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Giant African Land Snails

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oooh I had one years ago, when I worked at the university, we called him Tiger, and it was always fun convincing the professors that they had to give up the cucumber in their sandwiches to feed to him. often wondered what happened to Tiger when I left.... definitely get one.

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My cousin very kindly gave me some for my kids a few years back and it was the worst pet we ever had. I ended up with loads of them. I quickly rehomed them. Awful things. :?

 

Edited to add: apparently you are supposed to collect and freeze the eggs to kill them. :vom:

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Hi,our last giant snail died last year, he was about 6 & massive. We originally had 3 & found them quite fun at first, but the novelty did wear off once the kids had lost interest. The eggs were a pain but they stopped laying them eventually. I'm sure you need 2 snails to get eggs but it doesn't matter which 2, they're all boy/girls.

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You still need 2 for them to breed.

 

I had 2 and hated them. Got rid of them within a few months. Maybe if there was the Snail type forum I would have gotten on better with them. Did a bit of research and thought they were okay. The bedding we used was compost I think and they made such a mess and they stank even though I cleaned them out once a week. They're horrible everything got covered in mud and they kept me awake!! I stupidly kept them in my room, and their shells kept hitting against the glass. Oh well... they're long gone now!

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My ED has them. She started with 3 from the pet shop and they were normal garden snail size. Sadly one died last year and another we had to PTS as it fell off the roof of the fish tank and broke of the growing tip of its shell. ED wasn't too careful when cleaning and checking for eggs, so one ended up hatching and is a mutant with three antennae. She now has just two GALS, and I think because they are 2 years apart in age and maturity, they haven't mated and *touchwood* we have had no eggs. Oh, and they do like to lay eggs. Lots of them - about 100-200 each time! We scoop them up into a small bag and froze them. Then either threw them away or gave them to her friend to feed to their garden fish. I'm not hugely keen on them, but they are interesting to watch when they crawl up the glass wall or hearing them munch away at the lettuce and cucumber. ED only wanted them as she used to "keep" garden snails and make habitats for them, and whilst researching snails, she discovered GALS and fell in love with them.

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