Pet Snails? <3

[mrk2010]

Hi,
Firstly rwar... Your a piss taker with that picture lmao.... My mum had african land snails but i personally wont have any because i have dogs and snails which become slugs outside their shell have toxins and i value my dogs more than i do any snail/slug... I wouldnt destroy one for fun i just dont like them too much but i wont go all crappy on people who do

Kindest regards

zeon x

This made me giggle, snails can't become slugs as they are different species although they are both gastropods, a snails shell is bonded to its body and it has most of its major organs inside it so if you remove it it will die. In terms of toxins, wild slugs and snails can have things called lungworms inside them and can have them in their trails. That's why if a dog eats one or comes into contact with them they have a risk of lungworms which kills the dog. If you buy a snail as a pet it has probably been reared in clean conditions and doesn't have the lungworm what wild snails do,CEO it should be perfectly safe to have the two as pets.