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“Starting a Snail Farm”
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  • Daniel said on October 17, 2012
    Snail farming keeps getting better. Order for your hybrid snails, snail feed concentrates and hatchery boxes now. 08188380764
  • Daniel beginner adviser said on October 17, 2012
    @Sokarijoshua, Feeding forages alone is not adequate in snail nutrition if you want to see optimal growth performances. Though there are other causes, but the major cause of stunted growth in snails is poor feeding regimes especially during the early stages. We advise you get the formulated snail concentrates which can adequately supplement forages. I also advise you to choose faster growing snails for breeding.

    daniboy4christ@gmail.com || Snail Farming Consultant

  • Joshua said on October 19, 2012
    Please i need your counsel on our to feed a snail, what food can you give them to bust up their growth and how to care for them so that they can not die easily
  • Daniel beginner adviser said on October 19, 2012
    @Joshua Snail nutrition is quite complex, GALs like all pulmonate gastropods are strictly phytophagous. If you feed forages only, be sure to vary it as much as possible or you can obtain formulated snail diets from us. The diet is chosen from the intensive research in 'optimal growth performances of snails fed with different feed compositions' The feed is proven to speed growth at the rate of 2mm/day in shell length. With the feed, you'll only have to feed forages sparingly and you neednt bother about calcium supplementation.

    daniboy4christ@gmail.com || Snail Farming Consultant

  • Greg Luchsinger said on October 20, 2012
    Sir. where can i purchase breeding stock for snails. i have my production facility ready to go in Washington state. USA. Please give me names, contact info of where to buy breeding stock. Regards, Greg Luchsinger
  • Daniel beginner adviser said on October 21, 2012
    @Greg Luchsinger, Giant African Land snails (GALS)are native to Sub-sahara Africa, however they easily survive and establish in both North and South America. Market exists in America for snail meat, shells, blood and for use as pets. However since, GALS are not indigenous there, you may need to do a little habitat modification to ensure the snails remain active all year round. You can get GALS from your local pet store; mostly they will have Achatina fulica. Preferably you can contact us so we make arrangements for an export of your choice snails.

    daniboy4christ@gmail.com || Snail Farming Consultant

  • Daniel beginner adviser said on October 21, 2012
    @Abigail,  In as much as I always advise farmers to begin with breeding snails( snails at the point of lay) so that they will lay sooner and the farmer can raise his own foundation stock but one can still choose to buy grower snails and fatten them to maturity and then sell them at a higher rate. However the case, it is still best to have a good stock of breeding snails that will lay eggs each breeding season and thus maintaining your harvest continuity. shanghai4luv@yahoo.com, 08188380764

