Food and drink
Summary of care
Food and drink
Housing
Cleaning
Habit & Handling
Breeding
Food: Snails have to have cuttlefish bones to provide the calcium they need to make their shells. Lettuce leaves and sliced cucumber are firm favourite foods, but the snails will have a nibble at many vegetables and fruit, e.g. apple, melon, strawberry, cabbage, carrot. We wash the food we give to our snails in case it's been sprayed with pesticide.

Moisture / Drink: The snails need their bedding to be damp / moist but not wet. We found a light spray with a plant mister each / every other evening worked well. They do like a little beer but make sure they don’t get too tipsy and drown. A shallow tray with water in is enjoyed, but not a necessity, they drink the moisture off the tank sides when sprayed.

Giant African Land Snails (UK)
updated May 2006