Snail eating feces

[Louise]

Hi this is a bit of an icky subject but my snails have been eating their poo . I am just wondering is this normal?. They eat their darker coloured poos but leave the white coloured ones. I know that some animals eg guinea pigs have to digest their food twice to get all the nourishnent they need but ive searched the forum and the petsnails website and i cant find anything like that about snails.By the way they are fulica (i think).My digital camera is broke so i cant post a piccy for identification.I pray for the day when i start getting the hang of this snail keeping thank god everyone seems to be nice i would have killed me by now for all the stupid questions.

Renamed - CroSSLeSS

[Ellen]

I think it's normal. I've seen my snails do this too sometimes (mostly when the poo lays on the food ), and they aren't sick or something like that. So I shouldn't really bother about it.

[Moracai]

Mine eat their poo also.
I think it's because the food hasn't been fully digested so it still has nutrients in it when they expell it, so they give it another go.

[Val]

Yep, more poo eaters here!! ;D

Val

[Louise]

thats a relief i thought they were just being weird they actually eat the poo as it is coming out so they must like it nice and fresh. Lovely habits they've got eh?

[apple]

Actually it´s healthy for them to eat their own poo. I wish they keep doing that, is a good thing lool.