    daniboy4christ@gmail.com || Snail Farming Consultant

  • Yinka Sahid said on October 21, 2012
    @Olumide Taiwo, how do I meet you. I live at ogbomosho, and wld like to chat wt u on snail farming. Pls give details and hen you can be available during each week. Thanks. Yinkus sahid. 08139292711. sahidnaheem@yahoo.com
  • abu said on October 25, 2012
    i want to start a snail farm, i wish to get every information on how to go about it, i am a nigerian.
  • Ikenye joseph oscar said on October 27, 2012
    I want to rear African giant snail, i need every important info sent to my mail box. i have a pen at Amukoko area, Lagos State Nigeria
  • Monotosh said on October 30, 2012
    i like to start snail farm. what will be the initial cost, and what are the thing need to remember mast. i am looking for a business point of view.
  • wasiu said on November 6, 2012
    Good write up, but will need more information, outside the lomy soil, feeding, but also the medical advantages, and disadvantages of snail eating, selling, breeding within an environment, this is a enable better understanding of the stock. Best regards.
  • Abubakar Abdulateef said on November 10, 2012
    am a trained farmer on grasscutter, snail, cat fish, rabbit, poultry & quail residing in suleja nigerstate- i've a suitable farm land bt my problem is start up capital need partner i can be reach on 08079539018,08187630299 tnks
  • Yaw Andoh said on November 14, 2012
    I'm a salary worker and interested in grasscutter/snail rearing. i need some tutorials, please help me.
  • tyo said on November 14, 2012
    My snail farmers from Indonesia. please help me in finding business partners for this venture. I can mengusahkan farmer groups to supply stock lot. please contact Email "ipunk_metro@yahoo.co.id twitter ipunk_metro, tlp 085258655405 to 085850689896. before it accepted the you for the cooperation of his
  • olawale Ogundiya said on November 17, 2012
    Business Location:Ikorodu, Lagos, Nigeria. I am interested in grasscutter & snail farming & will like to know if u conduct training, the cost of training, the duration & commencement date.
  • Usman Dauda said on November 18, 2012
    Hi! am Dauda from Kaduna Nigeria. How can I start Snail business
  • Prince Emma said on November 24, 2012
    I want to start snail farming, how do i get the best specie, what are the requirements to get started? I live in Port Harcourt.
  • edward cheong said on November 29, 2012
    i am from malaysia, i am interested in snail farming. What kind of the snail species that suitable for malaysia climate?
  • edward cheong said on November 29, 2012
    i am from malaysia. I am interested in snail farming. What kind of the snail species that suitable to raising in south east asia? thank you.
  • florence lawal said on December 1, 2012
    I did snail farming after attending a 2 day seminar that didn't work. So I need an expert to advise me now. i love to farm Snails. Thanks. Lagos, Nigeria.
  • noa Lehmann said on December 2, 2012
    I want to start snail farming in my class, how do i get the best specie, and from were I can get the snails? I live in MD. thank you so much.
  • Ademola akintobi said on December 6, 2012
    I live in oke aro agbado area in ogun state. Nigeria. almost every time that rains I pick between 10 to 15 snail in my compound for the past 9 years. this send a signal to me that I should start a snail farm. I need to understand more about it . Please help
  • ASIAN FARMING RESEARCH INSTITUTE. said on December 6, 2012
    LOOKING FOR SNAIL FARMING IN STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND GUJARAT THANKS
  • victor Bassey said on December 7, 2012
    A beginner who wish to invest deep into this. Live in Lagos-Apapa, to start on a small land, to later move to my property in about 2 months time. But want to visit you please, where can you be reached physically?
  • Festus Adelua said on December 10, 2012
    Thank you for this information. I intend to start my snail farming in Abeokuta. Nigeria. Can you link me up with where I can get the good species of snail? I hope to start with about 50 matured snails. Hope to reading from you soon.
  • ebenezer said on December 10, 2012
    I want to start a snail farming business. Please I will need ur advice on how to get started, from ikorodu, lagos
  • LADEINDE BABAJIDE said on December 13, 2012
    Please how do I get rid of soldier ants that have invaded my open range snailery? Kindly note that I have continued to wet the snailery ground with water, but this seems not to deter the soldier ants. I need an urgent solution please to avoid a total loss. Thank you.
  • Abdulazeez abdulwasiu said on December 14, 2012
