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Snail set up home

SummergardenSummergarden Posts: 30
in Wildlife gardening
I have a normal garden snail which has decided to, I am assuming, hibernate on the middle of my living room window. Never known this before should I relocate it? Or leave it alone? I’ve read they can hibernate for up to 3 years!

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Inside- move it. Outside - leave it be.😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Chuck it back outside. This is the peak time of year for them to be out there breaking down the rotting plant material as it dies off for the winter. No time to be hibernating when they have work to do. 
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • SummergardenSummergarden Posts: 30
    edited October 2023
    It’s outside, on the middle of the window, been there for a while
  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,313
    Gently remove it and put it on the lawn or wherever . It’s a snail . It won’t care .
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    We removed one today as we found it munching quite happily indoors on one of the orchid plants. How it got there no idea...so outdoors it went very quickly. Amazing how much it had taken off the outer layer of the leaves before we found it.
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