Giant African Land Snail Set-Up! || Leaf Eater

In our first video, Bry covers how to set up a thriving and enriching enclosure for your Giant African Land Snails! The subspecies we cover is the Achatina Fulica, but with the relevant research you can apply some of the information in this video to other subspecies.
With the help of Lychee, Goji & Sloe, we cover the both the basics of care in your setup & also ways you can give enrichment to your snails in their new environment!
Come and hang with us over on Instagram, our handle is @leaves.eaten
Links from the video:
Snail Enclosure Size Calculator - www.petsnails.co.uk/snail-calc.php
List of Foods Suitable -
Snail Mix we use - www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SnailPet...
(They also have a flavour which includes a donation to the NHS - which turns blue!) - www.etsy.com/uk/listing/78368...
Bugs & Bits (Snail Supplies) - bugznbits.co.uk/
Music: Bloom - Kyle McEvoy (Feat Stan Forbee)
Licenced through MusicBed
Thank you so much for watching, and let us know in the comments what you would like to learn next!
Bry & Ben
00:00 Introduction
00:45 Enclosure
04:16 Substrate / Bedding
06:33 Heating
08:48 Cuttlefish - Enclosure Essentials
09:24 Food - Enclosure Essentials
11:30 Enclosure Enrichment
16:36 Closing section!

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[@CarlosRodriguez-sp9wk]

DANGER: I am terrified of how unaware people live. The giant African snail is not only an invasive species that seriously affects farmers and ecosystems around the world, but it is also a vector for the transmission of very dangerous pathogens such as rat lungworm, a nematode that causes eosinophilic meningoencephalitis, I mean, a worm that eats your brain!. Having it as a pet is a great irresponsibility. You have to read the news, at least!. See what the United States government says: www.fdacs.gov/Agriculture-Industry/Pests-and-Diseases/Plant-Pests-and-Diseases/Invasive-Mollusks/Giant-African-Land-Snail

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This is a snail video how rated can you really be 😂

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[@violamo]

Thank you so much for these videos! You really helped me to get prepared for my first snail 🐌 I'm from Russia and we don't really have enough info about snail care, so I've decided to find something in KZbin, I'm so glad I've found your video! Thanks a lot!

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[@sixteezchild]

I REALLY enjoyed your video! I'm looking into giving a giant snail a forever home and am adding to my research. You have such a pleasant voice, and are easy to understand for this Texan, and you just put it out there! Thank you so much...I'm going to subscribe and I will be watching you to learn how to take care of my snail!

[@maddypugs6686]

I don’t have GAL’s but I am getting some basic garden snail and milk snails. This video was great and helpful even for a different breed!! :))) lovely video

[@CarlosRodriguez-sp9wk]

DANGER: I am terrified of how unaware people live. The giant African snail is not only an invasive species that seriously affects farmers and ecosystems around the world, but it is also a vector for the transmission of very dangerous pathogens such as rat lungworm, a nematode that causes eosinophilic meningoencephalitis, I mean, a worm that eats your brain!. Having it as a pet is a great irresponsibility. You have to read the news, at least!. See what the United States government says: www.fdacs.gov/Agriculture-Industry/Pests-and-Diseases/Plant-Pests-and-Diseases/Invasive-Mollusks/Giant-African-Land-Snail

[@claramonsma9702]

Thank you for talking about enrichment! So few people address that, but it's so important! :)

[@zarahomar218]

This was so helpful…I learnt a lot and I enjoyed watching ❤

[@rosiesreviews8856]

Thank you for making this video. getting my snails for my little man tomorrow for his birthday. i went from 5% of knowledge to 95%. thank you :)

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She even has a snail tattoo, pretty cool.

[@bubz1352]

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I loved this video, so informative and I really like your style of filmin, the aesthetics, lighting the quality and the background music.. I can't wait for more videos!

[@SmokingBeagles]

Please make more videos you've literally rekindled my desire to keep some after years! Going to get kitted out tomorrow! :)

[@BreadDonor]

You should definately make more! I'm just about to buy my first pet snails and this video was so so helpful!

[@bethanyives9249]

Hi my friend is surrendering her GALS to me, she can no longer give them the attention they need. I used to own GALS when I was younger. But I've been researching to catch up, I would love if you made more videos about their care. Through my research it's a very mixed bag if advice I've received and I think your videos is the most balanced out of most I've watched. Thank you 😊

[@gavbridges8687]

Hi, new owner, can I just say Thank You so much, I've just transferred my little Girls Albino Fulica to a glass tank and was partially at a loss - not any more! Wonderful video, and as therapeutic as watching the Snails themselves! Subscribed and will now enjoy the rest of your vids Thank you!!

