Keeping a pet snail
One common, legal, local snail in a damp box with a tight lid. Not a rare species, and not a release at the end of term.
Filed under
Garden
Food, predators, pets, and unexpected arrivals.
Snails that arrive uninvited
Eggs in potting soil and juveniles on nursery plants travel farther than any snail crawls. One fertilized animal can be enough.
Who eats snails
Thrushes use anvil stones. Beetles, ducks, and glow-worm larvae have their own methods. Poison is the predator that does not stop at the snail.
What snails eat
Seedlings, algae, rotting leaves, and lime from a wall. A garden snail is a grazer with a wide definition of a meal.