Yesterday I was excited to see that the postal carrier had brought me an unexpected package, I had no idea what it could have been until I saw the return address. It was from Aaryn over at The Happy Hermit Crab. I order a cookie of the month from them, which I love (I just signed up for a second year), but this box was not the business envelope that the cookies usually arrive in. As I opened the box a small memory began to surface about an item that was out of stock last time I ordered. What the heck was it?


Whoa. Can o' snail. Not just can of snails, but can o' snails. I got on the computer and sent Aaryn a message. "I didn't reall order a can of snails did I?" But I had. And I don't know what I was thinking. And to be honest, I don't know what these guys who make the packaging on these things were thinking either.

Natural juices locked in the can? EW! What on earth constitutes the "natural juices' of a snail? And of COURSE they're locked in the can. That's what I would do if I had a bunch of snails in their juices! Lock them in a can and ship them somewhere!

I guess the important thing is the crabs right? So I fetched a feeder shell and commenced opening up the can. I do have to admit that as much as I had braced myself for an unholy stench, there wasn't much smell. I used a toothpick to fish a few out and put them in the crabitat. Within a few hours one of the two snails had been drug away, never to be seen again. So they must like it.


My recommendation is that they are great to add to the variety of food in your repetoire. They come in small cans and don't get too smelly. The crabs seem pretty excited too.