<b>1. Lack of requisite knowledge </b> : Snail farming is a knowledge-based venture. It is quite unfortunate that many people view it a goldmine and dabble into it without first attempting to acquire sound knowledge of this creature. The brunt is high rate of mortality, consequent frustration and eventual abandonment of the venture.

2. Lack of Mentorship : Snails are wonderful creatures of various species passing through series of events in their life cycles. Various life stages posses special features and pose different challenges. Going into snail farming without a mentor, you may have to pay the learning price dearly. To succeed in a snail farming business, you need a mentor, at least a successful snail farmer who you can take after.

3. Choosing wrong snail species as foundation stock for a commercial snail farming : Most times, newbies complained of high fertility and high mortality incidences at their farms, in most cases these budding snail entrepreneurs might have chosen AF or AA as their foundation stocks. It is highly advisable you start your snail farm with AM as these giant snails are mainly recognised for commercial purpose in our dear country, though not as prolific as others but they grow bigger faster than those mentioned above.

4. Poor daily practice and farm management : Many acclaimed snail farmers perform poorly when it comes to daily practice in a snail farm, some mulch their snail with wet plantain leaves, some don't know how to wet their snail farms during dry season, poor feeding system, ineffective pen, poor planning, to mention a few.

5. Too know : I learnt the basics of snail farming during my NYSC days almost a decade ago, thereafter I started snail rearing on a small scale with special focus on three major giant snails. Up till now, I followed my mentors' advice and guidance tenaciously. Opposite is the case of some newbies, they always want to appear too perfect, too knowledgeable, hence they miss the wisdom of the elderly snail farmers. On a funny note, I have once set up a snail farm for a client and I trained the handler for him. Carried away with the success of his snail farming, the client just thought he could now do it alone. Quickly, he built another pen and filled it up with matured giant snails he bought at the road side. Normal incidence followed.

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Thanks Bros for the enlightenment.
Pls is that bulbs(light source) in the snail pens in the picture above? Pls what is the purpose of that Sir?
Wont the Dry(not wet) plantain leaves turn wet/moist after sometime? do we need to constantly change the wet or moist ones.
Also, pls what is the implication of the snails eating the plantain leaves(moist or dry?) Is it normal for them to eat it?
Thanking you for your anticipated reply.

Yes, it is. Lightening of a snailery makes it easy to detect snail predators and snail enemies. It also increases snail activities in the pen and aids proper feeding in the night.

Yes, you need to use dry plantain leaves for mulching. And there may be a need to replace them after a while or you add to them as the snails feed on these leaves as well. They also hide under these dry leaves during the day. Eating plantain leaves is normal and it has no implications.

You may take the opportunity to learn the basics and business of snail farming by participating in our forthcoming training. Kindly chat up with me on WhatsApp via +2348065524808 or call +2348024743010 for more guidance.

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Thanks Bros for the enlightenment.
Pls is that bulbs(light source) in the snail pens in the picture above? Pls what is the purpose of that Sir?
Wont the Dry(not wet) plantain leaves turn wet/moist after sometime? do we need to constantly change the wet or moist ones.
Also, pls what is the implication of the snails eating the plantain leaves(moist or dry?) Is it normal for them to eat it?
Thanking you for your anticipated reply.

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Yes, it is. Lightening of a snailery makes it easy to detect snail predators and snail enemies. It also increase snail activities in the pen and aid proper feeding in the night.

Yes, you need to use dry plantain leaves for mulching. And there may be a need to replace them after a while or you add to them as the snails feed on these leaves as well. They also hide under these dry leaves during the day. Eating plantain leaves is normal and it has no implications.

You may take the opportunity to learn the basics and business of snail farming by participating in our forthcoming training. Kindly chat up with me on WhatsApp via +2348065524808 or call +2348024743010 for more guidance.

That's a new one for me (the bolded part). Thanks Bro.

You're most welcome.

Conry:


That's a new one for me (the bolded part). Thanks Bro.

Nice information you are on point. Really wish people can be patience enough to learn the basics of snail farming, snail farming is more than just feeding snails.
There is also a very big difference from breeders snails and snails gotten by the road side.
Thank OP for this
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