It's not easy being a snail.

A snails shell can be very badly damaged,sometimes so much so you fear for the life of the snail it self.But a snail can also show remarkable abilities to repair the damage.This Cepaea nemoralis even with almost a third of its shell destroyed managed to stay alive and started healing the missing part.

Snailmythbusters part III

Snailmythbusters part III,even though it starting to look more like slug mythbusters.Anyway,a while ago a story appeared in the news that caffeine was deadly for snails and slugs.And of course the media had a field day with making up headlines like:"snails and slugs prefer decaf".The basic idea is that caffeine works as a slug repellent,not coffee as such.In fact the percentage of caffeine found in coffee grounds is so low that it won't harm slugs and snails a bit.You would need a 2 % concentration of caffeine to get any results,and I do hope your coffee doesn't contain that!
Coffee grounds are not bad for your garden though,and make,when thinly spread a good mulch.
As a slugs and snail repellent it's:Myth busted.The slugs in my garden were even attracted to it and started to eat it!A good link is :Coffee and slugs

An update.

It seems that I have to do the same thing with my Achatina immaculata as what I did with my fulica's:separate them.A few days ago I removed two batches of eggs and found a batch with just hatched young snails.The problem is that immaculata's can be very persuasive when they want to reproduce.Other snails might not be too pleased with that.What I probably end up doing is put them in the converted computer monitors,of which I have quite a few still unoccupied.
The other snails in my tanks are doing well too,the young fulica's are growing fast(and need to be rehomed pretty soon),the Archachatina puylaepti I received out of Austria are now about 5 cm in shell size,the two A.reticulata's are showing new growth again,the ovum x suturalis crosses are going strong and even surprised me with one (yes that's 1)egg.
I kept it although I don't have much hope it will hatch.The other,badly growing,crosses are neither improving nor worsening.I have no idea what's going on with their growth.
Other snails.....rodatzi's looking great,they kept their shell color.
The Tigers are thriving in their tank,although it's very wet in there.Or maybe that is the reason they are doing so well.There are 17 of them,at the latest count.
Two fulica's are currently living with them,awaiting improvements on their TV-tank.

When life gives you lemons..eat them.

A slugs favourite motto can be:when life gives you lemons,eat them.Or anything is edible until proven otherwise.Everybody knows how acidic lemon juice is and how it can sting your lips.But for this Arion it's just another piece of food..never mind it has a PH of 2......