How To: Keep & Care for Land Snails

Book excerpt: When you ask people what pets they have the typical response is a dog, cat, or even a pet fish. A less common response would be a pet land snail. Many people are not aware of the adorable and hardy land mollusks, more commonly referred to as land snails. There are over 60,000 species of land snails, and of those, there are 4 common species that are kept as pets. In this book, we share interesting facts, as well as a complete care guide to keeping land snails. Snails we talk about are the Giant African Land Snail, Helix Aspersa, Milk Snails, and Bulimulus land snails.