CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What kind of sand is good for raising snails?

1. How to raise snails? Can they be placed in water?

Only water snails can be kept in water. Water snails are usually the size of small field snails. They are very good at removing algae, but yours is probably not. Others will not work. They will die if soaked in water. You should use moist sand or moist moss, bark or other bedding materials. Note that they should also be kept moist.

If you don't create a landscape, but just keep it for fun, you can put water in it, but only a thin layer of water is needed at the bottom. It can't be stuffy, there must be air holes, and there must be a lid that can be locked. Don't underestimate them, they are very strong. Otherwise, they will crawl out at night. No strong light. There must be a shelter in the container for them to hide.

The food is very simple, I like to eat lettuce leaves the most. I eat other vegetable leaves, fruits, watermelon rinds, as long as they are essential.

Be sure to wash off pesticides and clean up residual food and feces in time, otherwise they will become moldy and easily cause disease and death.

2. Has anyone raised white jade snails? What kind of soil should be used? Is it okay to raise them without soil? What can be used instead of soil?

It is best to use sand, which is easier to clean up the feces. It is also OK to not use soil, just put some water in the basin, cover the basin with a basin, or put a piece of glass on it to prevent it from escaping.

3. What should I do if the snail lays eggs but there is no sand to hatch them?

I haven't tried it, but it probably shouldn't work.

4. Can quartz sand be used to raise snails?

cannot

Quartz sand is quartz particles made by crushing quartz stone. Quartz stone is a non-metallic mineral, a hard, wear-resistant, chemically stable silicate mineral. The color of quartz sand is milky white or colorless and translucent, with a Mohs hardness of 7.

Quartz sand is an important industrial mineral raw material and a non-chemical hazardous product. It is widely used in glass, casting, ceramics and fireproof materials, smelting ferrosilicon, metallurgical flux, metallurgy, construction, chemicals, plastics, rubber, abrasives, filter materials and other industries.

5. Do I need to change the sand for my snails frequently? When should I change it?

If you clean up the feces and leftovers every day, you only need to change it once a week; if the breeding soil contains a lot of sand, you don’t need to change the soil too frequently. As long as you can clean up a layer of dirty sand every once in a while, you can change it once a month.

Notes on snail breeding:

First of all, it is best to use a wooden box to raise snails. The wooden box should be filled with a mixture of loess and fine sand, with a mixing ratio of about 3 soil to 1 sand. The humidity should be moderate, so that a handful of sand can be squeezed into a ball, and will not fall apart when you let go, but will fall apart when you touch it.

When mixing, do not make it too thin. Mix the sand and soil well, spray some water on a layer of sand, then sprinkle another layer of sand and spray water again. The thickness of the sand should be at least 5 cm, but if it is for breeding, it should be at least 8-10 cm, because snails need to drill holes into the soil to breed.

Secondly, the choice of food. The feed for snails should be a mixture of cornmeal, bran, calcium powder and glucose. Spread the mixture on a piece of glass, spray it with water, and then add vegetables and fruits.

Third, the temperature should be suitable. The most basic temperature requirement for the growth of snails is 15-39 degrees. The best temperature is 25-35 degrees. When the temperature drops to 8 degrees, they gradually enter a dormant state. Below 0 degrees, there is a danger of freezing to death. When the temperature rises to 40 degrees, it will cause summer hibernation.

Fourth, living habits. The living habits of snails depend on suitable temperature and humidity. This is because the daily activities of snails are all based on the secretion of mucus with high water content to keep the body moist. On the other hand, because snails rely on the mantle to breathe air, they cannot live completely immersed in water, so snails have formed the habit of loving tides and hating immersion.

Strong light stimulation is not good for the growth of snails. Snails are mainly active at night and are afraid of direct sunlight during the day. They like to live in dark and humid environments. Snails have poor and abnormal vision. They can only see objects within 6 cm in strong light, but can see farther in weak light, and can see objects within 20 cm.

6. How often should the sand and soil of the white jade snail be changed?

30 days.

Before breeding white jade snails, you need to provide them with loose, fertile, and well-drained soil. You can mix leaf mold, peat soil, sandy soil, etc. to prepare the soil, and expose the soil to the sun for three to four days to disinfect and sterilize it, which is beneficial to the healthy growth of white jade snails.

The white jade snail is an omnivorous animal that mainly feeds on various vegetable leaves. Therefore, during the breeding process, you can feed it vegetable leaves, rotten fruits, white beans and other foods every day or every other day, and change the type of food once a week to avoid a single food that causes poor growth of the white jade snail.

7. Can I raise two snails in moist coarse sand?

Make the sand completely clean, leaving some moisture in it, then put the snails into the sand basin and add some vegetable leaves.

8. Can I use the sand in the hula hoop to raise snails?

There are certain requirements for the sand used to raise snails. You can’t use just any sand.