The Snail Rescue Center has been operating successfully for 3 years now, and has several generations of happy, healthy snails. Many snails have also moved on to Snail Heaven, according to their natural lifespan as well as several unfortunate accidents due to their fragile, camouflaged nature.
Here is a presentation of our snails over the years, beginning with our current crew, and ending with the original crew.
April 2024
There were 19 original rescue snails, 1 baby snail from 2022 (Tiny Turbo, now fully mature), and 16 baby snails from 2023 that went into hibernation during the winter of 2023-2024.
In the spring, the snails emerged from hibernation: 12 original rescue snails, Tiny Turbo, and 9 other baby snails from 2023. Many snails do not naturally survive the cold temperatures of winter to emerge in the spring.
Unfortunately, 3 original snails were lost during their spring habitat renovations.
By the beginning of April 2024, our current crew includes 9 original rescue snails from 2022, 1 baby snail from 2022 (Tiny Turbo, now fully mature), and 9 baby snails from 2023.
April 2024
April 2023
These are the snails that survived the winter of 2022-2023, and emerged from hibernation in the spring.Â
There were 5 other rescued snails that went into hibernation in 2023, as well as many other baby snails, however, unfortunately, many snails do not naturally survive the cold temperatures of winter to emerge in the spring.
As you can see, we began the year of 2023 with 19 original rescue snails and one baby snail from 2022.
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April - 2022
This photo was taken in 2023, however all of these snails, except for Tiny Turbo, were rescued from a condominium garden in April 2022. Not long afterwards, the garden was sprayed.
The rescued snails enjoyed their new habitat and laid eggs. Tiny Turbo hatched in June 2022, grew quickly, and survived the winter of 2022 to 2023.
There were 5 other rescued snails that went into hibernation in 2023, as well as many other baby snails, however, unfortunately, many snails do not naturally survive the cold temperatures of winter to emerge in the spring.
