*Wanted* Rainbow Crab Care Sheet

[stephenie191]

Originally Posted by illyria

Nice care sheet!

Thanks, I've been researching them alot since i wrote this, i've also kept a wider variety since then so i'm going to write a more, in-depth care sheet when i have time

[spend_day]

hey i havent been keeping GALS very long but the list of foods helped mine have been eating carrot radish greens and cabbage and nothing else cause i didnt know what else to feed them. im gonna try mixing it up a bit food wise this weekend.

just got a heat mat for them (i have phibs in my room and its currently a cool 16C and the snails seemed to hate it) they currently live in 2 TUB inside a large (and now heated) under bed storage box because it the outter box thats heated they'll be ok without a stat wont they (14V luck reptile heat mat)

temps seem ok atm

[bmth girl]

I used to keep them , they love damp conditions and egg shells and avocado, I had so many babies from them I ended up giving them all away to the local pet store!

[GlitterBug]

It depends on what gal you keep.

This care sheet would be best for the A.Fulica.

Any snail lovers out there join "petsnails" or "supersnails"

Petsnails is run by a guy who has registed a snail or something posh like that, he's well known by all snail breeders and keepers.


I've been also working on a care sheet for snails will add mine up when I'm finished.

[GlitterBug]

Originally Posted by illyria

Nice care sheet! My GALS have recently laid eggs. Just waiting to see if they hatch or not. I don't heat my tank over winter, I let them hibernate and then wake them up in the spring when it's warmer. To do this you have to peel off the "door" they have made and then run them under warm water. Here's a pic my of GALS:




I am going to get them a bigger tank (especially if I decide to keep some of the babies). The substrate is coconut coir. I have also had them on an aquatic compost but I did not like that; it was so messy. The coconut coir gets a bit water logged after a while but if you put the tank (storage box) on its side then youi can drain the water off.

stephanie, the snails in the second pic look really funky!

When a snail hibernates you should never peel the seel it makes, run them under warm water and let them come out, sometimes it can harm the snail.

[elliottreed]

Giant African Land Snails as pets.

Brilliant link

Cari x

[Scuwiffpixi]

I have 1 Gals at the moment and for a while had around 100 babies but have given them away over the yrs to as many people as I can find to take one or even two. I have had him/her for 5 yrs now.

Recently I realized how sparse his tank is and I'd like to put some live plants in there for him, I know I will have to replace them often as he will eat them, But I realised I don't know which plants are safe for him and which ones are not?

I have googled for a safe plants list for Gals but couldn't find one? does any one have any ideas for safe, cheap plants I can get in the UK?

[Jojobaggins]

I am new to the world of GALS, I rescued Brian (I am of that age where a snail would be called Brian); he was a much neglected pet of a little boy i know.

Had him since November, he is huge now, over a year old. He eats better than I do! He has been on his own for over a year yet he has had 60 eggs, all hatched. He is still laying the odd couple even now.

Is it possible that he could have mated when he was very young and been 'holding on to them' until now. I understand it takes two even though Brian has both sex organs I am sure he didn't do it himself.

So I have set up a new tank for him, it is his third, at what age or size can the young join him. They are in a plastic lunch box with holes in, inside Brians tank.

Always glad of any advice.

[MissCat]

i used to keep them, til they started to breed like mad, in the end i was begging schools, colleges etc to take them LOL they just wouldnt stop, and i didnt have the heart to "feed the eggs to the birds" as some people i knew kept suggesting.

[Pleco07]

Good, clear caresheet for A.fulica

Ive had snails for years, Ive recently just got back into them. Heres my A.Fulica adults setup

Originally Posted by Pleco07

These are the 4 adults we have in a 50ltr RUB (Got a big bit of wood soaking @ the mo to add in there for them)




Also have a crix tub with hatching eggs and one that is for collected eggs

Also got a pair of A. Iredalei from freekygeeky

Originally Posted by GlitterBug

Any snail lovers out there join "petsnails" or "supersnails"

Might have a look at them

This site is pretty helpful

Achatina - Giant African land snail