Giant African Land Snail CARE | Snail Care Tutorial | How To Care For Snails
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- How to care for Giant African Land Snails - Pet Snail Care Video. Links to products can be found in the description box!!
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In this video, I will cover everything you need to know before you bring home your snails. This video also applies to any snails you might try keeping as pets from your garden, but just bear in mind that garden snails wont need quite as much heat!
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Hey Creatures! Welcome back! Thank you SO much for helping me reach A QUARTER OF A MILLION on TH-cam! The #creaturecrew is now 250K strong! WOW!
Thank you all for your continue support. Also - sorry this video is SOOO late. It took me forever to edit. I've been working on it since I came to the USA, but it was shot in the UK. And dont worry, Shrek ISN'T dead!! S/he lives in the UK with a friend of mine. I hope you find it helpful :) ALSO, if you like my necklace, please go over to Instagram and say hi to Fran @thebirchpleasestudio. She makes these amazing necklaces and even if you don't purchase from her, its great to let her know that animal lovers are enjoying her designs!
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" If they escape our climate will kill them *snaps* like that."
*Shrek currently trying to escape right behind her*
🤣
I was waiting for someone to say it lol
🤣🤣🤣
Absolutely lovely guide! The only thing I'm concerned about is the fact that you're actually drowning your snails. I know you don't mean it, it's actually a very common mistake some inexperienced owners make due to the fact that they actually love their snails too much. If you look at their anatomy you'll see that they actually breathe through the hole at the top of their body (or bottom of their shell). If the water reaches their shell it means that they can't breathe and it's actually hurtful. So if you really want to give them a bath make sure that water doesn't cover their whole body.
A couple of other points that could help beginners a lot:
- Citrus fruits are very dangerous due to the acid in them. If they do eat it and it's sour they may actually die due to the reaction o calcium in their body with the acid in their food. So beware of the acidic fruits.
- Don't place anything hard in the terrarium. They may fall from the top of the terrarium and break their shell! They ca also brak their shell if there's not enough soil in the terrarium o soften the fall. I would suggest having at least 5 cm of soil, 10 is even better. So be geerous and give them enough soil to prevent their shell from breaking. A broken shell can cause the fallout of their internal organs. It may be treatable if the hole is very small but there's no guarantee.
- Snails need a well-balanced diet. Bananas, lettuce and cucumbers may be addictive for the snails, so don't feed them to your snails too much or they may start neglecting other foods. What's bad about lettuce and cucumbers? Well, they mostly consist of water so they won't be getting enough nutrients.
- Different achatinas can actually breed with each other (same goes to different types of archachatinas). Don't put different achatinas in the same tank or they will actually breed together and create hybrids. At the moment hybrids are considered a bad thing due to the fact that the pure genes are more valuable.
- They need protein in their diet. Good sources of protein are: champignons, french beans, broccoli, zucchini etc. You can also feed them gammarus as a source of protein but never mix plant-based and animal proteins. Most types of achatinas don't need proteins every day, just about a couple of times a week. If they don't need the proteins that day they'll leave it, just don't overdo it with gammarus (they love gammarus and will eat it no matter what, so keep it at 5-7 ones for each snail).
- You can also feed them self-made dried fruits and berries, but never give them the ones you bought at the supermarket (they usually contain substances harmful to the snails)
- They love moss! They absolutely love moss! Buy your snails some sphagnum or peat-moss, they'll love it!
I'm pretty sure that's about it but if anyone has any questions feel free to leave them as a reply and I'll answer them to the extent of my knowledge.
why should you not mix plant-based and animal proteins?
Thank you for this!
Can you please tell me what are the perfect ingredients to make a snail mix?And,can i feed snail mix as staple diet?
tysm!
this comment is super old but how do you suggest you give them water if the water in the video was too deep?
"You gonna come out and say hi shrek?"
"WHAT ARE YE DOING IN MY SWAMP!"
