Snails

[Fearaffect]

Are the common garden snails ok to give as food?

 

[dodolah]

yes. Do you breed these yourself? the wild one usually a host for many nasty parasites.

 

[Fearaffect]

yes. Do you breed these yourself? the wild one usually a host for many nasty parasites.

Hmmm.......thats not good.......gave one to a Beardie..........

 

[Metric]

Hmmm.......thats not good.......gave one to a Beardie..........

Uh oh.....vet visit ><???

hopefully they were clean, but if you breed them yourself feeding the offspring is fine.

 

[Lizardlover]

Hmmm.......thats not good.......gave one to a Beardie..........

they are very easy to breed they are hermaphrodites, just feed them oatmeal and veggies, their shell provides a big calcium boost to chams who need it.

 

[veiledchameleonyoshi]

If you catch wild ones you should keep them in a bucket or tank and feed them dark leafy greens. Within about a week, all the sick ones will die off and the ones that are left will be safe to feed to your chams.

 

[ColorCham427]

where would u go about finding them? in easiest ways... on a rainyday?

 

[Zen Reptiles]

Wild ones are definitely full of parasites. It's more likely than not.

They eat bird (and other) poo, where parasite eggs are found.

Check out this nasty parasite that has adapted to getting eaten by snails.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWB_COSUXMw

CRAZY HEY!

But if you breed them yourself it shouldn't be a problem.

Keep them very clean especially the first generation clean and you're all good.

 

[Syn]

Kenya feeds snails to her jacksons I belive, you could PM her and ask her where she gets the snails, or if she breeds them herself.

If you catch wild ones you should keep them in a bucket or tank and feed them dark leafy greens. Within about a week, all the sick ones will die off and the ones that are left will be safe to feed to your chams.

Not sure where you got this information from, but I would not suggest feeding any snails off from the wild.
Most snails survive quite a while before dying, how do you think they got so big?

 

[PardalisGirl]

Would not take a chance with wild ones....

Yeah, I would stay away from the wild ones. I used to feed canned snails to my monitors. They didn't care if their food moved though. If it was in the food bowl they ate it.

 

[sandrachameleon]

Are the common garden snails ok to give as food?

Grove snails are okay, especially smaller ones. But, as has already been stated, you shouldnt use wild caught ones. I've recently started keeping snails and breeding is easy peezy. Blog entry on what I've learned thus far about keeping snails: https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/133-snails.html