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Great video! Thank you for taking the time to make such helpful content. Hope you keep them coming!

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[@clowncarnotaurus]

I'm currently preparing on getting a pet snail too! You made such a great informative video!!! I'd love to see more , maybe make a ''What I would have liked to know befor getting a pet snail'' or ''what to do when they get a diseas'' . I'm full of questions and sadly not every video on here gives good answerse to my question but yours really did help me !

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Please make more videos ❤️ you are so helpful and seem so kind! Im getting my first fulica this saturday! Exciting!

[@BreakReality]

Thank you so much for this video! After watching it I ordered my snails and so far they seem to be really enjoying their enclosure 😁

[@JoshCapell]

Great video! I have been researching for a while now and never actually gone onto purchasing one. However I came across this video today and decided to purchase one! Thanks for the tips! Keep posting’ 😊

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[@TinyEllah]

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[@ew9823]

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[@Obbee]

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[@sophiegibbs2732]

I love this!!!!! I have fulica snails too and theyve just had babies im so happy!! My snails love sweet potato its their fave!x

[@angelsburger9967]

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[@FonzieV]

WOW! I dont have snails but after watching this.. I want one! Very informative.. EXCELLENTLY made! thank you for sharing.

[@kiiiwifu6046]

This is the best information I’ve gotten, im getting two African land snails and I confused on some things. Thank you so much

[@rowill9939]

have you got them

[@kiiiwifu6046]

@@rowill9939 yeah I have! I got them last year in October.

[@TennisInsiderr]

@@kiiiwifu6046 where can I get them from?

[@kiiiwifu6046]

@@TennisInsiderr I got mine from a Canadian site called Kijiji if you’re from Canada, some people might be selling baby snails if you’re lucky

[@Richnik1]

Brilliant video. Very informative. You have such a lovely easy to listen to voice. I shall subscribe and hope you upload more vids xx

[@SizzLinLee]

Wow you are so good now my Africa land snail is in a big nice cage😁😁😁😁

[@sarahanderson8035]

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[@L0cknessm0nster]

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[@zEbony]

Thank you sooo very much! I really wanted to get some Giant African Land Snails. This helped so much!!! Thank you soo very much again and I hope you make more :3

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[@tamzinrc1209]

this video really helped me, im looking to get a new tank in a couple of months because my snail will be at its maximum size😊

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I love the video! I really wish you would make more

[@Rayyvyn]

Great Video ! I love all your snail names. While I'd love to have some of the big guys ,like yours,they're not native to most of the US & def not in Massachusetts where I live.Instead I have a bunch of tiny, common, brown lipped snails, I call them my S-Gang.Being a gardener,I never, EVER thought I'd keep snails as pets, nevermind become so attached & constantly amused by them. But all it took for me to switch from revulsion to fascinated was one teeny-weenie, translucent, newborn crawling up the side of a copper pitcher,chasing dewdrops. Every time "he" got to one,he'd stop then darted fast into it,then stretched out his neck & face as far as it would go & start to undulate,and spin in circles,before moving to the next one, exactly like a kid jumping & dancing through puddles...I was hooked. I went from deciding to keep them for a few days to check them out more,putting them in a clear plastic container w/garden moss,doing lots of research,finding out how smart,friendly & cool they were,to now having a dozen in a fancifully decorated fish tank,with racing tracks, lichen covered sticks to climb on, handful of moss covered twig houses to hide in,even hanging bridges. They even have their own snail "God", a soapstone carved snail that all of them love to climb ( they often race,climb over ea other to be the one who gets to be on the tippy top onto the eye stalks.) I'm am curious,as I never thought of putting any bugs in(didn't know there WERE ones that'd eat all the endless coiled ropes of poop,lol) But i'm a huge bug hater,don't the wood louse, other bugs, get out through the screened top ? In the summer,when the humidity is high, esp if I give them fruit,or slices of certain soft veggies, like cucumber rounds, i get fruit flies & they drive me mad because they get out through the screen,so wouldn't it be the same with those ? On the live plant thing,while obviously your snails will eat more than mine,lol, one thing that has worked well for me is putting in established dandelion plants.Since these weeds grow & re-grow so fast,they've been perfect for me( us),they love them & they're chocked full of vitamins & minerals. You just have to pull it up & trim back offshoots from the tap root every once in a while or it can form a huge mat under your substrate & get too large, but leave the actual tap root itself alone. Even if they decimate it, you can pull it & out it in a glass of water by a window & in a day or 2( they're so pernicious,sometimes by next morning,lol) new leaves will start sprouting out again & it can be put back in the enclosure. Another thing mine love in their enclosure,for live "plants" are simple sprouts. For them it's like an All- You-Can-Eat,salad buffet highway,hehe.I keep a jar that I sprout seeds in for my own salads, so I have a constant supply to replenish from. I use a pencil & drag a line in the substrate, (make it random,winding,they seem to enjoy it more *grin* or maybe it's just me)then sprinkle a very heavy,continuous line of sprouted seeds ,give them a spritz of water,cover w/tiny bit of substrate.spritz them every day.every cpl days I fill in the eaten gaps with new ones,takes less than a minute to do. Some days they'll line up all along it,head to foot, munching then moving along, like a slow Conga-line & it makes me giggle. 🐌 🐌 🐌 🐌 🐌