Juri Manabat hey Juri it kinda resembles the texture of my ball sack, so tender, so warm, so sweet 🥰 anyway enjoy the rest of ur day hope that made it special
@@Bradmhj 😂😂😂👌😭 ur comment love it🤣
Lol
XD u made my day
XD
I never thought I would want a snail this much
Ya and I'm still begging my mom
Same
@@angenibizi1235 me too
@@angenibizi1235 did you get one
I'll just go to meet a snail who lives on tree idk why she lives there but she is a cute 🥺 and slow
The "cuttlefish" is what we call a "cuttlebone" in the usa, just so people dont think they need to buy an actual cuttle fish, you only need the dried bone which you can find in almost every pet store in the bird section. Your snails are BEAUTIFUL😍💕
Used to buy it for my tortoise. Definitely helps
You also forgot to mention to never put salt on or near snails
or don't handle them with salty hands
The lights look like they're flashing because they actually do blink very rapidly. It shows up on video because the average video is 24 frames per second! That's why we use special lights for animation and filming 💖
Thanks for writting this, I was going to comment this ❤❤
To expand, the camera takes more pictures per unit time than the lights are flashing per unit time. If it where the other way around we would see a solid light (just as your eyes do)
Shrek is my Beyoncé
Same body figure you mean lol
@@310smoker lol
1000 reasons shrek is the best character in the world
I have a snail called Peanut,my mother found him in a salad and I’m still surprised that he survived living in the fridge inside a salad for 4 weeks!
I am a florist, found one in my leather leaf, probably refrigerated for 3 weeks, looks very different than the ones we have here in va. We source our leather leaf from marsh areas.
Should've named the snail Caesar ya like like the salad dressing!
He was probably eating like a king haha
Thats how I got my snail to xD
Four weeks? Don't you eat your salad quicker than that???
Em: If you handle outdoor snails you run the risk of meningitis
Me: Well... 7 year old me was stupid
I think most of us did that as kids... I would bring them home all the time O_o
I ate a garden snail when I was like 2 by accident XD
@@lilys4284 :0 oop-
Yes but in England normal Garden snails would not carry meningitis I used to have a giant African land snail but we bought him he was called Zeus and was really fun to keep I have NOT got meningitis and I take in snails all the time
My baby Sister put one In her mouth....
"I quite like to squirt on my snails twice a day" 😂🙊
Imee's World I was looking for this comment
Lmao
Imee's World r
Wtf
Hahah tats cute😂
Shrek is such a gorgeous little creature! I never minded snails and slugs while growing up, they were always around, doing their thing in my grandparents back yard, but after watching your very first video that consisted of your Giant African Land Snails and their tiny little babies, my curiosity for them, peaked!
Thank you again, for everything that you do. It's important to keep educating and being educated.
I’m getting one in a few days so I’m just binge watching some cute thick snails
「 Rose 」 hey rose it kinda resembles the texture of my ball sack, so tender, so warm, so sweet 🥰 anyway enjoy the rest of ur day hope that made it special
IceyYou 😳
IceyYou bruh..
MrBlobE same question
Thank you for such an informative video. My daughter is OBSESSED with snails. So for her 5th birthday (yesterday) we brought her a giant African land snail! I have been watching your videos and gathering information to make sure we can look after her snail the best we can. Xx
how is the snail doing?😊
Please make sure she doesn't let the snail out and that she washes her hands. They are an invasive species in America and they lay around 1000 eggs per year.
I am getting my first African snail in 2 weeks, I am so excited and found this video very helpful. Thank you! X
I’m just wondering where your getting it from ? I really want one but pet shops near me don’t sell them and unsure to order one from online?
Just a heads up, a lot of organic produce is still treated with arsenic. Being organic doesn't mean NO pesticides. It can mean no un-natural pesticides, and arsenic is absolutely natural. Arsenic is thought to be a lot safer, but it's still a really good idea to wash off all produce anyways, just in case there is a heavy amount of arsenic for any reason. So it's probably really good that you do the Em!
It's also really important to offer snail a higher protien meal once or twice a week. You can make a snail mix or do fish flakes. I'm in the US so I can't have GALS but I do keep a couple different species that are legal in my state (Helix Pomota and Ceapea Nemoralis)
I also live in the US, but my yard is full of them so keeping one from my yard should be ok, right? I think the snail is the one that broke the law.
I know I’ve said this before but I LOVE YOUR VOICE!
It’s so soothing but cheerful too! Your voice plus animal facts it’s just PERFECT 👌❤️
I have 2 rescues from a shop selling them as food. I’ve had them for about a week now, I was offered bark before but I wasn’t sure if they should have it. Also they were wild caught from Africa. Thank you so much for the extra information. Also their heat mats are on the way
Aww thanks for saving them. I know it's 4 years later but how are they doing?
Imagine getting arrested for owning a snail
AND you can own a gun in the US. You can literally walk around with a gun all day but you can't have a snail. How fricken stupid.
@@thelittlesustainableone7232 if they get released into the environment which a surprising amount of people do, they can eat the food of native animals and endanger them. Obviously the gun control is severely lacking but look at the grey squirrels in the uk and how much damage they did to the red ones
@@victorvale1015 I know... I just get really overreactive about snails because I own 2 slimebabies 😞
Dam I was so exited about getting an African snail.....
