Does anyone know much on how to tell the species of garden slugs and snails?!

I have three slugs and a snail, I think the snail is a brown garden snails but not sure, and one of the slugs is possibly a banana slug but im not sure about the other two (they are the same)

They have black bodies with light brown lines down either side of the body!

Does anyone know how big any of these will get?

Sorry about all the questions but the internet isnt all that helpful :\

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Sound like the sligs i have in my garden and they grow HUGE If you need anymore come to mine and you could fill a suitcase,

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I got them from my nans garden They are tiny at the moment, though the banana yellowy one is getting quite big and fast! only had them since monday and they eat loads

Cute little things they are!

HEHE!



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aww i used to keep snails and slugs :P
i used to have them in a rat cage with loads of greenery and stuff in it in the garden

you should post pictures
im not too sure about species, perhaps you could look at photos on the internet and see if any look like your slugs?

im glad someone else likes them! i hate it when people purposefully squish them i think they have cute little faces
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Ive got garden snails too, I rescued them from my parents house after they where fedup of the snails eating the plants, They used slug pellets to kill them I released them in my garden where they have been living for about a year, The other half wants rid now because they are eating her plants. I collected them all up today and put them in a tank, Ive got about 30 of them.

If a snail does eat a slug pellet it will obviously die, But if you get to it in time there is a way of saving it. A dish full of water, Keep putting the snail in the water, Make sure it can breathe though. It takes between 1 to 12 hours to rehydrate them. IMHO, Its worth it

I had a garden snail when I was a kid no idea what species he was but he was a cute little thing. I had him in a tank with lots of grass etc he lived about 5 months I have no idea what their life span is. He was called Sammy.

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I have about 10 babies from my garden snails now which i released into my moms garden (HAHA) they are getting big fast lol

I'm looking after a baby garden snail right now who can't be released unfortunately. He can't move round very well at all and I even have to help him to get to his food. Does the snail have a brown shell and a funny greyish brown body? Get back to me on that and could you give me more details on your slugs? I'm an expert on snails. I love snails.
Danielle.

This was a long time ago!!! The slugs are back in the wild now living out their lives in mothers garden

If you want to know anything else about garden snails let me know. I'm happy to help you. Just write to me here.
Danielle.