Canadian Snail Owners

[tigersnail]

Hey everyone!

I created this thread in the hopes that other snail owners in Canada will reply. I am aware of a few friends from Canada, but was wondering who is active and still keeping snails these days. I was also wondering who might be interested in potentially selling/buying/trading snails; within the country of course. If you have any concerns about shipping, feel free to comment about this. 

But yeah, if you're from Canada please feel free to comment! Perhaps include in your comment where in Canada you are located (if you feel comfortable sharing this info), what you're currently keeping species-wise, if you are interested in selling/buying/trading and if so which species you are interested in or have available. Just so we have this info in one place.

Since I'm going on about it, I'm from eastern Ontario and have some captive bred grovesnails (Cepaea nemoralis) available. They hatched May 2018 and are still quite small. All have 5 or 3 bands with light yellow shells. I should have some interesting colour morphs available at some point when my adults start breeding. 
As for what I'd be interested in acquiring, I would love to have a pair of pacific sidebands (Monadenia fidelis), however I'm aware that they are a species at risk and so collection from the wild is not really an option. On the off chance that someone out there has captive bred sidebands please let me know!
Other than that there isn't anything in particular I'm looking for, but I'm always interested in seeing what everyone has available! I'm up for anything really.  

Cheers everyone! Looking forward to hearing from you. 

[Cashell]

Dang, 0 replies until now?! I know this website has more Canadians than 0, LOL! 🐌🤣🐌

[Liguus]

I was asked by someone in canada if I knew any canadian keepers wiling to sell snails to her and I thought to just go on this forum and ask, but now....

[tigersnail]

Yeah it seems like anyone who was active before is much less so now! I saw someone on the Snail Enthusiasts USA page who was interested in Canadian snails, perhaps the same person, and I contacted her over FB. Gotta get more Canadians eh

[wifeymouse]

I am new and live in BC, a bit outside Vancouver. I am just starting to research snails now and hope to have one of my own soon. It is looking like in order to find my first pet I'll have to find one myself in nature. Have you other Canadians done the same? Thank you for any help and nice to meet you!

[tigersnail]

Hi wifeymouse! I have found most of my snails myself, however I got three of them from friends who had their own snails or found one they didn't know what to do with.
In BC there are a few cool species including grove snails, which are common in urban areas, and garden snails if you are close to the US border. You may also see a super cool native species which is the Pacific sideband! Those are found in large forested areas I think.
Snails make great pets and are easy to care for, I hope you have some luck finding some! Your best bet is to head out in the morning after a big rainfall

[Kari]

I have more than a dozen monadenia fidelis but unfortunately I live just south of Canada in Washington. Otherwise I would have been willing to give a breeding pair. They were wild caught from a strong population I discovered and I'm currently keeping them in hopes they will breed. Good luck on getting some!