Do y'all think globular drop snails can be raised indoors?

[snerdahmik]

I don't know very much about them, so I thought of keeping some indoors for two weeks to observe. I'd be keeping 12 in a 10gal tank. (They are 8mm tall and 8mm in diameter. TINY. They'd have plenty of space.) There isn't much information about them online.

They like to burrow, so I'd have three inches of coco coir substrate in the tank. Do you suppose they'd need a special type of soil with nutrients? They have an operculum they adapted for dry spells. The only issue I can think of is the stink. They like rotting wood and leaves. They're natural to texas, though. I'm used to keeping invasive species. If this is a bad idea, please tell me.

[Liguus]

They aren't the easiest in the world to keep and it would be best to mimic the habitat where you find them as closely as possible. I think the main issue is their diet, which is likely a combination of detritus, algae, fungal growths, bacterial films etc, so I would collect a bunch of leaf litter and sticks and set the terrarium up, keep it very moist under a light and wait for some algae to grow all over the terrarium which they could also eat. The soil shouldn't make a huge difference but the one they are found by is likely the best for them. You could bake it to disinfect it if you're worried about other critters coming along.

[snerdahmik]

Nov 28, 2019 21:23:33 GMT Liguus said:

They aren't the easiest in the world to keep and it would be best to mimic the habitat where you find them as closely as possible. I think the main issue is their diet, which is likely a combination of detritus, algae, fungal growths, bacterial films etc, so I would collect a bunch of leaf litter and sticks and set the terrarium up, keep it very moist under a light and wait for some algae to grow all over the terrarium which they could also eat. The soil shouldn't make a huge difference but the one they are found by is likely the best for them. You could bake it to disinfect it if you're worried about other critters coming along.

Oh, I didn't know you could disinfect it like that! I will definitely try that in a couple years. I can't try it now because my mom wouldn't like the smell. but I'm really interested in observing them for a while!