DANGER: I am terrified of how unaware people live. The giant African snail is not only an invasive species that seriously affects farmers and ecosystems around the world, but it is also a vector for the transmission of very dangerous pathogens such as rat lungworm, a nematode that causes eosinophilic meningoencephalitis, I mean, a worm that eats your brain!. Having it as a pet is a great irresponsibility. You have to read the news, at least!. See what the United States government says: www.fdacs.gov/Agriculture-Industry/Pests-and-Diseases/Plant-Pests-and-Diseases/Invasive-Mollusks/Giant-African-Land-Snail
Thank you so much for these videos! You really helped me to get prepared for my first snail 🐌 I'm from Russia and we don't really have enough info about snail care, so I've decided to find something in RU-vid, I'm so glad I've found your video! Thanks a lot!
I REALLY enjoyed your video! I'm looking into giving a giant snail a forever home and am adding to my research. You have such a pleasant voice, and are easy to understand for this Texan, and you just put it out there! Thank you so much...I'm going to subscribe and I will be watching you to learn how to take care of my snail!
Thanks for your wonderful video! Lots of great information and you're clearly passionate about caring for your snails. I'm having a few young African snails moving in tomorrow and this is great for knowing what to expect and get started :)
I don’t have GAL’s but I am getting some basic garden snail and milk snails. This video was great and helpful even for a different breed!! :))) lovely video
DANGER: I am terrified of how unaware people live. The giant African snail is not only an invasive species that seriously affects farmers and ecosystems around the world, but it is also a vector for the transmission of very dangerous pathogens such as rat lungworm, a nematode that causes eosinophilic meningoencephalitis, I mean, a worm that eats your brain!. Having it as a pet is a great irresponsibility. You have to read the news, at least!. See what the United States government says: www.fdacs.gov/Agriculture-Industry/Pests-and-Diseases/Plant-Pests-and-Diseases/Invasive-Mollusks/Giant-African-Land-Snail
Hi my friend is surrendering her GALS to me, she can no longer give them the attention they need. I used to own GALS when I was younger. But I've been researching to catch up, I would love if you made more videos about their care. Through my research it's a very mixed bag if advice I've received and I think your videos is the most balanced out of most I've watched. Thank you 😊
I loved this video, so informative and I really like your style of filmin, the aesthetics, lighting the quality and the background music.. I can't wait for more videos!
I'm currently preparing on getting a pet snail too! You made such a great informative video!!! I'd love to see more , maybe make a ''What I would have liked to know befor getting a pet snail'' or ''what to do when they get a diseas'' . I'm full of questions and sadly not every video on here gives good answerse to my question but yours really did help me !
Hi, new owner, can I just say Thank You so much, I've just transferred my little Girls Albino Fulica to a glass tank and was partially at a loss - not any more! Wonderful video, and as therapeutic as watching the Snails themselves! Subscribed and will now enjoy the rest of your vids Thank you!!
Great Video ! I love all your snail names. While I'd love to have some of the big guys ,like yours,they're not native to most of the US & def not in Massachusetts where I live.Instead I have a bunch of tiny, common, brown lipped snails, I call them my S-Gang.Being a gardener,I never, EVER thought I'd keep snails as pets, nevermind become so attached & constantly amused by them. But all it took for me to switch from revulsion to fascinated was one teeny-weenie, translucent, newborn crawling up the side of a copper pitcher,chasing dewdrops. Every time "he" got to one,he'd stop then darted fast into it,then stretched out his neck & face as far as it would go & start to undulate,and spin in circles,before moving to the next one, exactly like a kid jumping & dancing through puddles...I was hooked. I went from deciding to keep them for a few days to check them out more,putting them in a clear plastic container w/garden moss,doing lots of research,finding out how smart,friendly & cool they were,to now having a dozen in a fancifully decorated fish tank,with racing tracks, lichen covered sticks to climb on, handful of moss covered twig houses to hide in,even hanging bridges. They even have their own snail "God", a soapstone carved snail that all of them love to climb ( they often race,climb over ea other to be the one who gets to be on the tippy top onto the eye stalks.) I'm am curious,as I never thought of putting any bugs in(didn't know there WERE ones that'd eat all the endless coiled ropes of poop,lol) But i'm a huge bug hater,don't the wood louse, other bugs, get out through the screened top ? In the summer,when the humidity is high, esp if I give them fruit,or slices of certain soft veggies, like cucumber rounds, i get fruit flies & they drive me mad because they get out through the screen,so wouldn't it be the same with those ? On