I was once forwarded a jar of hundreds of Cochlicopa lubrica from a man who
said there were millions of them in the wet leaves in the rain gutters of
his house. So I'd try wet decomposing leaves, but I don't know what kind of
leaves they were.

On another topic, how much is known of what North American snails do for
the winter? I thought many were "annuals" but the Webbhelix multilineata
adults from last year have just emerged from the leaf litter in their
outdoor terrarium, which I thought had frozen solid.



At 12:25 AM 03/29/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear all,
>I need some advice. I have some tiny (5mm), juvenile Cocliocopa lubrica
>that I collected in my back yard. I placed these snails in a small
>container
>with some leaf-litter and a stone, and they all are quite active. I want
>to keep
>them for some time, as I want to see if I can observe any shell growth.
>However,
>I don't know what kind of care they need; what do they eat? Do they need
>water?
>Should they be kept moist? Do they need to stay in the dark? I would
>really appreciate
>help on this subject; I haven't been able to find info on it anywhere
>else.
>
>Thanks,
>James
>
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