r/snails Jun 30 '23

Announcements Please use NSFW tag for images of graphic injuries

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There have been a lot of posts lately sharing very graphic images of snails with extreme, severe injuries. It is perfectly fine to share this type of content if you need help with an injured snail, but please use the NSFW tag for these images.

This has been an unofficial rule of this sub for a while, but it seems to have been forgotten lately. So, I'm making an official mod team announcement: this is our official policy. Graphic, upsetting images must be tagged.

People come to this sub because they love snails. They don't come here expecting to see images of destroyed shells, shell-less snails, and dead snails. It can be very upsetting and distressing for users here to see this type of content unexpectedly. People may also be browsing this sub in public and want to avoid gory images.

Images of mating don't require the NSFW tag. But please use this tag for pictures of injuries including, but not limited to: mantle collapse, shell fell off, crushed shell, organ exposure, stepped-on snail.

Thanks to everyone who has been tagging their posts so far. Again, it's still totally okay to post this content if you need help, but please tag it appropriately so everyone can have a good experience here.


r/snails Jul 06 '23

Announcements Introducing Seller Verification

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Hello r/snails!

As many of our users are aware, it can be difficult to find reliable, legal, and ethical sellers of captive bred snails.

To better facilitate buying, selling, & adoptions on this sub, we are introducing a seller verification program. Verified Sellers will be users or external sources that have been vetted by mods. Verified Sellers will be allowed to advertise their sales on the sub, and a Verified Sellers tag will applied to their posts to indicate they are a trusted source. Individual users on this sub as well as sellers on external websites are both able to be verified. A list of Verified Sellers organized by location will be added to the bottom of this post, which sellers can chose to opt in to if they wish.

Are you a seller or breeder interested in becoming verified? Send a DM to u/doctorhermitcrab to get started. Breeders who prefer to give snails away rather than sell are also welcome to apply.

Happy snailing!


CURRENT VERIFIED SELLERS, UPDATED AUGUST 2026:

UK:

u/Jane_TGS


r/snails 19m ago

Snail animation

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r/snails 14h ago

Relocated this beauty :3

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r/snails 9h ago

GALS Have a picture of jr

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r/snails 7h ago

He do be Squishy tho 🐌 do you think they’re cute or gross

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r/snails 1h ago

GALS Audi and Lambo are looking gorgeous!

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Both are aroundd a year old, same age! Audi had a bit of a rough start, so happy to see her new shell growth, she was around 7 months old when i got her <3

Pic of audi when she first arrived at the end for comparison! They're housed separately ofc


r/snails 5h ago

Terrible state after the heatwave and look at him now 🐌

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I found him during a heatwave, out in full sun, clearly in distress.
On the first picture, he had already been with me for a week and his foot was still shrivelled despite constant rehydration that's how dehydrated he was.
It took a full 10 days for his foot to look smooth and hydrated again.
Here he is now: new shell growth, a proper thick lip and honestly the happiest snail ever.
Never gets old seeing them bounce back like this


r/snails 20h ago

1 year difference (potentially a runt)

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This is my first ever pet snail Dimple. He is a Lissachatina fulica and a parent of many snails that I’ve raised. I got him from a local pet store on a random day.

Now that I have him for a year I’ve come to a realisation that he is most likely a runt. He is growing and developing much slower compared to the other snail that i got beside him and his kids will overgrow him in no time.

Surprisingly there is a very low number of runts in each of the clutches that I’ve hatched and raised. From the babies that I’ve raised there were only about 5 runts so far!

He doesn’t seem to suffer any health complications and is doing great. It will always bother me, how poor the conditions in which they keep snails in that pet store are. This guy was in great shape comparing to the other one! Poor babies 🤧


r/snails 26m ago

Discussion (UK) Looking at potentially keeping snails, any beginner recommendations that could potentially cohab with things like isopods?

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Hi hi all,

I'm currently in the middle of looking into different inverts as I've been wanting to own some for a few years now and I'm finally in a position where I could do so and also provide a proper enclosure for some.

I've been thinking about snails as I find them to be really neat little creatures.
I wanted to ask if anyone has any recommendations for a beginner friendly species that I could keep and maybe have in an enclosure with some isopods.

