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Recently, our pet Giant African Land Snail had to be put down recently. He was getting ahead in years and was feeling quite unwell, so we decided it would be more humane to euthanize him before he felt any worse.
I know that when I told people I had a pet snail it sounded a bit odd, considering Giant African Snails are considered pests in many countries, but we loved him all the same.
We bought him about 8-9 years ago while buying food for our late dog, Maddy - so, yes, he was practically an impulse buy, but we loved him none the less. Also, possibly because of Gabe, my sister and I grew to love the Spongebob episodes that featured Gary the snail because of Gabe. I know that my review of that horrible episode 'Pet Sitter Pat' was one of the first times a lot of people heard I had a pet snail, but, yes - among with all of the other reasons why that epsiode is so horrid, it was very uncomfortable watching someone's pet snail being chased, put in constant pain and threatened with salt. It.... did not leave a very pleasant image in my mind - neither did 'A Pal For Gary'.
He moved with my sister when she moved house, but he often came over to ours to pay us a visit. He really enjoyed it when we held him, when we gave him lettuce and cuttlefish and when he moved around his tank, we enjoyed watching the ripples on his belly when he moved around.
The photo shown here is about 8 years old - the first photo I uploaded with him in.
RIP Gabe, you shall surely be missed.