Long story short. I found a baby snail in one of my indoor potted plants (a string of pearls succulent) and felt really sorry for it and couldn’t bring myself to throw it outside in the heat of Southern California, so I’ve been taking care of it. I’ve had these types of common snails before so I knew what to expect.

But all of a sudden yesterday I found these two teeny tiny snails. Sorry for the shaky video but it’s really hard to get a close up of something so tiny. Even when the cornu aspersum snails hatch, they aren’t this small. My original baby snail is in one of the pics for size comparison—he’s smaller than the eraser on a pencil—he’s a few weeks old at this point. I also found that he had those little clear balls (on the leaf) on him, but I don’t think it’s an egg as there doesn’t appear to be anything inside it. And he’s way too young to produce eggs.

I’m so perplexed by this whole thing. I had actually thrown one of those tiny “shells” into my compost already but when I saw the one clearly moving around, I retrieved it and definitely observed both of them moving around. Now I have no idea what I have!

I found this little plant in my new tiny vivarium for my Subulina octona snails, which I just bought last week. I'm very impressed that it already grew so big, because usually my big GALs need 2-4 days to completely tear a living plant apart. So I'm very curious whether the plant will manage to grow even bigger, or if a tiny snail army will beat it up...who knows..

don't worry lil guy, Smelly's eggs are not your progeny.

Never ever took the time to look at snails or even think about them, always thought they carried disease until I actually held a little snail I found outside on my Window last week, it was very tiny .
They’re very alien like.
Anyway can they be dangerous? How do people keep them as pets / care for them ?
What species are beginner friendly ?
Can I accidentally hurt the snail without noticing or will it hurt me instead ?
Asking because I want one now 😑👍

I just moved into a house in Fort Wayne, Indiana. First thing I did was snail search. I’m from SC and have read extensively about the different species here. I was so excited! Unfortunately the last woman who lived here started a vegetable garden.( perfect for fresh veggies for snails☺️. My current snails are already so happy. I thought the huge plant was squash but NO. ITS CUCUMBERS!! She 100% snail proof this place but idk how. I see slugs but no thank you. I could literally be luring them to me and catch them before that cuc addiction starts. But how? How do I fix this?
Also if anyone lives in this area or around here could you please tell me where I can find some snails????

Like the title says, just sharing my babies’ growth. The main one pictured is Hephaestus. Day one (not of birth, but when I got him) vs now.

I started with 5 tiny babies. Hephaestus, Pancake and Jorge are still here and thriving beautifully (the other two unfortunately were runts and had shell problems).

Jack is the youngest out of the three garden snails I have—by, “youngest,” I mean by a few days as I just found him recently. He’s currently munching on his cuttlebone.😊

The difference a year makes !!

I have slugs and snails in this enclosure it has some problems with water at the bottom but I'm slowly draining the water and the water smells like shit literally but the enclosure doesn't smell it smells like a forest but the worms they look like pinworms should I get rid of them and if so should I change the enclosure I have a good plan to change the enclosure and not taking the worms with by like luring them out with some high value food and moving all 40-50 slugs and snails slowly until non come to the food any more

I found this snail in Southeast KS, it’s very tiny it’s also a landsnail, its flesh is like yellow and mostly translucent.

hi folks, just looking for some advice as I've noticed this unusual protrusion from my snail's mouth. This is an achatina fulica jade. Apologies if the photos aren't the clearest but it was quite hard to photograph.

I initially thought it was some big piece of substrate due to it appearing very thin & irregular but it has not moved in a few days. I've read about gut extrusions and similar things but this doesn't quite look like those.

Would really appreciate any info on this, thanks!

Hello fellow snail keepers. I'm in dire need of help. :(

I've had my snail (Cepaea nemoralis) for about a month. During that time he was active, eating, sleeping, and exploring.

For the past 10 days, he has been spending most of his time estivating behind a thick white epiphragm. He barely eats, and if I gently wake him up, he becomes active for a short while before sealing himself off again.

Today, for the first time, I found him buried deep in the substrate with another thick epiphragm.

The temperature in his enclosure ranges from 22–27°C (71.6–80.6°F), and the humidity stays fairly stable at around 85%.

Am I doing something wrong? If so, what could it be?

I have this 240 litre tank with a single African land snail inside that i rescued and i would love to add to the tank is there anything that could coexist beside him ? Its a very large tank and costs nearly 2 grand 🫠 so would love to have it a little more interactive i was thinking possible stick insects but i wouldnt want him to be harmed on the bramble etc.

Should I be worried about this?

Noticed a few mites on her yesterday and ordered some predatory mites which whould arive next week.

i woke up this morning to what i believe is snex ( correct me if i'm wrong )
have a few questions ! is that a love dart i see ? also one of them is clearly bigger than the other , i assume he's older right since he has the lip & the other one doesn't? will they both lay eggs? since one is younger, will it not be able to lay eggs? how long can i expect until they lay eggs?

Snailtholomew living life

Previous tank as last pic! I wrongfully thought I had what I needed when I started and I upgraded with advice from everybody!!! I hope my snails will be happier. They even have a 24/7 daylight cycle LED now!!!