@@qwernatif2476 I love snails :)
This makes me want a snail but sadly, I am american...
You can have a garden snail! They are super cheap and small. They also don't require much space or food. And, if you find them outside, they will not need a very different climate while inside.
Don't worry, you might not be able to get an African landsnail, there are a lot of legal options if you want a pet snail or slug :) I recommend searching for a pet store that carries molluscs in your area, see what kind of species they offer and choose the one that you like best! The size of the enclosure, temperature and variety of food needed might change a little from snail to snail, but they're all lovely pets and pretty low-maintenance
Alisha Santiago me to
M o v e
hmm go to a pet store and get a mystery snail its an aquatic snail
OMG your necklace is so perfect for you!! Love it
OMGBEKKAG I love it!! Thanks so much!!
Thank you
Snails breath through theyre hole in theyre shell, so its dangerous to keep them in that much of water :O
EenGameGroep but snails breath trough their skin too! don’t worry,they like a lot of humidity
Lol love it how she liked the comment
Their*
2:18 I was so stressed when I saw him slowly escaping. Yes I just got stressed by a fkn snail...
Tua Blomström mission impossible music playing but slow lol
i was happy he got out that death trap!! Way to much water
@@SubwayBrat i thought the water would be good for shrek, is that actually to much?
alostpotato 22 yes, the breathing hole which is just underneath their shell what completely submerged, he was drowning
Nah I feel you, I used to keep snails and I always feel anxious when they are on my table and getting under my stuff
I have an abundance of garden slugs and snails in my yard, so I created a little terrarium for two. I love watching them eat, I think it's so cute. But oh man, I really want one of these!
Love LoVe LOVE Shrek & Dalilah!!! Just found your page & these babies brought back fond memories from my childhood! Thank you, you have made my day! Big slimy kisses back at you all!!! 🥰🐌🐌😍💋😘
Nice fan mail art guys, beautiful snail necklace, and great job on the video Em!
Ever since I saw your creature feature I’ve been wanting to get one these cute lil monsters! So glad your making a video on how to care for him! I’m hoping this will be a pet I can care for, and if not... oh well! I guess it’s not the pet for me. 😅
CornBeanSoup I hope all of your snail wishes come true!!
Emzotic
Ack. Sadly I’m in the USA... ;-;
CornBeanSoup yup same
_SiBI _ they're illegal in the USA
CornBeanSoup travel to Florida and catch some from the wild? 😅 if that was where they've been causing damage. And as long as you live in a place cold enough so they won't start spreading where you live then it should be okay. I wished to get a red eared slider (?) at some point but then I learned they've become illegal, the turtles that exist now are cool and can be kept and can be sold/given away if one can no longer care for them, but they can't be bred or bought from outside the country because it's a POSSIBILITY that they might be able to live in Finnish conditions and spread. It hasn't happened, but that's just how careful officials are being...
I’m thinking about getting an Africana land snail and I’ve written down literally everything in this video, it’s so helpful!! Thank you!
First Ant Canada now this Snail paradise bananza! I love it! I’m new and just found you and honestly already loved snails but the way YOU love your snails and care about them has made me fall in love with you and this channel! Subscribed!
They're so cute in a weird kind of way. Too bad I live in America 😟
Shrek is so incredible... truly amazing how large they are 💗 I truly wish you didn’t have to give him up 😭.... but thank you for making this wonder & helpful video. This video is even applicable to other types of snails as well 💗xo 👏🏻
So glad to see a new video from you Em, having a hard time just now and curled up in bed when I got this notification, yay!
Megan Kearney Aww I hope you’re all warm and snuggly :)
Emzotic Back and watching this again haha it helps my anxiety, yes I'm still nice and cosy!
I really want to thank you for your great advice, after watching this video and a few others similar to what I needed, both my GALS are doing great, they're out their shells most of the time when I look in on them and when it comes to cleaning up after them they aren't hiding away from me, they are back to being the little ones I remember. So again Thank you
Your snail video really helped me with my 5 giant snails. Three are baby's two are adults. Thank you so much for your snail video!!!!!
OMG I'M IN LOVE WITH YOUR NECKLACE!!!!!!
Also I have 16 snails they are helix aspersa and I love them
Omfg the Gandalf part killed me. 😂😂
Emily A Thanks for noticing!
Emily A same!!!! I was like yeeeees gandolf!!!!
Emily A same!
