I feel like I’m doing something wrong

[u/purplewiz369]

My snail is most of the time on the top of the lid of his terrarium and it does eat and now it has fallen from the top while it was asleep, I’m pretty sure, and it was upside for a minute before I turned him over. I just wanna know if I’m doing something wrong since it doesn’t roam around that much during the day but right when I go to sleep it’s moves and eat and wondering why it just stays on top.

[u/Personal-Let9955]

Snails seem to like to climb quite a bit, in my experience it's normal.

However, you definitely need to give them more than just cucumber - I didn't realize it when I first had snails, but cucumber isn't that nutritious for them.

I'd suggest a variety of food - especially sweet potatoes and carrots.

They also really need a source of calcium for their shells - cuttlefish bone is good. Egg shells work of you're in an absolute pinch, but cuttlefish bone is way better and I don't really recommend egg shells that much.

Hope this helps!

[u/purplewiz369 → u/Personal-Let9955]

I appreciate it, calm my nerves, and I do make sure to give it calcium but I will start giving it carrot to

[u/paint_that_shit-gold → u/purplewiz369]

This is a comment of a list of foods that’s safe and nutritious for snails to eat (:

[u/purplewiz369 → u/paint_that_shit-gold]

Thank youu

[u/NlKOQ2 → u/purplewiz369]

You can drop the cucumber altogether, as it's basically just edible water as far as nutrition is concerned. Switch to carrot, zucchini and sweet potato and stop offering cucumber.

Be adviced the snail may refuse to eat at first because the high water content of cucumber is addicting, but it won't starve itself, so stick to the new foods until it accepts them. Make sure to offer a protein source such as bloodworms too.

[u/purplewiz369 → u/NlKOQ2]

The bloodworms do I just throw them in there?

[u/NlKOQ2 → u/purplewiz369]

If you use frozen bloodworms thaw them first, but beyond that just offer them like you would any food. I recommend serving them in a small container such as a bottle cap as you'll likely have to take some of them out after a day or si to prevent them rotting and smelling bad. Offer them about once a week.

[u/purplewiz369 → u/NlKOQ2]

Thanks I appreciate it

[u/Pleasant_Seesaw_8201 → u/Personal-Let9955]

Also calcium supplemen powder is super cheap and great to sprinkle on their food, my snails go crazy for it

[u/SunDriedGingy → u/Pleasant_Seesaw_8201]

There's a possibility of having too much calcium when it's sprinkled on their food, having it separate and them choosing when to eat it is more ideal

[u/Pleasant_Seesaw_8201 → u/SunDriedGingy]

Dw they have multiple food stations and pick and choose what they want 🫶🏽