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Post by pearthesnail on Jul 8, 2015 19:31:56 GMT
Hi all I ws just wondering about giving my snail some diluted beer to drink and was wondering: How diluted does it have to be? Can snails get drunk? (lol) Can you give them any type of beer or does it have to be certin brands etc? Cheers in advance  |
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Post by astana on Jul 11, 2015 0:33:19 GMT
Snails are after the yeast in beer, not the beer itself. They can overeat, and beer isn't high in nutritional value, so I wouldn't recommend giving it to them.
Unless you are trying to get them to eat something that they need.
I also don't know if snails can get drunk (lol)
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Post by pearthesnail on Jul 11, 2015 11:30:31 GMT
So if its the yeast in beer they are after, could you give them any beer? I heard that snails are partial to it so I wanted to give Pear a watered down bit for her birthday |
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Post by Cashell on Jul 11, 2015 18:58:15 GMT
I can imagine a drunken snail waving its tentacles rapidly in all sorts of directions, or maybe it would just pace the place aimlessly? Maybe aggressive individuals might go around rasping others, but who knows for sure. I say you make Pear a nice snail mix as an alternative.
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Post by etana on Jul 12, 2015 5:34:40 GMT
My snail once got drunk from eating a big piece of a rotten apple. He forgot how to climb, snailed into a wall and sat there making a variety of faces, and the next day retreated to the back of a flower pot cave and pushed out one eye to stare at me from back there as I was cleaning up. He didn't touch rotten apples for months!
I'd dilute beer at least 1/1 and make sure it's not bubbly, but I'd mostly use that to get their attention to something else. Maybe make her a fruit smoothie for her birthday? (congrats, Pear!)
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Post by Cashell on Jul 12, 2015 18:53:25 GMT
My snail once got drunk from eating a big piece of a rotten apple. He forgot how to climb, snailed into a wall and sat there making a variety of faces, and the next day retreated to the back of a flower pot cave and pushed out one eye to stare at me from back there as I was cleaning up. He didn't touch rotten apples for months! I'd dilute beer at least 1/1 and make sure it's not bubbly, but I'd mostly use that to get their attention to something else. Maybe make her a fruit smoothie for her birthday? (congrats, Pear!) LOL! |
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Post by pearthesnail on Jul 15, 2015 9:35:01 GMT
Haha thanks all for the advice |
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