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What Feed Is Given To Snail For Growth And Calcium Strength


First thing on my mind is soybean. Look, just give your snails formulated snail feed that contains all the classes of food for healthy growth of the snails.

Fruits = water melon, pawpaw


What Do Snails Feed On?

Snails are vegetarians, they feed on leaves, flower, fruits and tubers.

LEAVES

* Okra

* Cocoyam

* Pawpaw

* Amaranth

* Ugwu

* Lettuce

* Cabbage


FRUITS

* Ripe banana and plantain

* Ripe and unripe pawpaw

* Tomato

* Guava

* Water melon

* Cucumber

* Okra 


TUBER

* Cocoyam

* Yam 

* Sweet potato

* Carrot 


FLOWER

* Pawpaw flower


OTHER FEED

* Cowpea shaft

* Oyster shell

* Maize shaft (gotten after sieving pap)

* Supplementary calcium:- powdered chicken eggshells, powdered snail shells, powdered oyster shell.

* Compiled feed etc

NOTE:- SNAILS DON'T TAKE SALT. IT KILLS THEM.

They also feed on Processed feeds such as vegetable, Pawpaw, pumpkin, break crumbs, and left over food. However leftover food attracts snail eating ants.

Just give you snails anything vegetables without salt and pepper. They are vegetarians and also feed of broiler feed.

As they dwell in green spaces, they feed on fresh leaves, stems, and bark, as well as species of crops, like mushrooms, berries, and lettuce. When it comes to finding food to eat, terrestrial snails are not picky, and it is often the young snails that do the most feeding. Aquatic snails feed on plant life, too.

Many species of snails, like those that inhabit gardens, are herbivorous. As they dwell in green spaces, they feed on fresh leaves, stems, and bark, as well as species of crops, like mushrooms, berries, and lettuce.

You can feed your snails with plantain, pumpkin, potato, lettuce, pawpaw, cabbage, banana, cucumber, etc. Snails commonly feed on meal leftovers and green leaves without salt. Calcium is also vital for the growth of their shells. So ensure you add limestone, and egg shells to their feeds.




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