Most people in the middle of the night: Asleep
Me in the middle of the night: Playing with snail
Edit: Thankyou for the six likes yay
Edit: Wait what since when did I get 16 likes???
As someone in the uk, and this is an old video, they are still legal and I’m getting my first one next week, so I’m doing my research in order to make sure they’re happy! (I’m calling mine turbo like the movie). This video still really helps despite its age and I’m so thankful I found this one! :D
I have 2 garden snails at home that are apparently a little too happy in their tank, because they recently laid a LOT of eggs- and I didn’t realize until it was too late! But don’t worry, I am going to find them all loving homes ☺️
Me: Aww I want a snail baby!
Me: *lives in Florida*
Also me: 👁👄👁
My raccoon brain said MaKe SnAiLArRIuM aND Go OuTsIdE 🥴🥴
Just get a gator
there are certain ones your aloud you need to do research in that though
Just Save one !
maybe you could get garden snails
You make this video two years after I started keeping snails as pets?! Lol this would've helped a ton I love your videos!
WOW! I love this vid because sometimes when I feel lazy about my snails, I watch it and it helps
You've made my mind up, can't wait to look after these animals. They remind me so much of my tortoises too, amazing creatures. Just subbed, great info!
I have 30 rescued youngsters to rehome at the moment!
I love her jewelry, it always makes her look like a animal goddess ❤️❤️
I lost it with the Sméagol in the tsa hat. 😂
Someone might have already commented it, but the blinking effect on the lights is due to the camera refresh rate. It is the same thing you will get if you try to film a TV screen or a computer screen.
Btw the light flickers becouse of your cameras FPS frames per second intact all artificial light dose that but at a very fast rate, and I it’s got my self a snail today his name is ninja
This made my heart so happy. ❤ I love your shrek-lace 😊 my snail is a "boy" too.
Who else loves that she was holding Shrek and she said “They really don’t like onions” XD
OOOOH BABY GIVE ME ONE MORE CHAAAAAAANCE
A hahahah my fellow memer
that video made me want one but I’m American 🙃
*WON'T YOU PLEASE LET MEEEE*
Wat
*BACK IN YOUR HEART*
:'( I wish I could own one but I'm in the US
I love my babies 🐌🐌,
Im glad poor shreks shell is healing 👍.
What a great video 🐌👍👏😊
Hi em and shrek, thank you for your lovely video. My diddy GALS (he was like a 10th of shrek!) died tonight and really sad. Came for cheering up and thank you ❤
Good job Em, love the video and
congratulations on 250k!🐙👍
Server: **Gary has joined the chat**
My snails called Gary
They are so adorable ❤️ unfortunately, they were brought to Brazil irresponsibly, and now the cause a lot of problems in our ecosystem 😕
I got this video sent to me by a very important friend of mine to teach me how to take care of my snails, I got them today
My mum is wanting to get one because they are so easy to keep, this video was soooooo good and gave us all the best information and how to keep them so they aren't too hot or warm so thank you xx
me and my columbian red tail boa are watching this video together, Sursie thinks you are awesome! so do i!
The little sound they make when they eat is SOOOO Cute!!!!!! Oh my goodness
Who else was watching shrek move around in the background?🙋♀️🙋♀️
We got gifted a 3 of these. Our snails are still small but they are growing fast. They are definitely cool pets.
Thank you so much for reminding me I am a lover of snails! And I want a African snail!! Thank you so much for the facts! Again.
In the intro all I could see was shrek attempting to get out of the bath 😂
Me in the begining of the video: :D I want a snail!
Me after the video: I live in America MOM IM MOVING
I’m from Brazil, and here giant african land snails are making a lot of damage in our ecosystem:(
But I have a pet garden snail, and he is blue:0 he is REALY cute, but I don’t what kind of specie he is...
you can eat that snail
If it’s aquatic it might be a blue mystery snail, (Which are super nice) but other than that I’m not very sure. What’s it name tho -0-
yudha perdana ....crunch
Ship them to me please
He’s actually not aquatic, it’s a land snail, he is blue and he’s shell is white with some brown dots, I named him Clovis ( It’s a brazilian name ok lol)
Hi Em,
Should I have condensation on the inside of my African land snail enclosure?
Thanks
Jon
Omg I'm so exited I've wanted a Giant African Land Snail for ages and my parents finally agreed for me to have one!
Bruh I literally came to this video from Florida bc I was interested getting one...not even two minutes into the journey I find out I can't even have one.
