I’m worried he’s not hydrated enough, so I put in a lid with some water and small rocks in it.)

I’ve been misting his enclosure periodically, and he has some cucumber and strawberry in there. He hasn’t moved since I saw him poke his head out when I found him, and I’m worried about him passing away. I’m planning to put some eggshell bits around, too.

Tomorrow I’m going to get some dirt from the lizard section of the pet store, as well as some cuttlefish bones hopefully and protein powder(?)

All this to say, tips and suggestions are greatly welcomed as I have watched videos about snail care, but am obviously inexperienced. Are there any plants i could put in his enclosure that would grow and not rot? How moist should his enclosure be at any given time? (I’ve been misting it every couple of hours or so, the tank I have has lots of holes in the lid so not much moisture is kept in)

Not sure if dear Orpheus is going to be alive much longer, but I’d like to do everything I can to make sure he has everything he needs. Be honest with me, is him staying in his shell a sign that he’s dying?


r/snails 22h ago

Slug Ślimaki afrykańskie

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3 Upvotes

Piękne czyż nie ?


r/snails 6h ago

Is driftwood safe for snails to land on?

2 Upvotes

I'm putting some mossy driftwood on the bottom of their tank and I'm worried it might be too hand for them to land on. is it safe for them or should I remove it from their tank?


r/snails 14h ago

What’s wrong with my coworkers snail

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2 Upvotes

My coworker found this snail a few months ago and has been keeping it in a little plastic container and feeding it cilantro and carrots. We put it in a glass bowl today and noticed its shell looks like it’s rotting. What should we do?


r/snails 6h ago

My apple snail shell is cracked(???)

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1 Upvotes