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| Giant African Land Snails eat the following: carrot peelings, potato peelings, cucumber slices, courgette slices, red pepper slices, avocado slices and dandelion leaves. It is best to avoid supermarket lettuce because of the pesticide residues (home grown lettuce is fine). Giant African Land Snails need extra calcium to help their shells grow and the best source of this is empty hen eggshells (rinsed out with water). Cuttlefish is best avoided because of its high salt content. |
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| HOUSING | |
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Giant African Land Snails do best in a plastic container. It is important to line the floor with a Soft Liner that will cushion the snail should it fall. This is because a snail can break its shell if it lands on a hard surface. The Professional Snail Centre is ideal for Giant African Land Snails. |
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Giant African Land Snails can be handled. It is best to lift the snail by gently pulling its shell backwards. Avoid touching the edge of the shell because this is the area of new shell growth and is easily damaged. |
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Snails do not need heated cages. They do well in a room that is comfortably warm in the day and cooler at night. Avoid putting the container on a windowsill as the snail may overheat in the summer and get too cold in the winter. |
| WATER | Snails need a shallow dish of clean cold tap water to drink from. |
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