I need some fomr of calcuim for my snails (specially my baby) cause I want em to be healthy. What do i need to know. I know thier low in calcium but i need to use SOMETHING because i have absolutely NO money at all. Is there somrthing else i could use ( like a house hold product?) and what do i do with the shells put em in the water, feed em to them, crush em and put em in the water? what do i need to know?

EDIT!: ok, we dont have eggs ( can ya believe it?) so is there ANYTHINE else I can use? like cheese or something? lol. so is there anything else i can use? please help!

well, with eggshells, you clean them off, and put them into your filter or something....Im not 100% sure, Ive never used them.

you can also use crushed coral or liquid calcium....theres something else too, but i cant think of it right offhand...

I think everyone prefers the liquid calcium....its the best source for hte snails, easiest to give, and lasts forever(bottle is big in comparison to how much you need to use)

I would spring for that...its in the saltwater section of petstores...maybe $5 i think thats about what i paid for mine....its called Kents Marine Liquid Calcium

you can also make snail food, theres recipies on applesnail.net and stuff...theres also sellers on there that sell already made snail food that has allt he calcium you need...ive bought them a few times, and they loooooved them!

You can make your own snail food if you want, but it's a big effort and it stinks up the kitchen.

When I had eggshells I would grind them up and plop them in. It wasn't pretty but it was all right, even though it didn't work very well at all.

I love love love liquid calcium. I swear by it. Ok maybe that's a little extreme, but I would totally get it if I were you. I think you can order it online too.

Do you have any cuttlebone? Most people don't have cuttlebone sitting around, but just in case you have a bird..

no. but never mind. Im getting some.