[@bubz1352]

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[@leafeater3478]

Barbora Vajnerova Thank you so much! ✨

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Yes bryony! 👌👌👌👌

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[@leafeater3478]

Thank you so much, that means the world! 🖤

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Nice to see you on here, Bry! Good luck!- Ryan

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Scribblefights Channel Thanks matey! 🖤

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OMG you sooo CUTE! Your mimicry is very sweet 😍

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Oooo I just got some isopods. Great advice.

[@mommyvhan8922]

Thank you for this video..waiting for more video.very informative.thank you for the subtitle info.😁 i have adopted big snail in our backyard.and his/her name is pivee.😍😁 more video pls..watching here from philippines.☺️

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We need more videos on this channel!!!!!!

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please please please make some more videos about all your animals. Your two videos are so great.

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Love your snail tattoo

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[@SmoKKz0r]

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[@BeTheChange16]

Thanks allot !❤️ I love African Giant Land snails ! They are amazing pets , maybe not for everyone ,but yeah ! They are so interesting to watch . I'm obsessed with all of my pets ! Pets are so awesome . I love your videos ! ❤️

[@tardif66]

Fantastic video. Really informative, clear and simple. I've been keeping snails since February of this year and now have three in a glass enclosure. The one thing I haven't used yet is snail mix as I often give them fish flakes instead. Do you only buy your snail mix or could you make a video on creating some?

[@Clloudish]

Thank you soooo much!!! I’m getting 2 giant African land snails that are babies in a few days and this really helps

[@milanlammers2948]

Where did you get them?

[@Clloudish]

@@milanlammers2948 my mum found some people selling them on Facebook, lots of people sell things on there

[@Clloudish]

@@milanlammers2948 my mum found some people selling them on Facebook, lots of people sell things on there

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Hello i have got a garden snail and next week i Will be getting a giant African land snail!! So exitingg

[@kittencadaver2744]

Really awesome video! I used this to prepare a terrarium for my Gal, I just want to say as a side note your tattoo is so cool! What do the Norse runes say?

[@somerandombozo333]

The soil i use for my snail is from the store and it has no fertilizers and the other soil i used always growed mold so its way better☺️

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Nice

[@James-hk1wy]

I’m just upgrading my tank to a exo terra tank 60 x 45 x 30. I’m worried about humidity. Have you ever considered a humidifier of some sort? great video 👍

[@dottymaee]

For the plastic tub do you have to poke wholes on the lid for air circulation? Couldn’t tell in the vid! Love this.

[@brandonsean123]

They need to breathe…

[@irislogan8503]

This video Was so helpful! When are you going to post again!!!!!!

[@Sionnah85]

Thank you soooo much for this such informative and interesting video 😍 ! I have a question. Isn't there a risk that the "cleaner crew" reproduce quickly ? And then what would you do? And what do you do with isopods & co when you need to change the substrat ? Thanks to anyone that would answer to this silly newbie question 😅

[@agate5421]

i love your video it has been the most helpful one i’ve found, I wanted to ask though how often do you clean the whole tank/change the substrate out and where could you get the lil critters to help clean it too?