    Free Range System of snail farming: To raise snails on free range is actually simple. The area should be demarcated at least to height of 1m. Also the top end of the low or high fence which should be made up of metal and wire netting,should made to curve inward into the enclosure to prevent the escape of snails. similarly there should be constant supply of water and provision of fodder or pasture. The pastures are to be planted and supported with water. Suitable plants include waterleaf, Amaranthus, bitterleaf. snails can also ordinarily feed on weeds.There should be one way entrance into the range or enclosure with singly arranged slabs of interlocks to prevent the marching of eggs and hatchlings
  • Malikkareem said on December 16, 2012
    Hi, I would like to start a subsistence snail farming I would like you to give me some instructing on how to get started and the kind of flower am meant to plant for the snails feeding or even formulas
  • Kenny said on December 16, 2012
    I like to start snail farming. I was given some money at work and I don't want to mismanage the money. I have been eying snail farming for long. Please help me with a solid guide on how to start snail farming. Thanks. Kenny.
  • Hilton Coetzer said on December 17, 2012
    Hi, I'm from the Eastern Cape in South Africa. I would like to start my very own snailery. I wish to farm edible snails, used for human consumption, right here in the Eastern Cape, where I live. I would really appreciate it if somebody could maybe give me a few tips on how I could accomplish this. Such as farming techniques, etc. Thank you very much.
  • M. Tunde Oduola said on December 22, 2012
    Hi! I am a nigerian who is very much interested in breeding snails (Giant African Land Snails) for subsistence in a controlled garden environment here in Sweden. Enormously will be my gratefulness to whoever could furnish me with practical information as to how to get started, tools and materials needed, snail feeds and formulas as well as precautions to take into considerations. Thanking you in anticipation. GALS
  • Tope ayoola said on December 27, 2012
    I plan to start a snail business but i don't have any knowledge about the business. Pls can you explain more about the business, where to get point of lay, the cost per one snail, a brief about the business plan, how to hatch and breed them, where the market is and how much to sell it, is it per kilogram? And the cost and type of feed, and for how many month can we rear them before they are consumed. Tope from Lagos.
  • nkiru said on January 6, 2013
    i live in ebonyi state and i need 2 go into snail farming. do you have an idea of anyone in my area that can help me with that.
  • ANNOR EMMANUEL said on January 9, 2013
    I STAY IN TARKWA, GHANA, AND I WANT TO START A SNAIL BUSINESS. DO IT EXPORT, THAT IS ON COMMERCIAL BASIS
  • Abdulazeez abdulwasiu said on January 15, 2013
    Aquiculture and Heliculture(snail farming) consultant, Umuahia ,Abia state @ Odule sweden is not a tropical country. I doubt if you can obtain Giant Snails there. However you can check in any local pet shop there perhaps you may be lucky. However if you come around to Naija. you can readily get the Giant Snail around Ibadan oyo State Nigeria.
  • Abdulazeez abdulwasiu said on January 15, 2013
    @ Nkiru,Giant snails are not found in places East of River Niger--such as Abakaliki and I do know a farm I can refer you to. However if you can visit Benin and its environs you will surely get it in abundance. You can also contact one Mr Yakubu of Forestry & Environmental science Dept. Of MOUAU Umudike. He can make an arrangement for your Supply. Similarly you can obtain Achatina achatina there in your local market especially during the wet season.
  • Abdulazeez abdulwasiu said on January 15, 2013
    @Malik karim, you can glance through one of my earlier contribution on snail feed formulation. Also if you let me know some of the resources you have interms space e.g land ,pen etc. I could advise you more on what to do or better still repost your detail inquiry
  • Abdulazeez abdulwasiu said on January 15, 2013
    A little info about the nutritive Values of snail. Snails generally are good source of protein white meat. They are not cholestrogenic. Cholesterol is a fatty acid abundantly found in meats such beef mutton pork and chevon as well as eggs.Excess intake of cholesterol can cause cardiovascular or heart problems as well obesity. So snail is a good meat to take. It has no religious taboo save cultural:snail meat is unpopular among some Northern Nigerian people; one of the common speculative reason for this,is perhaps thought of it resembling the cunt(sorry for the bad use of word).
  • mary kareem said on January 23, 2013
    I stay in Bariga in Lagos state, i want to know where i can get good ones that has not been exposes to sunlight that i can start with
  • Itoro said on January 24, 2013
    I need a manual on how to construct an efficient pen, please. How do I get it?
  • selormken said on January 26, 2013
    whats type of leaves should i put in the pen before putting the snail into the pen....
  • Emmanuel Ohwofasa said on January 30, 2013
