Best and Worst Fresh Veggies For Snails

**Fishesses** · 09-25-2009, 09:50 PM

My blue and gold Apple snails really like cucumber. They don't seem to want okra at all. The one I had before gobbled up eggplant. Lettuce is a sure bet. I have some watermelon in there now. We'll see how that goes.

All these foods are served raw and homegrown when possible.

These snails, and others, will eat a wide variety of veggies. What are the best? AC says foods high in calcium are important for shell health.

What veggies should not be fed to them?

**Red** · 09-25-2009, 09:52 PM

I would just use cucumber, I use it in all my tanks.

**Fishesses** · 10-06-2009, 11:11 PM

They ate the watermelon. Not as voraciously as the cucumber though.

**Lady Hobbs** · 10-06-2009, 11:12 PM

Mine really like the cucumber, too, and also zucchini slices.

**pam916** · 10-15-2009, 08:00 AM

Mine eat cucumber, squash, lettuce, spinach, brussell sprouts and canned green beans.

**JENUINE** · 10-15-2009, 02:12 PM

Read On Someone's Page That For Calcium Put A Piece Of Birds Cuttlebone (weighted To Hold Down In Tank) Good For Snails
Shell. My "big" Apple Really Loves Romaine Lettuce, Regular Lettuce Has Almost No Benefit! I Usually Put A Suction Cup W/clamp (like Used For Holding Tubing In Tank) To Hold Lettuce, Or Whatever.