Snails can be adorable pets (II)

Snails are not only nice decoration for the fishbowl; they can also be adorable pets that can live alone or with other animals.

There are two types of snails, that due to their differences, each kind has a particular care.

Water snails

• Also known as conches, water snails are small and have eye-catching colors (they present different shades of green and yellow).

• They can live alone or with other small sea animals in a fishbowl. You better leave 8 inches free of water, since they lay their eggs in the dry areas.

• For hygiene reasons, when changing the fishbowl water add chlorine tablets to prevent diseases.

• You can get them pet stores for $1 each.

Terrestrial snails

• Mostly known as escargot, these snails present a brown or coffee-like color and they can reach up to 10 inches (as the ones in Ecuador). Their feeding is mostly vegetal; they eat lettuce, papaya leaves, and any other edible leaf.
  

• The best place to have soil snails is a delimited place in your garden or a humid place with compost so they can comfortably lay their eggs on.

• You can get them pet stores for $2 each.

Source: El Universo