Giant Snails

[Finntroll86]

Hello all, does anybody know a website, store, breeder, or handler that sells Giant Snails? any species is fine, i am just looking for larger than golf ball sized snails. thanks!

 

[What]

Snails fall under the not-allowed-to-be-transported-between-states grouping as they are plant pests. IF you find some, they are likely illegal to keep, but... good luck, I doubt you will find any.

 

[Scylla]

Fyi

Giant land snails are illegal in the US. Yeah, I know. So are a lot of things.

 

[Scythemantis]

Giant land snails are one of the "most" illegal though. At least, they're taken much more seriously than other invertebrates.

I don't think any native US species get larger than marble...

 

[spiderfield]

Ditto on the above. Especially if you're referring to the Giant African Land Snail, they are illegal to sell and/or keep in the U.S. due to their potential as becoming an invasive species. But regardless, i'm sure there are some people out there that have them.

 

[BrianWI]

We had an animal swap sell the Giant African Land Snails years back, I even had a couple. APHIS came around all the shows the next year to stop them from being sold and to try to recover the ones that were sold. I gave them mine and they seemed to be getting many back, but I would have to bet there are plenty still around somewhere. They reproduced like mad!