Desert sand?

[inky]

Hi,
I have a tank meant for crickets, but I need to temporarily hold a snail somewhere and it seems to be the only option. The substrate, however, is desert sand. I know this dries out the snails pretty quickly, though. The lil' guy needs a home, though, because he's been out of a tank for over a day now and he keeps drying out too fast. If you've read my previous post, you will know what it's for. He's not too active and very shy, but I've had my luck with one day, I don't want to leave him outside the tank for another. Would this be okay for a while?

[gunshotglitter]

It might not be a perfect substrate for snails but it won't kill him, so maybe it will be fine until you get some real soil. If he really doesn't like it, he will probably just stick to the tank wall
Also, I think it's pretty urgent for you to find out what species he is, because he might not need a lot of moisture (like my Cernuella snails).

[inky]

He's a Cochlicella barbara, as it turns out.

[shaydeesnail]

If you have a small food tub or something, you could use that as a temporary tank. I've heard of people keeping hatchings on damp paper so I'm sure that could work to keep him damp.

[inky]

I don't have any food containers. I've put him in the tank due to reading about them:
"Biology: Sandy and dry habitats in coastal vicinity, dunes with grass cover, lives on the soil between plants. Probably frost sensitive.
Slightly more humid habitats than C. acuta, sometimes syntopically.
Life cycle unknown, eggs (diameter 1 mm) were observed."
www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=1317