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Hello Nairalanders, so I picked up these snails in my compound and decided to keep them until I'm ready to consume them. Please I need people with snail farming experience to give me suggestions and information I need to have for a successful breeding of these snails as I wouldn't want to lose the tiniest of them.
As you can see in the picture, I put soil in an aluminium container, then covered with glass.
It's been about 2 weeks now, I noticed they always like to come up towards the glass to stay instead of the soil. Also, their favourite leaf seems to be Ugwu leaf. I give them varieties like ugwu leaves, pawpaw leaves, cocoyam leaves, banana peels etc.

Never have I done this before, but thanks to chatGPT and my cravings for peppered snail, I was able to see this up.

OGrockinnewacct:
Never have I done this before, but thanks to chatGPT and my cravings for peppered snail, I was able to see this up.

if what I'm seeing is TRUEly Clay soil, abeg replace am with loamy soil.

bassdow:
if what I'm seeing is TRUEly Clay soil, abeg replace am with loamy soil

Ok boss. I actually thought about it too, but concluded it wasn't a big deal since I didnt use it to plant a crop.

OGrockinnewacct:
Never have I done this before, but thanks to chatGPT and my cravings for peppered snail, I was able to see this up.

What role did ChatGPT play in your snailery?

Use anything like net to prevent ants from coming into your farm, that's the thing that destroyed mine some few years ago.

Ants can destroy snail farm like a plague.


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OGrockinnewacct:
Hello Nairalanders, so I picked up these snails in my compound and decided to keep them until I'm ready to consume them. Please I need people with snail farming experience to give me suggestions and information I need to have for a successful breeding of these snails as I wouldn't want to lose the tiniest of them.
As you can see in the picture, I put soil in an aluminium container, then covered with glass.
It's been about 2 weeks now, I noticed they always like to [b]come up towards the glass to stay instead of the [/b]soil. Also, their favourite leaf seems to be Ugwu leaf. I give them varieties like ugwu leaves, pawpaw leaves, cocoyam leaves, banana peels etc.

Remove the glass air won't go in with the glass on top hence they creep up

JuanDeDios:
What role did ChatGPT play in your snailery?

in as much I have nothing against chatGPT users BUT abeg, normal internet searches should be favored as it allows you make use of your Sense more.

Also you end up with responses which exposes you to more information than you initially came for. I rather spend time going from one forum threads to another, or one website to another, THAN using chatGPT or the likes. BUT that's just me.

Just make sure the weeds in your area are not sprayed with weedkiller agrochemicals

Smartcitizen:
Use anything like net to prevent ants from coming into your farm, that's the thing that destroyed mine some few years ago.

Ants can destroy snail farm like a plague.


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Reason one has to prepare and make necessary adjustments for those. Even in poultry, and almost any kinda animals, Ans and other predators such as snakes, frogs, lizards are things your cage / housing type should prevent

LoyalYisa:
Snail farming is lucrative.

Been a long long time I wanted to go into snail farming BUT didn't due to their long slow growth rate. Same with PineApple farming. Wonder why something wey go take less than 2-minutes to consume, go take over a year to grow.

na just recently I finally decided to go into snail farming starting with a *** by *** cage I built myself.

By all means guide against infection, he get why Boss. No time for me to tell you my story of how I loss over 1300 snake

Good luck

Good luck in your entrepreneurship journey

dahunsi12:
By all means guide against infection, he get why Boss. No time for me to tell you my story of how I loss over 1300 snake

Good luck

1300 snake ke
Abeg o, I want to believe you meant "snails"

My mum pick up some last 2month and put them in an enclosed unused blocks, she feed them peal of watermelon I was amuse after a month she open them, those snails have grow so big. To be honest snail is a profitable business but has it own risk, if ants attack your snail farm ehn....

Don't waste your time, energy and money rearing this local breed. They won't grow big for marketable size. I've tried it before. Go to a reputable snail farm and buy exotic breeds for rearing.

bassdow:
if what I'm seeing is TRUEly Clay soil, abeg replace am with loamy soil

sandy perfarable because dey do eat soil too. Loamy and clay soil will log alot of water, sandy will take time to dry up and those snail need watering often.

