land snail shell

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crabcrazygal
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land snail shell

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i was in the garden, and found an empty snail shell. i was wondering if my crabs would use it, after i cleaned it and all :D
crabs:bino, junior,kim, and vixen
dogs: ella, shannon
cats:milo, poppy
and two budgies: romeo and big bird
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I've heard that those snail shells have too narrow openings and would be horribly uncomfortable to a hermie due to the lack of elongated coil of the shell where the hermies stick their abdomens.
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Post by crabcrazygal »

oh ok then, i recently bought three new shells for them, so i kind of forgot about the snail shell.
crabs:bino, junior,kim, and vixen
dogs: ella, shannon
cats:milo, poppy
and two budgies: romeo and big bird
Rip: HOMER(who was actually a girl so i re named him marge)RIP kath hyper and hazel.
only boring people get bored :)
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Re: land snail shell

Post by Wai »

Garden snail shells tend to be very fragile and break easily, so I avoid them. They aren't rigid like sea snail shells, which are able to sustain high water pressures at the ocean floor.
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Post by greenshellhermit »

yes, what wai said garden snails break very easy :|
rip green shell hermit :(
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