the live plant thing,while obviously your snails will eat more than mine,lol, one thing that has worked well for me is putting in established dandelion plants.Since these weeds grow & re-grow so fast,they've been perfect for me( us),they love them & they're chocked full of vitamins & minerals. You just have to pull it up & trim back offshoots from the tap root every once in a while or it can form a huge mat under your substrate & get too large, but leave the actual tap root itself alone. Even if they decimate it, you can pull it & out it in a glass of water by a window & in a day or 2( they're so pernicious,sometimes by next morning,lol) new leaves will start sprouting out again & it can be put back in the enclosure. Another thing mine love in their enclosure,for live "plants" are simple sprouts. For them it's like an All- You-Can-Eat,salad buffet highway,hehe.I keep a jar that I sprout seeds in for my own salads, so I have a constant supply to replenish from. I use a pencil & drag a line in the substrate, (make it random,winding,they seem to enjoy it more *grin* or maybe it's just me)then sprinkle a very heavy,continuous line of sprouted seeds ,give them a spritz of water,cover w/tiny bit of substrate.spritz them every day.every cpl days I fill in the eaten gaps with new ones,takes less than a minute to do. Some days they'll line up all along it,head to foot, munching then moving along, like a slow Conga-line & it makes me giggle. 🐌 🐌 🐌 🐌 🐌
Great video! I have been researching for a while now and never actually gone onto purchasing one. However I came across this video today and decided to purchase one! Thanks for the tips! Keep posting’ 😊
Fantastic video. Really informative, clear and simple. I've been keeping snails since February of this year and now have three in a glass enclosure. The one thing I haven't used yet is snail mix as I often give them fish flakes instead. Do you only buy your snail mix or could you make a video on creating some?
I kept my giant land snails at normal room temp. Even in winter they were fine. Lived many years and had lots of babies. Never had head mat or thermostat.
I’m just upgrading my tank to a exo terra tank 60 x 45 x 30. I’m worried about humidity. Have you ever considered a humidifier of some sort? great video 👍
Thank you sooo very much! I really wanted to get some Giant African Land Snails. This helped so much!!! Thank you soo very much again and I hope you make more :3
Thank you for this video..waiting for more video.very informative.thank you for the subtitle info.😁 i have adopted big snail in our backyard.and his/her name is pivee.😍😁 more video pls..watching here from philippines.☺️
Hi! I'm really interested in getting a snail as a little pet, but I'm not sure where to start or what I should be researching. Could you do a video covering the basics for a beginner like me?
I know this is an old video, but i am ready to get a wooden repiterra terrarium and paint it with varnish so its waterproof for an albino land snail im getting in 2 months, the terrarium is 60x30x30.
Really awesome video! I used this to prepare a terrarium for my Gal, I just want to say as a side note your tattoo is so cool! What do the Norse runes say?
Hello is a 4.5 L tank ok for two African land snails? Mine are 1 month they will arrive soon! I just need to know if that ok but what they grow I will hopefully be upgrading!
Hi, I'm new to African land snail keeping and I have my first juvenile. I have recently read that carrot can make their excretion orange, I wondered if this would be the same with sweet potato with the it's colouring? Have you experience of this happening?
Nat N Thank you so much! 🖤 Woodlice can breed like crazy so if this is a concern (depending on where you are in the world) you can use native woodlice and then once they breed, re-release the adults into the wild ✨
Do they make alot of slime? My daughters tried keeping 2 snails that they found outside and within 2 weeks the container was so filled with slime it was disgusting. We released them where we found them.
Thank you soooo much for a very informative and detailed video. Just what I need. I have never had any GALS before so I'm totally new to it all. I've researched on them ....probably too much, there are lots of different options and it just confuses me... and I can tell you that at 65 it's something I do not need any help with🤣. I've had my snail for 6 days now and it only started eating last night, not much though, about 4 pea sized dollops of porrage...she's a Scottish GALS 😅. She drinks from water on sides when I mist tank. Can anyone tell me if not eating for so long is normal please? And, what kind of lighting would I use on terrarium ? I have live plants, spider plant ( great use for all the baby plants I have lol) and turtle leaf plant was thinking they would need light, but after hearing about hiw long your plants last lol it probably isn't worth putting any lighting above tank lol lol. Again many thanks for sharing take care from Ruby x
I have a question my snails stink if I don’t Clean the whole tank every week because for there poop I think I’m not sure but I have decided not to put dirt down until I stop the smell at first I thought it was normal but now I relaxed it’s not
