Last night a large portion of my fish died, but this snail made it out alive! Been enjoying watching him this evening after losing so many others.

Hi everyone,
I’m worried about one of my snails. He’s been sleeping a lot lately despite regular misting, and he now sleeps deep inside his shell, when he used to sleep with his head out. You can see right inside the shell rim in the picture.
Yesterday morning I woke him up, he explored for about an hour, then went back to sleep and hasn’t moved since. I don’t think he has eaten.
Something else worries me: since June, his foot grips less and less when he sleeps up high, and he falls from the ceiling of the enclosure almost every day. I recently changed the substrate (I was using peat, I switched to coco fibre) and he always has access to calcium.
My 2 other snails in the same enclosure are doing perfectly fine.
Has anyone come across this before?

Sorry if this isn't the right subreddit but I'm desperate, I need this information for some very specific writing I'm in the middle of. I've tried googling but all I've gotten so far are terms for a snail's shell or stuff about skincare via snails, nothing concrete for what the skin (exterior layer of the soft bits) itself is called.

Any help would be appreciated!

Hello everyone! Can you please help me? My achatina snail hides inside shell and doesn’t come out. It has a wet fine terrarium with soil. She hasnt been eating for the last 4 days. I don’t know much about snails and am really worried about it. Maybe it’s because it is September and the weather has become colder?

I often find myself wishing my snails could enjoy the food I like, and I get sad I can’t share it with them

Like bread! I wish they could eat bread

-pasta
-popcorn
-pizza
-mashed potatoes

Edit to add
-budalk noodles
And
-tacos

Mostly bread like I feel like it’s unfair they don’t get to try toast or garlic bread or rolls of any kind

Does anyone else feel this way? I just wanna share all the yummy food I make with them lol

Lissachatina fulica white jade

I’m so happy she’s finally eating veggies!

Soo, I got this snail 3 weeks ago, I was TOLD he was a garden brown snail, but he formed some “teeth” in the entrance of his shell, so I’m not sure anymore. Brown garden snails do not typically have those. Anyone have an idea of the id?

found in northern VA.

Hello ! i have 3 common garden snails, located in Utah. i have them housed in a 10 gallon tank & i've been using Eco Earth for their substrate. i do have a temp & humidity reader in the tank so i can make sure it's ideal for them. but i noticed 2 of my snails have a little bit of peeling on their shells & are turning white. i've looked into this a little bit & it sounds like it could be from the substrate being too acidic ? so i would like to maybe change the substrate but im getting a LOT of mixed answers when i look into this lol so any advice would be appreciated 💙

I gave a singular spray, and then realized I have a wild terrestrial snail living in my terrarium. It hides a lot and sometimes I forget. It is not a huge terrarium, but not super small either. I found the snail in its burrow and pulled him out once I realized my carelessness. Is it safe to put him back? Do I need to make an entire new enclosure for him? It was on one plant. Can I just trust that it won’t touch that plant?? Theoretically I could let it outside but it’s such a joy to see it. I’m very new to snails.

Just Ceres eating some Bok Choy

so, I recently noticed that my snail has a couple white pieces in its shell (as shown), and they are solid and connected. I’m assuming they are a normal occurrence to shell growth, but I’ve just been wondering if they might affect him or if they are normal. He is about 3 months old and he is a brown garden snail.

In my original post I wondered if my Allogona sp. snail might be pregnant or diseased after noticing some weird, gelatinous goop on top of its head as well as a new snail-mate. After closer inspection you can definitely tell the other snail isn’t the same species and the head goop retracted?? Completely disappeared. Is this normal? I saw another Reddit post that talked about head swelling being a sign of snail puberty (snuberty).

First time having strawberries, he’s a fan!! :)

I noticed a weird, gelatinous form on my snail’s head. It’s a wild caught, likely Allogona sp., from Riggins, ID that I’ve kept in a terrarium since May 2025. I have had no other snails in the terrarium but just noticed a new one crawling around today after noticing the head goop on my original. Not aware of land snails keeping eggs on their head, but I do have tons of isopods in the tank that would certainly love snail eggs.

The most adventurous little snail I have ever had, she was the greatest escape artist despite the tank being sealed shut. Unfortunately she hurt herself too badly in her latest escape and she had to be put to sleep :(

Just curious at what kind of snail this is is it a Ram's Horn or a bladder

I've read that I should only use spring water for misting and not distilled, why is that?

Also in regards to tap water. My water comes from a well, is that better than tap water?

For lighting, should the have a separate light like my tortoise does? For heat or "sunlight? The tank will be beside my hydro garden which is on a 12 hour on/off schedule.

Thanks for your help and advice!

I feed my snails and they are happy but I'd like to get some kind of meal prep going for them so I can make a batch one day, throw it in the freezer and dole it out over a couple months. Anyone use a recipe/do something like this? Thank you in advance.

Saw this cute fellow while walking on my way home.

🗺️ Marikina, Philippines

Found another one hoping they will make many many snails! Thats my thumb mext to it.

Hello everyone, I just found this snail last night after a storm. I’m based here in North Florida, so I’m wondering if it’s a Giant African Land Snail or maybe a bulimulus guadalupensis.

All help and advice is appreciated. Thank you!