What snails to feed?

[Buddy]

What snail makes a good feeder? A. Achantina, A. fulica? Other species?

[Linnea]

any snail with a shell that is edible or disposable. no saltwater snails though.

Cepaea hortensis
Cepaea nemoralis
Arianta arbustorum (found around nettles, so likely vitamin rich)

are the most common here and it is a very well rounded snail when it comes to nutrients.

Helix pomatia. Be sure to cook some for yourself too, but leave the shell aside. theyre common in areas where european monks have lived as it is a savoury treat. probably very protein rich.
i got a colony of them over here so i can find them whenever i need to see something exotic looking.

dont feed slugs. ew.

apple snails should be good too.

beware of the parasite risk, available in all snails (wether cbb or caught in nature)

[Buddy]

Are you talking about snails in the wild here in Sweden? I don't know about that.. A bit wary when it comes to feeding wild caught. I have however ordered a whole batch of A. achantica today

[Linnea]

Are you talking about snails in the wild here in Sweden? I don't know about that.. A bit wary when it comes to feeding wild caught. I have however ordered a whole batch of A. achantica today

yes, i wrote about the wild ones. sorry.
as long as you remove the enormous shell i think the african land snail should be great. im not entirely sure if they can be staple feeders though.

and theyre very pretty

[Buddy]

The ones I'm getting are really small at the moment, and I plan to feed them off whilst still small They were more meant as a bit of variety than a staple feeder.

Yeah they're so cool I plan to keep a couple of them as "pets"

[Buddy]

But what snail are to be considered a good frequent feeder then? I read in the food chart that snails can be fed frequently.

[Laurenk]

I just use Exo Terra canned garden snails. I'm worried about parasites, but I might get her a couple live butterworms or something as a treat.