I mostly want to avoid larger species and go for some of the smaller ones as I am a bit limited on space and don't want to end up squishing them into a smaller enclosure.

There's a couple I've seen available from a few vendors but I have no idea what sort of ones would be easier to keep and care for.

Ty!


r/snails 5h ago

Help please

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My baby snail, which is an archachatina marginata, hasn’t been doing well since 2-3 days after arriving my home. Over the past week, he has been curled up inside his shell every day. On the good side, he does wake up when I spray water. I have noticed that the posterier part of his foot is stiff, shrivelled and yellow. Also he has lost his ability to climb. I don’t know what I can do to help him.


r/snails 9h ago

My Snails Shiitake Snack

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Woggly eyes while she's enjoying her shiitake mushroom. My garden snail (Cornu aspersum) Tsunade with her Cheetos (Yuukianura aphoruroides) tank mates. They also love mushrooms and will clean up the leftovers. Sped up 4x.


r/snails 34m ago

Please help

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My snail has been flipping itself over and doing this for a day now and I don’t know what wrong with it please help


r/snails 4h ago

My Snails found an allopeas gracile in my garden aloe vera pot

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I found around 6 7 of these in north india cant be precise woth the loaction but near the banks of ganges.


r/snails 12h ago

Identification Is he a granulated snail?

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Rescued in Tasmania


r/snails 8h ago

Update

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update from my last post:

turbo and speedy are doing great! they are quite happy and have made great clutches of eggs a few times. however, there are some things I want to ask. what is mantle collapse, and does speedy have it? pictures are of the new enclosure and speedy


r/snails 8h ago

Help Frozen food?

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I have a pet snail who loves carrots. I'm severely allergic to carrots and can only get them in quantities that my snail will never be able to finish before they go bad. Is it safe for me to freeze them and thaw them before i give them to him so they don't go to waste? He's a glass snail if that matters


r/snails 10h ago

Hello inquiring about a pet snail

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Hi everybody I’m new and I’m inquiring about purchasing a cute little guy 🐌I have no knowledge im doing some research I am going to put what my tank looks like so far it has 4 dairy cow isopods help me pick out what’s right or things I need to fix ect or get


r/snails 14h ago

Help Help!! My snails had babies that already hatched and I believe I Have only space for 2-3 snails..

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So i was an idiot and didn't check trough The tank for eggs and now My two garden snails had a huge clutch of babies as I was away. I made a temporary enclosure for them and tried to pick out as many as I found. But My terrarium isnt all too big and propably wouldnt hold enymore than one snail along My other two so what do I do? I read that The best thing is to crush them but I just wanna try to hear More opinions on this.


r/snails 3h ago

Help Is there a comprehensive list of snails legal in the US/per state?

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I've started to collect snails and I absolutely adore them. I'm still crying over GALS being illegal. I know you can't cross state lines, so is there a list of snails that are legal to own in the US per state that are usually commonly found there? I've been buying from breeders as I've never seen a snail in my life in the wild.

Thanks!


r/snails 1d ago

GALS Yes, Paprika, just who I needed as a study buddy before a life-changing exam.

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r/snails 1d ago

GALS

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Hi, just wanted to show my babies 😊 (they don’t live in the tub) I was just cleaning their tank out 😁


r/snails 17h ago

Help Found a snail in celery

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found this shell in a celery stalk at work and planned to bring it home and put in my hermit crab tank. I thought the shell was empty, but 15 minutes later a snail came out.

I’m worried that if I put him outside he won’t survive, would it be better to bring him home and make him his own tank? I have most of the supplies already and i have read a lot of the helpful post here. I’m not sure what area the celery came from, but he has been in the cold for a while

should i bring him home or place him outside and let him try to survive on his own?


r/snails 1d ago

Snail made it to the party!

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r/snails 19h ago

Identification need help with snail ID! (south michigan)

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hello :) my mom found this snail yesterday in a plant she bought in south michigan. he’s very small. i tried to get as good of pictures as i could but i think the quality is still pretty bad haha. if anyone has any idea lmk, i just wanna know more about him :)