Snails are crawling creatures which are always found in the bushes, wet lands areas, river banks and forests of the world, especially in the tropics. There are many types of snails which can be identified by the environment in which they are found: Land snail, Fresh water snails and Marine snails.
The snail is a shell bearing animal, which has four (4) tentacles. Two of its tentacles are used for touch and smelling while the other two are used for sight. Some examples of Snail Archachatina marginata, Achatina achatina
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CHARACTERISTICS OF ACHATINA ACHATINA
CHARACTERISTICS OF ARCHACHATINA MARGINATA
The Archachatina marginata and Achatina achatina are the most popular species whose economic viability has no comparison of snails’ production. It has the ability to lay about 180-200 eggs per raining season (i.e. 18-20) eggs per clutch and ten clutches per snail per season. These eggs hatch into the hatchery between 20-30 days of their lay.
SETTING UP A SNAILERY
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EQUIPMENTS NEEDED
FEEDING
Snails are omnivores (heavy eaters) and carnivores (eat one another).That feed on wide range of food mostly at night, dusk and when their environment is dark with food. Moulds and left over should be removed regularly to enhance better appetite and disease free environment.
TYPES OF FOOD FOR SNAILS;
Snails feed on a wide variety of food: Vegetables, Fruits, Animal water products, Agricultural materials and Supplements. Paw paw (it used to discourage devastation), Wheat brown – to bust growth, Cocoyam, hibiscus flower, cassava, akamu (chaff wet), blood meal. There food is based on 3 categories: Water, Calcium, Protein, Fat.
REPRODUCTION
Snails requires cold and moist environment to survive and breed, its breeding period is mostly during wet reasons, they have the ability to store their sperm for as long as a year. Snails are hermaphroditic animal i.e they have both male and female organs, aside for that they do breed with before laying the eggs (same snail species) and their mating is usually from May – October.
BENEFITS OF SNAIL KEEPING
TAKING CARE OF SNAILS
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