Tom; I raised land snails at one time and I used plain ol' dirt out of the
forrest where the snails came from. If I got the snails out of my garden, I
used garden dirt, just put some in the bottom of where you are raising
them.  John
 
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> From: G Thomas Watters <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: calcium for snails
> Date: Sunday, July 05, 1998 2:13 PM
>
> I have raised terrestrial snails for some years, but have never solved
the
> calcium problem, i.e., what do you give them for a calcium source. I have
> supplied them with limestone (which I assumed was their natural source),
but
> that doesn't seem to work. They inevitably eat each others shells.
Perhaps
> some of our escargot-raising membership can suggest something. Cuttlefish
bone?