A snail made its way into Spikes enclosure???

[Steve A]

Forgot to post this over the weekend. So the other day, yeah.....I found a snail in my chameleons enclosure lmao specifically in the crickets window feeder! This is so weird. Anyone see anything like this before? No idea how it would even get there.... my entire enclosure is screen. I guess he could have gone up the wood frame??

 

[Beman]

They can come in on the plants. lol

 

[Steve A]

They can come in on the plants. lol

That would be crazy because I'd had these plants in there since last summer! lol But I guess that's possible hmmm

 

[elizaann2]

Looks like Spike got a fun little treat!

 

[Steve A]

Looks like Spike got a fun little treat!

lol he didn't get to eat it... at least I don't think????

When I removed it the shell itself was just stuck there.... No snail! I wonder if he did somehow eat it without the shell

 

[elizaann2]

lol he didn't get to eat it... at least I don't think????

When I removed it the shell itself was just stuck there.... No snail! I wonder if he did somehow eat it without the shell

Weird!!

 

[Tkrd69]

The tongue is good at that

 

[elizaann2]

The tongue is good at that

Wait for real? They will eat them and leave the shell behind?

 

[Tkrd69]

Don't know, I was just making funny

 

[MissSkittles]

I find empty little snail shells every now and then in my chameleon’s room. I suspect they came in when I had the ac vent in the window. My guess is the snails died and shriveled up inside their shell. You definitely do not want your chameleon eating wild snails. They carry quite the parasites.

 

[Beman]

That would be crazy because I'd had these plants in there since last summer! lol But I guess that's possible hmmm

I have gotten them and the snails are just tiny as heck. Part of why I always repot and spray the heck out of new enclosure plants. lol

 

[Steve A]

I have gotten them and the snails are just tiny as heck. Part of why I always repot and spray the heck out of new enclosure plants. lol

I did repot! Well not the small pothos because they ship in organic. I guess it could have come from one of those lol

 

[Beman]

I did repot! Well not the small pothos because they ship in organic. I guess it could have come from one of those lol

Did you strip the old dirt and spray the heck out of the leaves?

 

[Steve A]

Did you strip the old dirt and spray the heck out of the leaves?

With the palms and large pothos yes. Not the small pothos because they advertise them as being safe as they ship. The large pothos and palms I got from lowes though. So we were really careful with those

 

[Beman]

With the palms and large pothos yes. Not the small pothos because they advertise them as being safe as they ship. The large pothos and palms I got from lowes though. So we were really careful with those

Yeah they can hatch out of the soil.

 

[Beppo]

Forgot to post this over the weekend. So the other day, yeah.....I found a snail in my chameleons enclosure lmao specifically in the crickets window feeder! This is so weird. Anyone see anything like this before? No idea how it would even get there.... my entire enclosure is screen. I guess he could have gone up the wood frame??

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I found one recently as well, and pretty sure it was on a new plant I got

 

[Steve A]

I found one recently as well, and pretty sure it was on a new plant I got

lol! wild. The thing is for me..... I haven't added any recently. I swapped out some of the smaller pothos months and months ago. But everything else has been in there since BEFORE I got Spike. I wonder if he just made his way into my house because of the enclosure 'environment' from outside.

 

[Beppo]

lol! wild. The thing is for me..... I haven't added any recently. I swapped out some of the smaller pothos months and months ago. But everything else has been in there since BEFORE I got Spike. I wonder if he just made his way into my house because of the enclosure 'environment' from outside.

That is really odd. I was pretty shocked to see one as well… but it was easily explainable in my case, and when I found it it was already in my drain bucket … it would be interesting to know where it came from