    I am in Abuja FCT, i need information on where i can receive a practical training on snail farming
  • CJ said on February 19, 2013
    @ANNOR EMMANUEL, come to National Biotechnology Development Agency. Along lugbe Road after space agency for your snail training or call 08038207209
  • CJ Victory said on February 19, 2013
    I am in Abuja, we deal with snail production and research
  • Catherine said on February 22, 2013
    Am in Kenya, Nairobi, i want to start in my country, but i dont know where to get the practical knowhow to start a snailery for Export :)
  • gardengrower said on February 23, 2013
    Cool I have tons of pesky snails and I just wanna make some use out of them
  • Philip Attard said on February 26, 2013
    Hi, I am considering starting a snail farming business in Malta (Europe). Can you kindly send me some information on how to start the business including information on the development of the farm and the breeding of snails,. Thanks Philip
  • Patrick said on February 27, 2013
    I live in London and i want to grow snail here for the French market. How can i start and what specie of snail can survive the English weather and marketable in France.
  • wolanc farms ltd. said on March 1, 2013
    Am a practical snail farmer located in ogun state, for more practical guidelines contact me on wolanc@yahoo.com or call 08023135020, 08050492160,08037242219.Our office is at no 50a,olusegun osoba road,crossing bus stop,agbado station.
  • Oderongbe Sunday said on March 7, 2013
    I'm from Ogun state Sagamu in Nigeria i'm rearing some snail for home consumption i will love to expand it into a small scale business i need information about this and what to be feeding them with and can use any kind of leaf or any fruit
  • ogundaini oluwatoyin said on March 12, 2013
    frm ibadan,nigeria.pls how can i get a detailed papers on snail farming, can it be sent to my box?
  • Vanya said on March 15, 2013
    Hi. I am leaving in New York, USA. I'm interested of land snail farming in my area. Could you please gave me info about the improved methods of farming in closed building area, tips of land snails (escargots) I can breed. Where I could find land snails to start growing it. What kind of supporting programs I could use to start my small family business. In all, how do I start with and the best breeding stock? Thanks!
  • Ibrahim said on March 17, 2013
    How can i setup the pen for snailery both the growers and at the point of laying, and can it be on a concrete floor or on a soil. What are the other feed that can be given to them except from the mention and is their any local food that can also be given. How can i know d 1 that is about to lay eggs in other to separate it from other.
  • Matthew Juliet said on March 18, 2013
    I juliet i want to go into snail farming, so pls i will love to know of how to start, when is the best time to start and the advantages and disadvantages involves in it? And if i can start it by buying and selling. I live in Abuja FCT in NIGERIA. thanks.
  • Prince Okobiya=Ladigbolu said on March 20, 2013
    I have this snail farming idea but lack the know how. I have a base in the UK but a farm land in Nigeria for commercial snail farming. Every little help will do. Prince
  • ole suke leslie said on March 21, 2013
    kudos. i want to start snail farming in kenya. kindly advise on the right & most sought breed. highly i appreciate your initiative.
  • Tunde Bello said on March 23, 2013
    My name is Tunde Bello, i live in Ibada, Oyo state nigeria. i will like to have practical guide on starting a snail farm. issues relating to housing and feeding as well as breed of snail that will start laying eggs at six months old
  • Ejiro said on March 31, 2013
    I live in warri, interested in snailery, want to start any moment 4rm now in my house. To get best result (profit), pls give of a list of d required feeds. My No. is 08029985163
  • Nwaham Theo said on April 1, 2013
    Am a fish farmer, but love to rear snail. but dont know how. pls help me. i stay in Asaba Delta State
  • Bailee said on April 3, 2013
    Hi there, I live in the UK and I am very interested in starting a snail cavier business. I would like to know how small I can start. How to go about securing a loan to start up. Where do I get snails to buy in the UK. thank you very much
  • Anthony Azubuike said on April 3, 2013
    Am in IMO state Nigeria, please where can i get a Good snail.
  • NNAMARA said on April 6, 2013
    Hi am in cameroon i am interested in snail farming please how do I start ? I need a clear information on how to start and how do i get a good specie and the feed?
  • Benieta said on April 7, 2013
    I have a smallholding in one of South African highest unemployed areas in the Western Cape, Atlantis, and would like more information on snail farming in a co-op situation if you have any.
  • Bernadette Kyegombe said on April 14, 2013