You can't have the giant African snail, but you can have smaller species! I have a Milk snail and live in the US
1:42 good to know I'm not a criminal for having them when I was 8
Shrek is so cute! 😍
This was so helpful. I just got a land snail and this informed me so much. I appreciate you A LOT. 💗🐌💗
You helped me with my new ferret over a year ago, and now my new snail!! I love your videos so much they always help!!! Keep it up!!!💕💕💕
Jojo
yay finally. ive been waiting soo long hehe thanks so much!
Thanks for this video! My African land snail lives in a tank too an i saw little insects in the tank and now in know what to do. Tnx!🐌
You have both fulicia and ovum living together they need totally different temps humidity and substrate preference ovums like it very damp-wet-fulicia need 70% humidity 22-26c and just a damp substrate
Thank you! I searched for a comment like that!
@@susumali7497 no problem ive had ovums fulicia tigers suturalis so know abit I have snakes now thier amazing
@@entertainmentchannel8494 They definitely are. I have tigers, Lissachatina fulica, reticulata and zanzibarica. They really great pets.
@@susumali7497 they really are my snakes are super tho when you go to snakes you can't really top that
How do you care for bby snails?? What do you do for heat mats when the enclosure is so small
This girl should be on tv presenting some kids nature show. Brilliant! Well done you.👍
Hi Emzotic -- I know this video is a little over a year old, but in the future I've been fascinated by the idea of having some lovely little snails and this was really helpful! I'm unfortunately in the USA, so no Giant African snails for me, but I've been looking at good places to source some pet snails legally. I used to think snails were very weird, but I've grown awfully fond of them now!
Why do people keep African Land Snails as pets?
What’s so special about them?
Coming from a huge farming community i wanted to inform you that organic 99% of the time means "natural" pesticides which can quite typically be just as if not more deadly as the majority of man made pesticides
Dragonhda Armstrong Wow that’s insane!
Hi there, I'm buying a snail soon and would like to know where you get the heat mat and thermo stat from? Thanks Lizzy!
Her name is Em 🙈
I love your videos! You have really inspired me!:) keep doing what you love!
I love your snail you helped me on how to care for my giant African land snail. Keep it up!👍❤️😊
Thank you! Im acctually trying to by a giant african snail but i don’t know how i wold do when i go to scool
Are snails able to survive if they lose their snail house
lost child no. It’s attached to them x
Their organs are inside of the shell ^v^
I found a garden snail today and named him Gary. He is the perfect pet and now I am here trying to figure out how to give Gary the best life possible. He is the perfect study buddy, he is currently sleeping.
ahh snails are adorable!
Julia Thank you!
Omg I love the way you delivered this video along with LOTR memes :)
I've always had a HUGE phobia of snails, I watched this to hopefully help with that. Unfortunately I was still scared of them but I watched the whole thing regardless because it still interested me.
Baby snails are unbearably cute.
Like if u wanted one but discovered U LIVE IN AMERICA
Clara Taft saddddddddd
No, I already knew I lived here. Seems weird to be only discovering that after watching a snail video.
@@themonsterbaby
😂😂😂
@@themonsterbaby just ignore her she's pandering for likes
Me...
Your necklace is so precious ❤
I went to Hawai’i (specifically Maui) for the first time a little over two years ago, and as we were walking to our Air BnB there was one of these sitting right in the middle of the sidewalk. As someone who had never heard of Giant African Land Snails, I was... surprised and intrigued.
That’s how I learned these exist.
EDIT: Wait, doesn’t that mean if you live in Hawai’i or Florida you could get past the ban just by walking outside and grabbing one? As long as you don’t take it with you if you move. I don’t live in either of those states but I’m just curious lol
Oof
I love how much you love your snails
This was very interesting im currently going to adopt or kidnap the local nursery’s snail it’s in bad environment I’ve noticed they don’t even put in food so since I’ve started cleaning the building I’m taking food in for the little guy😢 hope they let me have him to keep but doing my homework first
You're necklaces get weirder and weirder every video
RecruitSwatGuy haha but I like them :)
I love it
no it's her shreklace, leave her alone
@@freshlybakedbria haha LOL lol lol
Hey, Em! Thank ya for the tips, 'twas very important for me to prepare for my first Land Snail as pet! 😘
I'm sad after I heard they cant be in the usa....😭that was my top dream pet
Snail
Look up helix pomatia, they are legal in the US and are pretty big x
Susanne Sætersdal-Hole oh hell yeah!! snail time!!
@@tanktank5532 ??
I have one anyways ;)
My son bought me one, named Zoomie, for mothers day. Love her already.
2 seconds in, (just searched giant African land snails, found your video) and you're hilarious!!