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My new Snail Eater

MegF.

MegF.

That's for sale???
I hesitated to say anything about this animal until I was sure it would survive. After the death of the first one I got, I was pretty nervous about this girl. She's doing well though and eating both slugs and snails regularly. She was rather irritated at being brought out of her cage and had flattened her head out as a result. She didn't bite though...something I wasn't surprised with. Eating such benign prey would not induce a particularly strong attack mode in an animal.
This is Stubby:
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Stubby is absolutly beautiful! I just love snail eaters, but any importers that actually do bring them into the UK never keep them alive very long :(
 
Meg,
With a selective diet, what are you feeding her (land snails, water snails?)? Where do you get your slugs and snails? What about winter months?
 
I'm not surprised. They are not exactly the easiest animals to find food for. I have found a supplier of live snails, although they are kind of expensive. My friends at work are collecting slugs for me as well. Not bad for people who were afraid of snakes before :)
 
MegF. said:
I'm not surprised. They are not exactly the easiest animals to find food for. I have found a supplier of live snails, although they are kind of expensive. My friends at work are collecting slugs for me as well. Not bad for people who were afraid of snakes before :)
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Are those aquatic or land snails? How many snails do you get at a time? will they take worms as well?
 
Land snails. I can't get the aquatic to stay out long enough for her to be interested in them. They will not eat worms. At least not this particular species. I order 25 snails at a time. I'm hoping a few will get it on and lay some eggs or something....
 
I think Stubby looks great! I would love to see some pics of her eating.

Don't think that I could raise a snake like that (being naturally finicky), so KUDOS to you for being able to do that.

Fred
 
What an interesting snake! Unfortunately, I can't send you slugs as I had hoped; I have monthly treatment for bugs here...
 
That's all right Nancy. I appreciate the offer. If she'll take some f/t ones, I'll just freeze a bunch to make it thru the winter and supplement with the land snails if I start running out.
 
MegF. said:
I'm not surprised. They are not exactly the easiest animals to find food for. I have found a supplier of live snails, although they are kind of expensive. My friends at work are collecting slugs for me as well. Not bad for people who were afraid of snakes before :)
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I imagine it's very hard to find a sustainable food source in the US since giant african land snails are illegal. Theres thousands and thousands bred in the UK, It would be extremely easy to get a constant supply for free since they are such prolific breeders. Heck I have 15 GALS so I would have no worries. It's just finding one thats alive and in good shape thats the trouble.
 
The giant snails would be too large I fear. These animals are not that big. A Texas land snail would be perfect, but they are illegal here in SC. I can get a smaller land snail here though. I just have to feed two to her instead of just one.
 
MegF. said:
The giant snails would be too large I fear. These animals are not that big. A Texas land snail would be perfect, but they are illegal here in SC. I can get a smaller land snail here though. I just have to feed two to her instead of just one.
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Anything bigger than a 2 weeks old GAL would be too big, but babies would be perfectly sized.
 
Most likely, but as you say...they are illegal here. Same as the Texas land snails. They are considered a pest species.
 
Come visit and sneak them in your socks :) Here's a picture of her eating a smaller land snail this evening.
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Just curious... do they spit out the shells afterwards like egg-eaters spit out the egg shells? Just wondering as I am not at all familiar with this species.

Fred
 
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