[@leafeater3478]

aaa h Thank you so much for your kind words! ✨ Snails don’t benefit from a sterile environment so it’s best to only clean out the tank fully if you notice anything like a worm or fungal infestation that could affect them negatively. Ideally you should do a partial soil change (around half the tank) around every six months or so! A lot of reptile sites sell the clean up crew so it’s worth having a look online, hope this helps! 🖤

[@agate5421]

Leaf Eater thank you! 💕I’ll have a search around for the clean up crew, I forgot to ask earlier but where would you say is the best place to get enclosures like yours where they open at the front too?

[@danielgiven]

Nice informative video! My son wants a snail for his birthday. Do you have any recommendations for good uk sellers where I can get a couple?

[@tropixelate6872]

You look exactly like Simone Giertz and Tessa Violet! 😮

[@peteb7810]

When I got my first as African land snails nearly 2 years ago I got a second hand glass tank and it's huge and it only cost about 2£

[@user-cv6fn6mb5v]

Мне понравилось видео, я тоже содержу африканских улиток🐌💗

[@Lee-vc6ji]

please make more videos!!!!

[@rubylanderrl]

Thank you soooo much for a very informative and detailed video. Just what I need. I have never had any GALS before so I'm totally new to it all. I've researched on them ....probably too much, there are lots of different options and it just confuses me... and I can tell you that at 65 it's something I do not need any help with🤣. I've had my snail for 6 days now and it only started eating last night, not much though, about 4 pea sized dollops of porrage...she's a Scottish GALS 😅. She drinks from water on sides when I mist tank. Can anyone tell me if not eating for so long is normal please? And, what kind of lighting would I use on terrarium ? I have live plants, spider plant ( great use for all the baby plants I have lol) and turtle leaf plant was thinking they would need light, but after hearing about hiw long your plants last lol it probably isn't worth putting any lighting above tank lol lol. Again many thanks for sharing take care from Ruby x

[@jocleobury]

Hi, I have just ordered 2 snails and a complete set up. I'm currently trying to learn as much as I can about Snails and caring for them. One question I have is regards to the heat mat. Some pages say to keep it underneath the tank,others say to keep it on the side,but how do you fix the heat mat to the side of your tank? TIA XX

[@michaellauphoto]

Great video - thank you! I’m getting a couple of fulicas for my son. You say they are prolific breeders - what age/size do they start producing babies? Take care 😊

[@Eli-yz6om]

Hi! I'm really interested in getting a snail as a little pet, but I'm not sure where to start or what I should be researching. Could you do a video covering the basics for a beginner like me?

[@jesuschrist4461]

I could help. What kind of species are you getting?

[@justanotherhomosapian]

I call my snail my little chestnut 🌰.. He is the cutest little poo I love him

[@keekee4697]

What does the cleaner bugs wat? And do u take them out when u clean the enclosure and put them back or kill them?

[@SleepyWeasel]

Only one video?! Still.. makes my whole channel look like a bag of snail doodoo. Great tips! Wonder what other creatures you got..

[@viltezaborskyte3428]

make more vidios you are amazing

[@kaujiparadisekingdom1614]

I had BABY AFRICAN SNAILS AND LOT OF THEM HATCHED OMG

[@memelordlmao1234]

Love this video but snails need protien too?

[@RagsToNiches]

Brilliant video -- I'm interested in a clean up crew, but how do you prevent there being TOO many woodlice if they breed etc? :-o Thanks

[@leafeater3478]

Nat N Thank you so much! 🖤 Woodlice can breed like crazy so if this is a concern (depending on where you are in the world) you can use native woodlice and then once they breed, re-release the adults into the wild ✨

[@joepec2516]

This video was really informative! I have one question though, where did you get the snails featured in this video? I've been wanting to get some snails for a while now and was curious the best place to buy them. 🐌 ♡ ♡ ♡

[@BrandyScott6055]

If in Europe: Crazy snail lady, Achatina’s world, Lena Sakizci, Snailgarden, BugzUK. If in Australia: The Insectory, Minibeastwildlife US, Canada, Mexico and Japan are pretty much out of luck for captive bred snails for various reasons (mostly legal)

[@samtavender7715]

Hi, I'm new to African land snail keeping and I have my first juvenile. I have recently read that carrot can make their excretion orange, I wondered if this would be the same with sweet potato with the it's colouring? Have you experience of this happening?

[@kieren101ful]

I always use coco fiber

[@SMUDGESEASON]

Is a 76 x 57 x 42 cm tub okay for two of them? I’ll be getting them when they’re pretty small, but I wanna know if I can keep it that size or not