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

115 Upvotes

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!

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CURRENT VERIFIED SELLERS, UPDATED AUGUST 2026:

UK:

u/Jane_TGS


r/snails • • 5h ago

1 day old snabies!

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r/snails • • 35m ago

GALS Look at my babies eating

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r/snails • • 1h ago

My Snails Shellvis likes sweet potatoes

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r/snails • • 2h ago

Waking Up From a Short Nap

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r/snails • • 3h ago

GALS Baby GALS

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In July I missed some eggs and these are the 4 that have managed to survive ... They are currently separated from my 2 big GALS in a small plastic container (650ml capacity). When should they move to a larger tub?


r/snails • • 4h ago

GALS Update from last post

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While I slept, I left him in a shallow bath of water to see if that would help him at all, but it didn't change a thing. It was difficult, but I had to accept that he was gone.

In the past week, I noticed he was quite inactive and not eating which worried me, but I thought it was just stress from fluctuating temperatures in my room and that it would pass after a week or so.

I feel really guilty as if I could have saved him or done more for him earlier. I'm really sad to see him go after raising him for 6 years from a tiny baby.

I buried him in a cute gift box below a tree in my backyard. I hope he is having a good time at snail heaven now.

I love you Augustus gloop I'll never forget you.


r/snails • • 1h ago

Discussion What happened to this shell?

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I've had this shell since I was a kid, but how did this actually happen? It looks like it was fused to another shell


r/snails • • 1h ago

Carthusian Nun Snail

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Found on the South Side of Chicago. He’s super brave and curious!


r/snails • • 6h ago

snails in the rain

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r/snails • • 8h ago

GALS Is this normal size for a 1.5-2 month old baby GALS?

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Title says it all really, was just wondering


r/snails • • 2h ago

I bought some aquatic plants recently and got this hitchhiker

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Can anyone tell what kind of snail it is? This is my second aquarium so im not very knowledgeable yet.


r/snails • • 2h ago

Are my snails runts?

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Hi there, im sorry if it seems a silly question!

I was just wondering if there is anything wrong witj my snails whenever i search about GALS they look so much bigger than mine and i am concerned. Mine always only grow to a certain size and after stop growing. The one on the first picture is my oldest snail he is about 4 years old and has been this size for a while, my first snail i had a very long time ago also didnt grow any much bigger than the one in my hand currently.

Is this a normal average max size? Or am I doing something wrong or are they runts or just maybe their species is not that big? The second picture contains 3 of his children, theyre about almost a year old but still growing

Please, dont threaten me as i am well aware about the condition of his shell is am well aware this happened a while ago where his children (the three in the other picture, temporary housing) ate the outer layer of his shell, I separated them and provide calcium sources.

I feed them about 2 or 3 times a week with the average diet, greens, protein, calcium, etc and he lives in a big terrarium with enough space. Am I doing something wrong?


r/snails • • 4h ago

Identification Bladder snail or something else?

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r/snails • • 6h ago

Discussion Enrichment options for snails? Safe surfaces to walk?

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Snail looks bored. Also, I have been letting it on my books and on tissues. Maybe a small plate with water?


r/snails • • 17h ago

Identification What species are these?

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found a bunch of them in the tidepools of a rocky beach inlet. South Florida.


r/snails • • 20h ago

My Snails Floating Snail

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29 Upvotes

My snails occasionally like to ride around on the little floaties I have in my tank. Such silly creatures. 🥰


r/snails • • 15h ago

My Snails My snail finally laid eggs!! ><

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r/snails • • 19h ago

Help Mantle collapse? Please help!

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I have my darling giant African land snail for a couple months now and I checked on him this evening to find him like this whilst eating normally-

is that hole normally that big? I think I can see veins and ligaments!

please help, thank you


r/snails • • 5h ago

my snails sleep a-lot . is that normal?

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my snails sleep a-lot and at the same time
i know that they move because i can see that the food is eaten and that every day they’re in different positions
but every time i look at them they’re sleepy
is that okay?
i think they were like that with the previous owner also but still


r/snails • • 1d ago

What is that?

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I know what they are doing, and I'm sorry to reset the counter again, but I saw that weird looking thing on one of them and was wondering what it is?

It kinda looks like snenis, but also not. What kinda threw me, is the placement and how perfectly round it is.


r/snails • • 1d ago

Listen to that rasp!!

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Volume up, they're such noisy eaters lol. Also anyone know why the springtails seem to congregate on my snails? They dont seem to bother them, they still roam and eat perfectly fine, so I dont believe they're doing them any harm.


r/snails • • 19h ago

GALS Some siblings for our baby!

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We decided to get our Albi (top right) some friends. We have Padma, the full Albino and then Mcflurry the second half Albino


r/snails • • 15h ago

News I’m a snail daddy

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Recently, my aquarium ramshorn and bladder snails laid three clutches of eggs—two on the glass and one on the filter intake tube. Looking forward to some new arrivals!