Oh Haley! Only you would do that.LOL They are kinda fascinating though. Lucky little snails!

Wow!!! They're huge! I've never seen such big snails in person, we have tiny ones here.

LOL, well, we're at 40 now. Bella and Luca are on the prowl, with the dogs at their heels. :) A couple of snails have eggs on their shells and I told the kids that they could eat them. (Snail eggs have become the new caviar) You should have seen their eyeballs pop. ROTFL!

Blessings,
Haley

Sorry but they look creepy to me.

But, Hayjud... How can you deny this widdle face?? :)

You are a good person! :o)

What a kind thing to do. You are setting a great example for your kids!! And snails ARE very cute. :o)

Yikes! She's touching it!

Don't tell the kids I said that!

They're better for you if they're free range...

As a kid we would go to the creek, and collect them. Take them home and have snail races.

Sorry to say, can't remember what we ended up doing with them once the races were over.

Nice pics Haley.

Moni

lol @ susan_on.

Haley, you're a great mom. Your kids are lucky to have you! I'm glad you are releasing the snails back to their habitat! :)

Do garden slugs grow into snails?
I think I know the answer to that, but it just seemed like a good question.

I agree, your pictures are great! (It's just that creepy subject matter.)

I'm sure this will keep the kids busy for hours, and just think of all the vegetables they will save from those critters.

I serve them BEER! And let them get drunk :o)

No, slugs are not the same as snails. That is a wonderful thing you are doing for them and the kids. My DIL would do the same thing.
I would probably keep them, serve them cornmeal and fatten them up and them serve them up with garlic butter and herbs. LOL

Helen

LOL you all! They're free as the wind blows now! DH, kids and I went to the creek near a cow pasture and placed them in the greenery- NOT near anyone's house mind you. :) They were actually laying a LOT of eggs in the cage so I placed all the little eggs in a safe area. Who knows if they'll all be there tomorrow... I probably fed the local geese, ROTFL!!!

Blessings and THANK YOU!
Haley

Save the snails, get rid of the Geese!!!

Escargot, and pate de fois gras? Haley, you can eat very well if you get over this soft-hearted thing!
Love the pictures, and I've been known to relocate potential predators, too. Good for you.

They really are adorbable, Haley. I had an apple snail in my tank for several years, she was a hoot! She loved to play in the air bubbles!

Snail town indeed. When I was a kid,there was a small drainage ditch at the end of our street. We kids would go there and collect snails in glass jars as "pets". Now when I see them I grab my can of Sluggo and shake-shake-shake.

My boys once, many years ago, had some snails they caught. Unfortunately they placed them in a bowl on the dining room table, guess they didn't know how acrobatic they are. One look from me, seeing snails marching across my table and one scream from me, brought the boys running. No more snails in my house!
Kathy G in MI

Oh Haley, what a good mom...how about you come collect all mine...because you are so much nicer than me...

Is is Dances in Garden who has a very evil snail? Perhaps if she see this she'll refresh my memory with a wonderful Cedric story.

Or, was Cedric the the goldfish? I know there's an evil snail story somewhere! LOL

I hope they don't find their way to Texas :^(
Marlin Gardner...you just be sure that you release any snails on the EAST side of town!!
Haley you are just as cute as your kids!!

Save the snails... I need that bumper sticker now. : D

You all make me smile reading your replies. If I find anymore, I'll always think of my goofy friends at the KT. :)

Blessings,
Haley

Lilliepad is wrong, Haley. Only you and I would do that! lolol

I think snails look good in purple, btw. What a funny idea, to cage them up like that. A friend of mine in OH found one on some lettuce and put him in the compost bucket to take outside, called him Senor Escargot. He escaped, this was like Feb, maybe. Thought he was lost forever. Woody renamed him Senor Escargone. JUST LAST MONTH- he showed up, she found him while sweeping and he had slammed his little house shut and was fine! He'd been hiding and staying warm in the cold Ohio winter. Now, tell your kidlets how SCHMART snails are!

Your family is so cute, inside and out.

We used to pour salt on slugs.

Those are so cool! All we ever get in our garden are yucky slugs. Boy, the kids at preschool would have loved those snails! Thanks for sharing your visitors.

Thought this was a pretty cute costume: ( no one I know - just from the internet)

Haley- you might want to make your little hunters some of these!

What an adorable costume!

http://www1.macys.com/campaign/cc/recipe038.jsp

This one is similar, but better looking in the photo...

http://jas.familyfun.go.com/recipefinder/display?id=50266

Here is a link that might be useful: Faux snail fun foods...