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Here's a few steps to breeding garden snails:
1: HOME: If you have something like a aquarium, that would be perfect to keep them in, although a large plastic container or pot would do. Fill it about 5 inches deep with soil, then spray it with water.
2: FOOD: A few slices of cucumber and some lettuce leaves will be much appreciated by the snails.
3: ADD SNAILS: Snails are both male and female, so you don't need to worry about getting two of the same sex. Pick two or maybe more adult snails from your garden and put them in their new home.
4: MATING: Spring is probably the best time to do this. Pretty soon after putting the snails together they will begin to mate. To do this they will begin courtship, followed by a thin white arrow going into one snail by another.
5: EGGS: After mating one of the snails will lay some smallish pearly white eggs about 3 inches down in the soil. Keep the soil damp and don't remove the babies from underground.
6: BABIES!: About 3 weeks after being laid the babies will hatch out and dig their way to the surface- they may need a little help [when they're still eggs use a pencil to create a little tunnel from the eggs to the surface] When they hatch they are absolutely tiny and almost see through, and very hungry.
They will need an instant supply of calcium [cuttlefish bone or wet chalk will be good] and some greenery [shredded lettuce or cucumber].
6: GROWING UP: Baby snails grow very quickly, but they will need someone to make sure that they survive to adulthood. Keep them in a little plastic container, spray them lightly every day, clean them out weekly and change their food every other day, and they will grow into big strong adults.
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Are garden snails poison to a dog?
I am doing an "educated guess" right here, and I suppose it is right. My educated guess is that garden snails in particular are NOT poisonous to dogs, though I wouldn't suggest to feed your pet dog garden snails. First, people can eat garden snails, and if it isn't poisonous to us at all, I doubt it will be poisonous to dogs. Also, I play with garden snails all the time, and if you think their slime has poison, that's totally wrong! I touch the slime all the time, and nothing bad happens to me!
Do mystery snails eat their young?
No, the eggs are layed above water and when the baby snails hatch they fall in. from there many baby snails will go into the parents shell for protection. or sometimes on top of the shell. I dont think the parent snails even notice the little ones. often they will push them out of they way to get where they're going, but I've never seen one eat it's young. sources: I breed snails
How do sea animals reproduce?
The male trapdoor snail buys the female snail flowers and then takes her to a dinner in a movie. If he is charming and funny and not too slimey, he will then proceed to mate with the female snail. These snails give birth to live young. They are not as prolific at breeding as egg laying aquatic snails.
Can snails see well?
No, snails are blind
Can you put garden snails in your fish tank?
Yes snails can live in a fish tank, and they can breed.
What is the difference between garden snails and apple snails?
Apple snails are freshwater aquatic snails. Garden snails are land snails.Apple snails have lungs and gillsGarden snails have lungs onlyApple snails skin is thin and translucent (with slime)Garden snails skin is thick and leathery (with slime)All apple snails have two sets of antennaeGarden snails have species with one and two sets.
What is the fast type of snails?
garden snails
How do garden snails have baby garden snails?
I've already answered a similar qst. Jst type in : How do snails make more snails and u'll find my answer.
What snails are eating your lawn?
They are known as garden snails!
When do you find snails?
in a garden
What garden pest is Beer is an effective control for?
Garden snails !!
Do snails kill your garden?
YES
What breed of snails can you eat?
All of them.
How would you correct the sentence snails aphids and mites nibbled on the plants in aunt maybelles garden?
Aphids,snail anmitesnibbled on the plants at my aunt May's garden.
What don't garden snails eat?
Well, I think garden snails don't eat a lot of things. On the other hand, garden snails DO eat green vegetables for sure, though I find that they do eat carrots a lot too. They probably won't eat these things (I will only list a few):gumcerealmeat of any kind (they're vegetarians)milkcandyetc...These garden snails pretty much won't eat anything that we can't eat. If we don't eat glue, garden snails don't eat glue. It makes sense, right?Garden snails don't eat anything but what you would find in your garden, no hot dogs or gum. I have only given my captive garden snails: lettuce, cucumber, strawberries, spinach, and carrots. Garden snails shouldn't eat any kind of citrus or any manufactured food, or food that was made people and planted by people.
What fruit do garden snails eat?
Garden snails will eat any fruit that has a soft spot i.e,. from rotting, or sitting on the ground. Snails will also eat the leaves and exposed roots of plants.
