I just went to the Asian grocery store and they had "mud" snails that looked like regular mystery snails covered in mud. I bought 1.7lbs for 5ish$ pretty sweet deal. Now, I have gone to Petsmart and bought snails for 2.99 each before and just feed it straight to my puffer. My question is, do I gotta freeze these snails for health reasons before feeding puffs, or not or maybe I should have been even freezing the other ones too? It sounds silly to ask but do snails even carry disease puffers can get sick from. excuse my stupidity.
Edit^ I do realize I misspelled freezing.
freesing snails?
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defool89
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freesing snails?
You have the right to bear Puffers.
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G S P Freak
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Re: freesing snails?
Rather be safe then sorry if I were you. Freezing is an excellent way to ensure your puffer stays disease free. And yes, there are a few parasitic organisms that snails can transfer as food, most being parasitic worms or flukes.
No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish.
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-John Ruskin-
"I have to laugh when people call fish-keeping a hobby, if anything, it's a science... and for some, an obsession." - Me