Top Answer. It is a good idea to feed your snails a wide variety of food, as they can become fussy. I know there are various threads on this forum about feeding various vegetables to snails, but I haven't come across one that tells me how to actually prepare the veggie and how to "serve" the snail. To keep slug away, you can plant any of the herbs in a strategic location to ward off the pest. In fact, these snails can eat up to 500 different species of plants, so they are voracious eaters. See Answer. The live snails can then be dropped into boiling water to administer a quick death before deshelling. They have even adapted to living in areas outside of their natural habitats, making them an even bigger threat than ever before. At night, nerites have been known to climb above the surface of the water. Wiki User Answered 2012-12-28 13:57:05. it depends on what breed but i would not try give a snail an onion. Slugs and Snails. Snails have to feed on foods that include significant amounts of calcium to keep their shell hard. To be honest they will eat any food that’s on offer. In the wild, Giant African Land Snails are known to eat up to 500 different species of plant. They make short work of eating any leftover food too and definitely enjoy snail/shrimp pellets and algae wafers. In The F Word, Gordon Ramsay recommends leaving the snails without any food for the first two days while regularly watering them, then feeding them carrots for a couple of days until their droppings turn orange. When looking for food they use their powerful sense of smell. The water level of coastal habitats changes with the tide, so the snails aren’t fully submerged all the time in the wild. Young snails can eat about twice as much feed as mature snails , and they prefer soft leaves and shoots. Slugs dislike strong smells and so herbs like parsley, mint, rosemary, thyme, sage, and basil can serve as a repellent. When that well runs dry, they may turn on vegetables, including onions. Can snails eat onions? Asked by Wiki User. Although they are quite destructive, they do not give up very easily. Re: onions: slugs and snails « Reply #12 on: July 08, 2012, 09:55 » This is what the Deputy Gardening Editor of "Which" has to say on the subject of DIY, traditional and "organic" slug control. Many snails love cucumber and lettuce, but it is less nutritious than other vegetables so it is important to persist with other foods. The snails won’t eat them either, so you can use slower growing species (such as java fern). For example, the species Rumina decollata can eat other species of conch, slugs, annelids like worms and, to a lesser extent, plants. The Onion and Zebra Nerite snails I have in my tanks are great algae eaters. Slugs and snails eat their way through decomposing material in garden soil every night. I just wanted to bounce a few questions off of people who have fed their snails fresh veggies to be sure I understand correctly. The plants that repel slugs can be grouped into; Herbs; Aromatic herbs can deter slug because of their strong scents. Snails are vegetarian and they can eat a wide variety of foods: vegetables, fungi, tubers, algae, and fruits form part of the essential food for snails.

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