Pet snails?

[Teresaann24]

My little girl got a pet snail today ( YUCK

) She named him gary. What I am wondering is...What does a snail eat????

 

[Break an Egg]

Is it an aquatic snail? I think most snails eat vegetation, like plants. If it is an aquatic snail, I would get it an aquatic plant like a java fern. If not, would give it some grass from outside.

 

[Teresaann24]

I'm not sure what kind of snail it is it was just crawling on our pourch. I got some grass for it and put it in its little cage.

 

[Teresaann24]

This is what the snail looks like...

This is its new little home.

 

[BeautifulBlue]

Grass, lettuce, fruit, veggies

 

[LuvDux]

When I was in like 6th grade we got snails in our classroom and fed them oranges and other fruit..Make sure to keep the cage somewhat moist so it doesn't dry out

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Yep! Moist is the key!!!

Get an aquarium so that it can keep the moisture inside a bit better.

That snail is HUGE compared to the ones we have here.

 

[charlielynnsingletary]

MY SON HAS THREE SNAILS SMELLY NELLY, HARRY, AND FRED. WE PUT THEM IN THE SAME TANK AS HIS TURTLE WHOS NAME IS TURTLEBOB. GO FIGURE.

 

[KattyKillFish]

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yup! and you should mist him once or twice a day. not too much, just enough to keep things damp in there

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

Snails will eat just about anything veggie wise. Aquatic and land snails aren't too different, except that one lives in water and the other on land!

That's neat though! I love snails! I don't see big ones like that around here though. I've had apple snails in the past and I fell in love with those!