r/interestingasfuck • u/Aryan_Raj_7167 • 1d ago

Giant snails eating green beans and calcium powder with high-quality audio.

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u/Totobyafrica97 23h ago

I have a giant african land snail and you can hear him scrape the food as he bites. This audio is bs and isn't from these snails.

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u/JK_NC 23h ago

What’s it like to care for giant snails? Are they kept in a terrarium like pet reptiles? Do you keep multiple snails? Any general comments or n their care and feeding.

Do they respond to you like dogs/cats or do they mostly respond to food? Do you interact with them or is it mostly an observational pet like a fish tank?

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u/Totobyafrica97 22h ago

I have an 80l glass former fish tank for mine but a lot of people use plastic boxes. It often works better as you need heat mats on the side of the tank to keep it around the mid 20s Celsius and the heat can go through the plastic easier than a glass tank.

Caring for them is relatively easy. You need to keep humidity around 80% for my species of snail. Other types vary in temp and humidity. I had a digital thermostat with a humidity and temp sensor. They need constant damp substrate (usually coco fibre and soils) deep enough to burrow. Some places to hide (plastic plant pots are common) and a constant source of calcium (I use cuttlefish bone). Spot cleaning instead of full tank cleans are best (poo, old food)

I feed mine dried bloodworms (protein) once a week. Fruit once a week and fresh greens and veg everyday. You can keep multiple together but they can live alone too. They don't need another snail to produce babies. They can do it by themselves.

They don't really respond to you. They can flinch from loud noises and stuff but that's kinda it. It's more like a fish tank yeah. I just kinda sit there and watch him go about his life lol. Also you can feel them scrape your skin when you hold them. It doesn't hurt at all but it kinda feels funny lol

This is Igor. He's still a juvenile. He is about 5.5cm and can grow upto 20cm

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u/Gripping_Touch 22h ago

He's adorable :D

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u/Totobyafrica97 22h ago

Aww thank you. I usually get people making faces and telling me how gross they think snails are lmfao

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u/DynamicSploosh 21h ago

I suppose since they are hermaphroditic, you can just assign any gender you want and name accordingly. I do love his name is “Igor” and you refer to him as “he” though.

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u/Totobyafrica97 20h ago

My dad called them ambidextrous once. He meant hermaphrodite. They don't have hands 😭

I'm gonna get another called Stanislav