    Uganda, Kampala. Need all details concerning snails farming. I would like to start a small farm. Thank you
  • Joseph Marquette said on April 16, 2013
    Dear Sir, I am from Malta, and would like to know how to start snail farming business in. Thus how possible is it to send me further information of what to do, and what I need to start such snail farming? I am about to take into consideration this, as a serious fact in breeding snails and also for further Ideological findings for health resource and human environment impact. I would love to know more of how to at least start this business with further information you might help me with. I thank you for your support and help. JOE
  • samuel said on April 17, 2013
    Dear Sir, I am in Nigeria and currently setting up a Snail farm in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. I would want to know if one can allow the foundation stock and breeding stock to stay together in the same farm? secondly, i would want to know if over crowding can ever occur in a snail farm. thanks.
  • george said on April 17, 2013
    HI I AM GEORGE FROM MALTA I HAVE A LOT OF FIELDS AND I HAVE ALOT SNAILS AND I PICK ALOT OF THEM BUT I WANT TO START GROW THEM FOR PRODUCTION JUST A HOBBY.TKS GEORGE.
  • Tony said on April 19, 2013
    I wish to start a snail farm here on the island, not really as a business but more as a pastime. Can you tip me on standard operation procedures? Thank you, Gozo, Malta.
  • Kenn Boateng said on April 20, 2013
    Dear Sir, I am living in Ghana and I started snail rearing at m back
  • Ekude said on April 23, 2013
    I am in Nigeria in port harcourt city in river state. i am interested to do snail farming. I want to do it in an open pen. how do I construct the pen to avoid ants and termites. I have a land 20m by 20metres. what quantity do I start with and how do I manage the pen?
  • k.owusu said on April 24, 2013
    AM SETTING UP A SNAIL FARM IN GHANA BUT WANT TO EXPORT TO NIGERIA,THE AREA THAT AM SETTING IT UP HAS THEM IN LARGE QUANTITIES.NEED A VERY SERIOUS AND RELIABLE PERSON WHO IS INTERESTED TO BE AGENT.
  • Herman said on May 2, 2013
    I am in the winelands, is there any body in this region that do snail farming/marketing. Please let me know.023-3404001
  • Odi Menjo said on May 7, 2013
    Sir, I am form Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India. I am interested in heliciculture, but to begin I need snails. From where can I get edible snails.
  • IyobosaF. Urhoghide said on May 8, 2013
    I live in Benin City, Edo State. How do I start snail farming in small size?
  • divine omozuafo said on May 8, 2013
    benin city edo state nigeria please connect me to those who need snails for consumption i need market for them after breeding
  • spark okyere ebenezer said on May 11, 2013
    well i'm from ghana and i will like to know how to set up a snail farming. any ideal ?? please do let me know when you have one ok.? this is ma number +233274413777. hoping to hear from you bye. see you around.
  • babajide oyedele said on May 13, 2013
    i want to start a small scale snail farming in ibafo ogun state Nigeria. I have got about 175sqm of space available for the farming. please i need your advice on how to go about it. thanks, my phone number, 08033915182.
  • Gideon van zyl said on May 14, 2013
    I would like to hear from you to breed snails in south africa. Life on n farm an see potential.
  • A&J Company said on May 18, 2013
    Hi, we live in Tirana, Albania. We have a land about 5000 m2 with very good conditions for snail farms and we can find more land than that. We operate in other field of business but we seems snail farming it's a golden possibility to do business and to increase our profit but we don't have enough experience and knowledge for this kind of business. We are very interested in this business, especially for export but we need your help to give us necessary detail guide on how to start a snail farming , including shelter, soil treatment, specie of snail, feed and harvest time. We appreciate your help and thank you for your support. A&J Company
  • ADINKRA KOFI FRANKLIN said on May 22, 2013
    i have interest in snail farming and i would like you to assist me to start this great business. thank you. located at berekum, Ghana west Africa
  • KABIRU ADEBOWALE said on May 24, 2013
    Sir i want to start snail business i need information on how i will get small snail and what type of food u will give them 2b mature for 4 month am from nigeria, osun state,ede south local government.
  • Nnenna said on May 25, 2013
    Hi, i intend to go into sales and breeding of snails. i need good and viable snail farms in Cross River State for supplies. Can you help?
  • olalekan alausa beginner adviser said on May 27, 2013
    We specialize in Snail and Grasscutter breeding. Interested persons, societies or cooperatives can reach us at: 19, Igesu Rd., Olayemi, Ayobo-Ipaja LCDA, Lagos State. Tel.: 08066525181

