Live Snails for Reptiles

Snail Pre-Packs for Reptiles

Snails make a fantastic occasional addition to the diet of many reptiles and turtles. Our convenient snail pre-packs are ideal for keepers who want to add variety, natural feeding behaviour and extra nutrition to their animals’ feeding routine.

Which reptiles can eat snails?

Snails are especially beneficial for species that naturally encounter them in the wild, including:

• Pink-tongued skinks
• Caiman lizards
• Blue-tongued skinks
• Musk turtles
• Box turtles

They can also be offered occasionally as a treat to other opportunistic insectivores and omnivores, such as:

• Bearded dragons
• European eyed lizards
• Red-foot tortoises
• Many other omnivorous or insectivorous reptiles

Snails are not intended as a staple food, but most suitable reptiles will happily take them when offered.

Why add snails to your reptile’s diet?

• Helps increase dietary variety and enrichment
• Encourages natural feeding behaviour
• Provides additional calcium for shell and bone health
• Offers extra protein and natural moisture
• Can be gut-loaded to boost their nutritional value even further

Offering a snail every couple of weeks as part of a varied feeding routine helps support overall health and wellbeing.

Choosing the right size

Our snail pre-packs are available in small, medium and large sizes so you can match the prey to the size of your reptile.

• If you are unsure which size to offer, choose the smaller snails.
• For extra peace of mind, you can remove the shell before feeding.
• Gut-loaded snails can be frozen and then defrosted as needed for later feeds.

How to gut-load snails

Gut-loading means feeding the snails a highly nutritious diet before offering them to your reptile, so all those vitamins and minerals are passed on.

To keep and gut-load snails, set them up much like giant African land snails:

• Use a ventilated enclosure such as a faunarium or breeder box.
• Add a moisture-retaining substrate like coco fibre.
• Provide a constant calcium source (e.g. a tortoise calcium block or cuttlefish bone).

Offer a mix of leafy greens and vegetables such as:

• Spring greens, kale, mustard greens, dandelion leaves, watercress
• Butternut squash and carrot (rich in beta carotene and beneficial vitamins)
• Bell peppers and sweet potato (great for vitamins and natural energy)
• Papaya (adds vitamin C, natural enzymes and extra variety)

Feed this gut-loading diet for around 24–72 hours before offering the snails to your reptile.

Used sensibly as part of a varied feeding plan, snail pre-packs are a simple way to add natural nutrition and enrichment to your reptile’s diet.