If land turtles are like the water turtles I have kept they will eat your
snails.
Amy

>This will probably sound a bit odd but I was wondering if the average
>garden-variety plain old land snail could be kept "in captivity"
>successfully.   To elaborate, I have a terrarium where my 13 year old box
>turtle lives and I wondered if the addition of a few snails would be
>harmful or not (do they have toxins or anything strange like that?).     I
>have no idea what her reaction would be to some additional "tenants" but
>she's pretty easy going, so it's worth a thought.    What do you think..
>safe?  Not?
>
>Thanks,
>Nancy
>Bored in south Florida watching the torrential rains....


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