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I've been thinking about getting snails for my classroom, but I have heard that they multiply VERY quickly...does anyone have snails, and if so how do you cope with all of the new additions? Does the pet store take them back, or do you find them outside instead of buying them so then put the babies outside?

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Suzanne Our classroom uses brown land snails for a 4 week science unit. They have never multiplied, quite the contrary, they tend to die in the low humidity in our classroom. It would be quite an exciting event to have them lay eggs! Brown land snails lay eggs under rotting wood, and the eggs take awhile to hatch. It would be my fondest dream to actually h...See More
Jul 29, 2011
M.E./PK Thanks Suzanne! (^_^) I'm definitely going to cross my fingers and give it a try
Aug 8, 2011
myriam On 7/28/11, M.E./PK wrote: > I've been thinking about getting snails for my classroom, > but I have heard that they multiply VERY quickly...does > anyone have snails, and if so how do you cope with all of > the new additions? Does the pet store take them back, or do > you find them outside instead of buying them so then put > the ...See More
Jan 17, 2016
myriam On 7/28/11, M.E./PK wrote: > I've been thinking about getting snails for my classroom, > but I have heard that they multiply VERY quickly...does > anyone have snails, and if so how do you cope with all of > the new additions? Does the pet store take them back, or do > you find them outside instead of buying them so then put > the ...See More
Jan 17, 2016


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