OGrockinnewacct:
Hello Nairalanders, so I picked up these snails in my compound and decided to keep them until I'm ready to consume them. Please I need people with snail farming experience to give me suggestions and information I need to have for a successful breeding of these snails as I wouldn't want to lose the tiniest of them.
As you can see in the picture, I put soil in an aluminium container, then covered with glass.
It's been about 2 weeks now, I noticed they always like to come up towards the glass to stay instead of the soil. Also, their favourite leaf seems to be Ugwu leaf. I give them varieties like ugwu leaves, pawpaw leaves, cocoyam leaves, banana peels etc.

they eat watermelon peel too, itmakr them big, but always clean up becus of ant

Vokians:
Don't waste your time, energy and money rearing this local breed. They won't grow big for marketable size. I've tried it before. Go to a reputable snail farm and buy exotic breeds for rearing.

Exactly my thought.
Only few amongst the local ones grow large

OGrockinnewacct:
Hello Nairalanders, so I picked up these snails in my compound and decided to keep them until I'm ready to consume them. Please I need people with snail farming experience to give me suggestions and information I need to have for a successful breeding of these snails as I wouldn't want to lose the tiniest of them.
As you can see in the picture, I put soil in an aluminium container, then covered with glass.
It's been about 2 weeks now, I noticed they always like to come up towards the glass to stay instead of the soil. Also, their favourite leaf seems to be Ugwu leaf. I give them varieties like ugwu leaves, pawpaw leaves, cocoyam leaves, banana peels etc.

Snail farming is not practicable,all those that tried it failed woefully.They lost their hard earned money

OGrockinnewacct:
Hello Nairalanders, so I picked up these snails in my compound and decided to keep them until I'm ready to consume them. Please I need people with snail farming experience to give me suggestions and information I need to have for a successful breeding of these snails as I wouldn't want to lose the tiniest of them.
As you can see in the picture, I put soil in an aluminium container, then covered with glass.
It's been about 2 weeks now, I noticed they always like to come up towards the glass to stay instead of the soil. Also, their favourite leaf seems to be Ugwu leaf. I give them varieties like ugwu leaves, pawpaw leaves, cocoyam leaves, banana peels etc.

Those snails are big and you say you picked them in your compound?

Please where are you based

Decades back, my dad ventured into snail farming just to pass time whenever he wasn't traveling for work. I can say that they absolutely love chunky watermelon slices and veggies, we also made some water available in there. Take off the glass and replace with a net or mesh secured tight to keep predators away. Ensure to change their soil often because they love to make a mess every now and then.

OGrockinnewacct:
Hello Nairalanders, so I picked up these snails in my compound and decided to keep them until I'm ready to consume them. Please I need people with snail farming experience to give me suggestions and information I need to have for a successful breeding of these snails as I wouldn't want to lose the tiniest of them.
As you can see in the picture, I put soil in an aluminium container, then covered with glass.
It's been about 2 weeks now, I noticed they always like to come up towards the glass to stay instead of the soil. Also, their favourite leaf seems to be Ugwu leaf. I give them varieties like ugwu leaves, pawpaw leaves, cocoyam leaves, banana peels etc.

You have done well, this will give you multiple snail, if you are patience, because they also brred like rat as they are hermaphrodite..

Give them water melon 🍉 also if you have

snail nah money, if big finish, one kg is 10k

Vokians:
Don't waste your time, energy and money rearing this local breed. They won't grow big for marketable size. I've tried it before. Go to a reputable snail farm and buy exotic breeds for rearing.

You never can tell, some of it might be the one that ran out of people's farm..

wunmi590:
You have done well, this will give you multiple snail, if you are patience, because they also brred like rat as they are hermaphrodite..

Give them water melon 🍉 also if you have

Ok thank you. Hopefully I'm patient enough.

Celestialsword:
Snail farming is not practicable,all those that tried it failed woefully.They lost their hard earned money

Hmmmmmmmm Interesting..

BigCowHornn:
Those snails are big and you say you picked them in your compound?

Please where are you based

Yes I picked them in my compound in Ikorodu.

ajalawole:
they eat watermelon peel too, itmakr them big, but always clean up becus of ant

I clean up ever 4-5däys.
Thank you.

dailyflavour:
Good luck in your entrepreneurship journey

Thanks boss.
Rearing for consumption though.