Pet Snails

[rachel3802]

My sister is keeping 4 garden snails as pets...They're so cute

Ive been doing all the research, and you wound'nt believe how many articles there is on pet snail care! A few websites said that they can eat Cat Biscuits.

I put one of my neighbours cat treats in the plastic fish tank...The next morning it was gone!

Snails as pets are a lot of work, Though they are awesome! Their names are:

Turbo

Twitch

Michelle

Gary

-------- (neighbour's)

Slimy

Eensy

Shelman

Speedy

Has anyone else ever had, or wanted a pet snail?

 

[blue♣slip]

Cool. No, I've never had pet snails, but I've kept a lot of lizards I find outside xD

 

[Tamagirl_Desy]

When I was in the 4th grade, me and all my friends at recess would go searching for snails then take them home. xP

I had a few different ones; Snaily, SnailBail, Sticky, Slimey, and Shelly. They were so cute, but even when I took really good care of them, they died after a month or so.

 

[tamagotchi_pal]

I love snails.

 

thye're so cute.

 

[rachel3802]

Snails are so...Unique :3

 

[phobo]

Yea I had a pet snail! It's name was SKITTLES. I fed it broccoli. I set it free though.

 

[Aubrey Hepburn]

Keep them moist, they will live much longer.

I've had Giant Land Snails the size of your palm, seriously. BUT, there was a huge meningitis scare about these guys shortly after I bought them, so I gave them back to the original dealer. He didn't mind the risk, he had tons of them anyway. I'm at risk of exposure to a lot of sicknesses with all the exotics I keep, but meningitis is one of the few diseases that will convince me not to keep an animal. You can rarely get it from hamsters, too. I don't keep hamsters. lol

 

[.:Puma:.]

No, I've never had a pet snail. I don't want them as a pet, not that I don't like them. I just don't think they would suit the way I live and my personality.

I'd much rather have a stick insect or a giant cockroach. ^_^

Seriously.

 

[Aubrey Hepburn]

^^I've had a few species of both of those and they are GREAT pet bugs! Look up Extatosoma tiriarum-Maclay's Spectre Stick. They are the best pet stick bug. For cockroaches, you can't go wrong with Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches, Orange Head Roaches, or Discoid Roaches. lol

 

[candygirl93]

No I like snails now but when I was little I threw them on the street lol but there kinda cute now XD.

 

[jazzyfloss]

Erm.. I've never actually consider having snails as pets but I agree with you all: They are cute!:3

If you do own a pet snail, or if you want one, make sure you keep them away from salt, or else they turn into a puddle!



The same goes with slugs. I don't know why!=P

 

[HappinessisGolden]

Yups, snails are really, really cute!

I don't have pet snails, though. In fact, I don't have any pets. I'm just not a pet-person. When I was younger, I really did want a worm-farm, though.

 

[bratztroxg]

*Shivers* Snails are too slimey for me!!! But they didnt used to be! When i was younger, my cousin and I found all the snails that we could from around the garden and put them in a long line at the side of our swimming pool!!! ^_^

xxx

 

[TamagotchiGirl2007]

I look after pet garden snails. I haven't named them though.

^_^ TamagotchiGirl2007

 

[rachel3802]

Salt makes them melt ; I havent used it, but its bad.

I will try to upload some pictures of the tank(s) soon.

I need some tips from you fellow TamaTalkers:

I need to keep my snails warmer,

because they are going into an equivelent of hibernation called estivation

Without spending a lot of money, what could I do to keep my snal tank

Hot and humid??

 

[wilsy]

The only pets I own are tamagotchis and 2 gold fish. I wouldn't mind a snail though! They are sort of cool!

 

[GotchiGirl96]

Pet snails, how cool! I've never even thought about having a snail as a pet. When I think of pet snails I think of Spongebob and Gary. xD

 

[.:Charm:.]

Wow, cool!

I had a snail on my house last month. It didn't move for a few weeks, then I just guess the goo on its body dried up and it fell off. Poor snail, I bet it was too slow to get to some food. Wonder how it ended up all the way near my window!!!

 

[tama 3445521508]

Without spending a lot of money, what could I do to keep my snal tank

Hot and humid??

You could buy a cheap heating pad to stick to the bottom. Or, you could put it on a heater or something, I'm not sure if that's a good idea though .. .

Now, that you talk about them, I do want a snail. They sound cute ^^

 

[kk445]

I never though of that ;]. It sounds pretty neat