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Subject: Re: raising snails
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Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 16:05:56 EST
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> There seem to be many snails around my house and this year, instead
> of trying to poison them I am going to collect them and eat them.
> 
> Any advice on how to do this? I suppose I ought to feed them a known
> diet for a while to get all the bad stuff out. What is recommended?
> 
Snails reflect the flavor of what they have been eating.  The best
'cleansing diet' is one that is bland.  Such as corn meal.  Also
be aware that snails can eat some plants that are poisonous to people.
Be especially careful with any snails that have grown up near
poisonous plants, as the toxin in them may do you in.  Cleans them
really well.  A week or two should be ok, but get an experts advice
first.

Also, I stepped on a snail a year or two ago and got one
horrible case of 'atheletes foot'.  It was a different fungus
than the usual and was *VERY* hard to get rid of.  Seems that
snails can harbor many different and *NASTY* fungi.  Be careful
with them little buggers.  (But eat a few for me, revenge is sweet!)

-- 

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