First time having snails, have questions

[sneet]

Hi I was wondering if anyone new how and when to clean a baby snail tank because I know you can't completely remove the soil but I'm worried about how much poo they have in there as I had them for about 4 days.
I'm also concerned about how much they're eating, I put in some broccoli and carrot peeling in there but I've only seen little munches on it, I'm not sure if it's because they're so small or if they only just eat the cuttlefish bone.
One last thing is that they sleep A LOT I'm not sure if it's normal or not but I only see them at night and they did seem to be moving around and eating so maybe I'm just being paranoid.
Oh and can someone tell me what temperature to keep them in? They're supposedly Achatina Reticulata, right now they stay at 21-22 degrees c and 27-29 with a heat mat on.
Thank you for reading

[morningcoffee]

Oct 5, 2020 6:50:46 GMT sneet said:

Hi I was wondering if anyone new how and when to clean a baby snail tank because I know you can't completely remove the soil but I'm worried about how much poo they have in there as I had them for about 4 days.
I'm also concerned about how much they're eating, I put in some broccoli and carrot peeling in there but I've only seen little munches on it, I'm not sure if it's because they're so small or if they only just eat the cuttlefish bone.
One last thing is that they sleep A LOT I'm not sure if it's normal or not but I only see them at night and they did seem to be moving around and eating so maybe I'm just being paranoid.

You can carefully wipe the tank walls with a wet cloth, and pick up any poops from the surface of the soil. They shouldn't need too much cleaning at this stage.
Small snails won't eat huge amounts of food, if you can see nibble marks then they're eating and that's fine. Try some leafy lettuce or dark greens like kale.

Sleeping a lot is completely normal, snails are not the most active creatures and are very unlikely to be active every day. Being up and about only at night is normal behaviour for them.