    lekan.alausafarms@yahoo.com || Expert

  • Edegan U. Stanley said on June 6, 2013
    Thank God for people like you who had gone ahead to lead others in business. Anyway, i have not started any but i have the interest in the following after the workshop we had in church: snail farming, fishery, grasscutter, mushroom etc for now. I need a guide/ manual from you sir and how to obtain it. Look forward to hearing and receiving from you soonest.
  • santosh said on June 12, 2013
    I stay in Maharashtra, India. I am interested in growing snail. I have place to do the same. But completely fresher in the subject. How can i start the business, how much is the initial investment required, how do i arrange better food for snails, how and where can i sell the production, does buyer compare breed quality while buying the stock?
  • Moses Dada said on June 12, 2013
    I am in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. I am very much interested in establishing snail farm. Please, I need a professional guidance.
  • Iroegbu Donald Onyebuchi said on June 22, 2013
    I live in eputu village off epe expressway lagos nigeria. i want to start snail farming for commercial use, i would like you to tell me the kind of treatment or drugs to give them and finally if it lays, what will i do?
  • abraham ' said on June 26, 2013
    abuja, nigeria want know if snail will do well in abuja, and. northern nigeria.
  • Grace Ibeneme said on June 27, 2013
    I am an Agricultural economist based in Abia State. Umuahia to b precise. Want to go into it. My compound seems a suitable habitat 4 dem. Need more highlights. 08039655874 is my number pls.
  • Bah de Gees said on July 2, 2013
    I am based in Buae Cameroon. i would like to set up a snail farm. I need your advice on the habitat, feeding and breeding. 0023779697020 is my phone number.
  • Jean-Paul Fils-Aime said on July 6, 2013
    I would like to start a small snail farm in the country of Haiti, please provide all information necessary.
  • Greatken Nzemeke said on July 8, 2013
    Mechanical Eng'g My discipline, Agriculture my hobby, All things been equal by the grace of God, am hoping to start my own Heliculture this week. everything on ground, stock left.Which is the best breed to buy,(frm my research Archachachina marginata)i live in Asaba,Delta state,Nigeria.
  • Olusegun Raimi said on July 8, 2013
    hello, am segun from lagos am just new in snail business what i need from you is to direct me the procedure i will take to start the business. and the site i will search to look fro buyer in europe or america and asia. You can contact via my email, olusegun.raimi or my mobile line +2348078633217. Thanks.
  • Greatken Nzemeke said on July 9, 2013
    why is mr Danial from Awka number not going through and he is not replying his mail? i hope all is well, i really need him as soon as possible, pls help if there are other means of reaching him, thanks
  • Suoware k. Ben said on July 9, 2013
    i base in Abuja but plan to set up a snail farm in my village Delta state Bomadi local Government. i need help in the area of knowing what it takes to be a snail farmer. The type to bride in such an environment the feeds water to give them. Is there already build structure to bride them?. where can someone get the equipment and where can you recommend to get basic training? Thanks
  • Greatken Nzemeke said on July 12, 2013
    Where is the closest place i can find snail to buy for breeding,i base in Asaba Delta state nigeria,07033760830,is urgent
  • a c zama said on July 16, 2013
    thanks for the info. i would also like info for the type of snails that will grow in the savanna zones of the north west region of Cameroon from where i hail. i also wish to known how many snails i can breed in a 5x5m space.
  • dhana said on July 18, 2013
    Hi , i am dhana . i am from india .i would like to start snail form and export the same. so plz guide me. Regards Dhana

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