rocky
Achatina fulica
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Post by rocky on Mar 8, 2021 11:28:51 GMT
Hello. I am thinking of buying a snail as a pet. I have had many garden snails when I was younger and I would love to purchase or adopt a giant african land snail as a companion. The problem is that I am studying abroad, and I would be away from home and from my pet for holidays such as christmas or easter, which would be about a month or a month and a half, maybe two months tops in the summer. I have looked into snails because I know that they can be alone for some time, but i would never put my pet in danger.
Does anyone know for how long can Snails be left unsupervised, or if it’s not possible, if it is easy to travel with them? If i could carry it with me in a plane, the flight home is only two hours, so if i bought it a terrarium for home that could be a solution too.
Thank you very much!
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snaileyhammy
Achatina tincta
Hi I am Hammy! I adore snails and slugs.
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Post by snaileyhammy on Mar 8, 2021 20:41:41 GMT
Hi! I live where you cannot have gals so you would have to talk to someone else about transportation with your snail and how that would work. I think it might be ok to leave your snail for a month or so, I would never do so just because I’m very protective of my snails. You could set up a bio active tank and or even add a fogger to help humidity. It isn’t easy traveling with snails but you could definitely make it comfy for both you and your snail. Although, you might have a problem with leaving your snail with food So you could try and finding a pet sitter. I hope this helps  |
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Post by morningcoffee on Mar 9, 2021 10:52:07 GMT
Hello. I am thinking of buying a snail as a pet. I have had many garden snails when I was younger and I would love to purchase or adopt a giant african land snail as a companion. The problem is that I am studying abroad, and I would be away from home and from my pet for holidays such as christmas or easter, which would be about a month or a month and a half, maybe two months tops in the summer. I have looked into snails because I know that they can be alone for some time, but i would never put my pet in danger. Does anyone know for how long can Snails be left unsupervised, or if it’s not possible, if it is easy to travel with them? If i could carry it with me in a plane, the flight home is only two hours, so if i bought it a terrarium for home that could be a solution too. Thank you very much! I would personally be just about OK with leaving a garden snail or one that had come in from the wild for that long (although you'd have to prepare carefully) but I wouldn't leave a GALS for that long due to them having more specific temperature and humidity requirements. If you could get someone to come in and look after it while you were away, that might be OK. I have travelled in a car with GALS (fairly short distances of about 40 mins drive) but never on a plane - the temp/humidity changes in the environment may not be good for them. You would have to check very carefully what the customs/import restrictions were for both countries to be certain it would be allowed to go in and out without being confiscated, as well as ensuring that the plane operator company would allow the snail on board. |
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