Snails

[Swayne8998]

Hello all

My question today is about snails... I know many people feed them to their montane species. But can other species, such as veileds and panthers eat them?

Thanks

 

[sandrachameleon]

Yes, my panthers eat smallish grove snails from time to time

 

[tucc185]

I was under the impression that snails can carry a high parasite load- this has always turned me off to using them as a food source. Is this not the case? How are people who feed snails acquiring/culturing them?

 

[Swayne8998]

I was under the impression that snails can carry a high parasite load- this has always turned me off to using them as a food source. Is this not the case? How are people who feed snails acquiring/culturing them?

You can pick them up at garden clubs, nurseries, etc. Really the only way to de-parasite them is to breed.

 

[Swayne8998]

Yes, my panthers eat smallish grove snails from time to time

Thanks for the help Sandra

 

[sandrachameleon]

Really the only way to de-parasite them is to breed.

Yup.

I gathered about twenty adults, kept them for maybe a month. They produced an incredible number of eggs, very readily and quickly.

Raise up the babies and there you go.

I now periodically collect eggs when I come across them, to add to my tank.

How are people who feed snails acquiring/culturing them?

Snails as a feeder
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs...33-snails.html
http://www.amentsoc.org/insects/care...nd-snails.html
http://www.nilesbio.com/subcat340.html
http://www.petsnails.co.uk/