My experience

Our school project this term is agriculture. Different classes would be working on different aspects of agriculture; like poultry farming, aqua phonics, snail farming, livestock farming etc.

Snail farming caught my interest because there are lots of snails around where I live. I feared that these snails might become extinct someday so I decided to rear them. Since I began, it has been fun and full of adventures. I am going to share this fun and adventure with you as they unfold.

When I moved to my present apartment in a remote area in Lagos. The first thing that caught my interest was the peace and tranquility of the place. Being close to nature was an added advantage for me. However, the discovery of the snails made it all even more fantastic. The snails were everywhere; on the ground, on the walls, everywhere. Small ones, big ones, medium sizes,  but the very big ones were very few, you need to get into the bush to get those ones. Most times I picked the small ones and threw them into nearby bush wishing I would get them back when they have grown. I had a particular spot at the back of the house where I threw them.  There was this section of the fence where you could count about 50 snails at a time. However, when I came home from school one day the snails had all gone. A neighbor had picked them all. The snails were not even big enough and they had all gone into her pot, it saddened me.

Most times when I woke up in the morning and looked out of my window at about 6 am, I noticed there was a snail on  the edge of the drainage pipe. I went out and took a closer look and saw about 5 snails at the spot where I had been throwing the snails. When the school project began I decided to make a snailery for them and rear them. I gathered all 5 of them and 3 more into the pen. I began to carry out intensive research on snails and observe them too.

My snail ( Africa giant land snail)

What my snails mean to me.
Each day when I get back from school after exchanging pleasantries with my family I sit by the snail pen and study them. I have learnt a lot about them. What they eat, how they behave and the things they love. Stay with me I have a lot to share. For now they are my pets. I enjoy caring for them just like a grand creator enjoys caring us.