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02-Nov-06, 01:08 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: transporting herps along the east coast Age/Gender: 35  | | |  snail breeding
hi guys i was just wondering if anyone breeds snails? if so are they easy to breed and what will i need to breed them? i know the pet shop around the corner from me sells them but i thought $5.95 for 10 small snails is abit steep BUT they are handy that way i know they havent been poisoned
i would be greatful for any help in breeding them 
cheers
hobbo................................
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02-Nov-06, 01:18 PM
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put them in atank, glass container is better than plastic.. mosit and condensed, and put on some lettuce, iceberg or whatever.. replace when it begins to get moldy... they do the rest.. make sure you dont take them out, withthe bad lettuce, and make sure you wash the lettuce, before feeding it to them.. pesticides and stuff..
and get healthy snails.. dont smush them in a jar.. try a big jar like 30cm by 30cm.. and no lid.. just glad wrap with holes in it or the lid with hole would be better...
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02-Nov-06, 01:26 PM
|  | Jellybean Club Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-06 Location: Hobbiton, Middle Earth. Gender: | | | |
Go out on a wet night or even better, very early in the morning and collect them from sloping rockeries that have plenty of succulants (type of plants) growing over them. Once you find the right place you will be rewarded with thousnds of snails. Then place them in a dry, well airated bin and place them in a cool dark area (LIke under the house) they will go into a hybernation mode and will last for months like this without food.
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03-Nov-06, 11:08 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: transporting herps along the east coast Age/Gender: 35 | | |
ok thanks guys so they will basically breed by themselves?
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03-Nov-06, 11:14 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-06 Location: Sydney Age: 22 | | | |
i think jason is suggesting that you just go out and find them in the specified areas. beats breeding them i guess if you can collect big numbers of them.
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03-Nov-06, 11:25 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Sydney | | |
I wish we had snails in our backyard! I can never find any! 
good luck with your snail farm though!
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04-Nov-06, 11:31 AM
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Yeah it's sort of finding a good fishing spot, I walk my dog early in the morning and find the good spots, you will see some snails all over the footpath when you find a front yard with the right type of plants and good hide spots for them (rockeries). I can go out and get 200 snails in a hour when conditions are right, and that will last my skinks half of summer.
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04-Nov-06, 11:34 AM
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follow the snail trails  |
04-Nov-06, 12:05 PM
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ive kept snails, when u have a few in a tank it gets absolutely disgusting. if u give them as much food as they eat they gutz themselves and it goes right throught them. glass is hell to clean as well, especially since the snail slime doesnt simply wash off. i put some in shoeboxes, that way i could just chuck it out every week or so and get a new one.
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