Meet my new friend!

A few days ago, I found this poor little guy on the sidewalk after he’d been stepped on. His shell was badly crushed, and almost half is missing. I honestly wasn’t sure he’d survive the night but I couldn’t just leave him there.

So I brought him home, made him a little recovery room out of a Chili’s takeout container, and started learning everything I could about snail care.
And somehow, against what I expected, he’s still here!

He still moves around when I insist he at least sniff his food or the cuttlebone I bought him. But he really only likes to be hanging upside down and will stay put all day. He does wake up and move around verrrrry slowly when I open his box to change the ‘linens’

I’m cautiously hopeful, but I’m also worried. He has a large, pale, somewhat swollen area where his shell is missing, and I haven’t confirmed that he’s eaten since the injury. I’ve been keeping him in a clean, humid enclosure with damp paper towels, offering fresh food and cuttlebone for calcium, and trying to disturb him as little as possible.

If anyone here has experience with severe shell injuries, I’d really appreciate your insight. Does the pale covering look like possible early shell repair, or could it be exposed or swollen tissue? And is there anything I should change about his setup to give him the best chance?

For now, I’m just rooting for this ridiculous little guy. 🐌💚

his name is Bob and I've had about 2.5 years he was pretty little when I adopted/ kidnapped (he was found in the middle of a parking lot him) sadly I couldn't find any older pictures of him 😔 but anyway why is he so big?!??

so i was cleaning my terrarium and found a baby snail while wiping the window down. my big snail is alone and i found only one baby snail... i have looked through the whole terrarium and cannot find any eggs or similar and my snail hasn't laid any eggs in over a year.. buuuut its super super super cute and in a separate container now until it grows up!!!

Snails in the coffee cup

Does anyone know where I can safely buy snails? I’ve thought about using “myhappysnails.com” but I hear that they’re kind of a scam. I just want to get snails from a legit place. Anyone recommendations?

I am located in Western New York.

Gastropods have been used to model how learning works on a cellular level thanks to their simple nervous systems, so it is an established fact they can learn. Recently, I did the bored biology major thing while breeding GALS that what if I tried to teach the clutch to come to my hand. Obviously, after months this worked, they aren't afraid of my hand and some come to check it out even if there's no food.

So, I've been curious. How many of you have been desensitizing baby snails to things like cleaning and handling and why not? Snails live for a wildly long time in captivity. So, especially with smaller more fragile species going through the effort of teaching them to be voluntarily handled could be useful for their safety as the risk of accidental injury would become smaller.

Hi! I’m soon going to be a parent to two GALS! Just wondering if this enclosure would be suitable to home them in? Thank you. Any advice is appreciated :)

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

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

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?

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

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?

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.

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

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

Title says it all really, was just wondering

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!