Pasta ??

[lilmissvix]

i know you cant give dry pasta to snails but can u give cooked pasta to snails??

[crossless]

Never! It will expand in in snails tummy and kill them. Snails are ONLY leaf, vegetable, fruit and berry eaters why try to give them something unnatural foods and make them unheatly. There is thousands of veges out there so they will be no problem what to give these guys.

[AlienSnail]

I do know someone who has given snails very soggy pasta and soggy bread, with no ill effects, but I've never tried it. I daren't, just in case

[crossless]

I have heard that even two rices per snail is too much and expand inside of snail very badly 'cos snails boby is so warm.

I like to give my animals only food that they would naturally eat.

Other foods they can't digestion probably their bodies can't handle nutrision of wrong foods and can in long-term cause health problems and pain. Grains can make for snails some intestine blockages and be lethal sometimes. And in nature snail don't eat grain so I don't see any point in it to give snails that food even if would eat it. Snails always eat what the keeper decides, snail can't open the fridge by themselves.

[lilmissvix]

oki that is fine i was only curious and won't chance it, i knew it expanded but though as it cooks it expands and could not expand any more, thanks for the info crossless.

[Rachel]

This has already been answered, but I think this might come in handy for other people:
www.geocities.com/sarkymite/snails/research.html
It's the section just over halfway down the page, under death by malnutrition.

[lilmissvix]

wow that is a sad story a plate of pasta that is alot though, not going to chance it looks nasty in the pics and would be very upset if i knew i caused it to happen.

[courtney]

No, I read there's too much starch in it or something.