Snail food recipes

[mangoandlemon]

Hello!  I have a recipe that my snails seem to like including the Bulimulus.

Grate a apple with a cheese grater, it will look like apple sauce.
Microwave 5 blueberries for ten seconds (Be careful, they might explode)
Keep microwaving for 3 seconds at a time, until they are a purple liquid
Mix in to the apple sauce
Chop up some carrots and mix in
Serve to your snails!

My snails like it quite a bit and I'm sure that yours will to.

[Cashell]

This basically sounds like blueberry, apple and carrot soup.

[mangoandlemon]

Precisely.

[mangoandlemon]

Helix pomita wanted to see this so I posted so it would show up.

[mangoandlemon]

Okay I have tried a new recipe that the bulimulus seem to like also:

Organic dog treats, any kind as long as they are safe for snails. Break them up into little pieces
Spray them with water
Mush them up
Add blueberries
Microwave for ten seconds
Mush them again
Repeat until a good conscience

All my snails like this one, it could be used if you receive snails in the mail and they need some strength.

[mangoandlemon]

I will be making a rosy wolf snail mash that is mainly protein, I am hoping it works out!

[giantsouthamerican2n]

Sept 23, 2015 3:52:41 GMT mangoandlemon said:

I will be making a rosy wolf snail mash that is mainly protein, I am hoping it works out!

Cool! I really hope more people will see this, it's quite important to Bulimulus owners. 

[mangoandlemon]

Hopefully I will be able to post pics on them as a step by step process.

[giantsouthamerican2n]

Yeah

[mangoandlemon]

I will have pics soon!

[Liguus]

A protein mix sounds interesting. Perhaps my newly hatched rosy's could get accustomed to it with no issues.

I do think bulimulus could make a pretty decent pet snail species in the US. It's legal, a few members seem to have it already, and I imagine once they start breeding others may easily obtain new pets via sales.

[mangoandlemon]

Yes, the problem i have with the bulimulus is that the aestivate in the day and only come out at night.

[giantsouthamerican2n]

It's nice to have some options for some of us who have carniverous/omnivorous snails. mangoandlemon

[giantsouthamerican2n]

Keep up the recipes!!

[diegothesnailkeeper]

Are achatina fulica snails omnivores i saw a protein recipe on the internet but idk if they can eat it

[brigliadore]

Here is my protein snail mix. I tested out a bunch of options but this is the one that keeps snails and me happiest. I feed it twice a day as I almost always have growing babies and it is crucial to good big shell growth. Adults eat it too. I have 8 species of snails and everyone loves it.

20% Corn Meal 1/2 Cup Not Quite Full
20% Ground Oats 1/2 Cup Not Quite Full
20% Ground Hemp Seed 1/2 Cup Not Quite Full
10% Ground Sunflower Kernels 1/4 Cup Not Quite Full
10% Ground Pumpkin Seed 1/4 Cup Not Quite Full
10% Calcium Powder 1/4 Cup Not Quite Full
10% Flavor Powder 1/4 Cup Not Quite Full


"flavor" is at your discretion. You can leave it out. I have gotten banana flour, Sweet potato flour, dried beet, dried hibiscus, dried apple flour, spiritulina, etc. It just adds a little flavor to the mix so I can keep 4 or 5 flavors on hand so they get a little variety all the time.

[Lsnail]

I saw a recipe on YouTube (not my idea!) and it has a lot of calcium in it:

-a few mini Milkbones (or any snail-safe dog treat)
-a few chunks of cuttlebone

-Put the milkbones in a plastic baggy and break into a powder with a kitchen mallet or hammer
-Repeat with the cuttlebone
-Pour powders into bowl
-Add water until it is a mash like consistency
-Feed to your snails!

[Liguus]

I have a superfood powdered formula recipe used for Orthalicus and Caracolus and it's very healthy.

The only downside is that it costs about $83 USD for 2 lbs (32 oz) of it. I was thinking of making a new video about it, but I am very doubtful that anybody would actually try to replicate it and pay this much for snail food.