#snail mail

[palemagjc]

Hello!

I'm currently looking for penpals:)

Things to know-

• I'm twenty-five

• from Kentucky but I'd love to write with anyone from all over the world

• interested in witchcraft, marine biology, reading, horror movies, learning and experiencing new things, cooking/baking (though I'm not really good at it), writing/journaling and more:)

• I'd prefer a penpal who is 21-30, gender doesn't matter.

If you're interested please like this or shoot me a message!

[snail-care]

Hi, I kidnapped(?) a giant African land snail for school stuff, and now I'm considering keeping it, but the messaging on snail keeping is so conflicting! Some people say to use coco peat substrate, others don't. I thought about setting up a terrarium of sorts but I don't have springtails or other critters like them to help balance out the terrarium. What kind of enclosure setup do you recommend?

Hello! Thanks for sending in an ask!

I'm just gonna note here that I don't know a great deal about GALS, as they are illegal in Australia, so definitely continue your own research as well as what I say here. With that disclaimer out of the way;

Because snail keeping is fairly niche, conflicting or poor info is pretty common. Coco peat, or coir, used to be the most recommended substrate but as the snail keeping community has learned more, its generally agreed to try and avoid it when possible now. This is due mostly to it's high acidity, lack of minerals and normal soil microorganisms. The ideal substrate would be an organic topsoil or compost. I have a few posts about housing, this one, this one and this one might be helpful! You don't need a bioactive vivarium necessarily, but if you want one, sprintails are easy to find in the wild!

Now, for GALS specifically, supplemental heat will be required. Unfortunately I cant help much here, as no pet snails require heating here in Australia, but one really important thing i do know is to Never place a heat mat or cable on the underside of the terrarium. GALS will instinctively dig if they feel they are getting too hot, and if the heat source is under the terrarium they will just go closer to it and end up cooking themselves. Place the heat source on the side wall instead. My friends in the r/snails discord would be happy to help you out with GALS-specific care requirements and questions!

I hope this helps you! Thank you again for writing 😄

[pneumacia]

I’m starting a super chill, super affordable mail club! Matchbox Mail Club sends you a matchbox label-sized Riso print a month, illustrated and printed by myself on my very own Riso duplicator! 100% human made, no AI. US subs are $3, international are $5. Check it out HERE!

The Gastly pictured is July’s reward! :D

[lambertcottage]

The village post.

[howsublime]

Added this “Venus Gnome” by Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir to today’s snail mail heading to Spain.

[gardening-guy]

a bunch of really cool stamps on a letter i got from postcrossing!

i've never seen such a long stamp like the one along the top! so cool!! i wish usps had more unique stamp options like i've seen from other countries...

[gobblewonkrs]

HI IMPORTANT BLOG UPDATE

IM IN THE PROCESS OF REMAKING A LITTLE, AND DELETING LIKE EVERYTHING. MAINLY REBLOGS AND ART. MAYBE A LOT OF TEXT POSTS. i want a fresh start but i dont wanna make a new blog. so im just refreshing things and them probably only using this for personal things <:) sorry to everyone who likes my art. im not that interested in keeping it online anymore. i dont want to try and be a bigger blog than i am i would just want to have fun. i hope you get that? if not feel free to unfollow. i wont mind.