Please help me with snail care advice. I’m new to this. 😭
Picked up a land snail off my driveway because I knew it was going to either get ran over by one of us or someone on the road. Don’t know what I’m doing but I really don’t wanna go put it somewhere outside knowing bro could live an easy life. I’m broke currently so any cheap tips or hacks would really help! The food aspect seems easy, cuttlebone, spring water, veggies, etc. But I can’t find much information on what a good enclosure would look like. Also how often I should feed it? I’m thinking of getting a cheap plastic container or something similar from the dollar store and drilling holes into it but I’m terrified the holes on the inside of said container would have sharp edges? If that makes sense…
Also any ideas of what I could use for a hiding spot since I saw they enjoy those. And ideas of what I could use for a water bowl or if I even need one. So far I’ve been spraying spring water into the temporary container I have him in and he seems fine I’ve fed him carrot as well. Ive only had him for 1-2 days.
It was also finished raining when I found him I live in Missouri small snail with a grey brown blueish body and a brown shell. If you guys could guess what breed it “might be.”
Sorry if this seems long or excessive but I really want to make sure I’m doing the right thing.
Posted Aug 27, 2026, 1:09 PM UTC