Found this under snail farming:
Snail meat is high in protein (37-51%) compared to that of guinea pig (20.3%), Poultry (18.3%), Fish (18%), Cattle (17.5%), Sheep (16.4%) and Swine (14.5%). Iron content (45-59mg/kg), low in fat (0.05-0.08%) and contains almost all the amino acids needed for human nutrition. In addition to the nutritional value of snail meat, recent studies indicated that the glandular substances from edible snails cause agglutination of certain bacteria, which could be of value against a variety of ailments including whooping cough. In folk medicine, the bluish liquid obtained when the meat has been removed from the shell is believed to be good for infant's development. It is believed in some quarters that snail meat contains pharmacological properties of value in counteracting high blood pressure.
Not to say that a ramshorn snail would match this, but I still think there's adquate nutrition in snail flesh to add some to a balanced loach diet. The loaches LOVE them! My loaches don't have to eat the snails, I'm certainly feeding a variety of foods, and as I said they get either bloodworms or white worms every day.....yet they still consume snails.
Snail meat is high in protein (37-51%) compared to that of guinea pig (20.3%), Poultry (18.3%), Fish (18%), Cattle (17.5%), Sheep (16.4%) and Swine (14.5%). Iron content (45-59mg/kg), low in fat (0.05-0.08%) and contains almost all the amino acids needed for human nutrition. In addition to the nutritional value of snail meat, recent studies indicated that the glandular substances from edible snails cause agglutination of certain bacteria, which could be of value against a variety of ailments including whooping cough. In folk medicine, the bluish liquid obtained when the meat has been removed from the shell is believed to be good for infant's development. It is believed in some quarters that snail meat contains pharmacological properties of value in counteracting high blood pressure.
Not to say that a ramshorn snail would match this, but I still think there's adquate nutrition in snail flesh to add some to a balanced loach diet. The loaches LOVE them! My loaches don't have to eat the snails, I'm certainly feeding a variety of foods, and as I said they get either bloodworms or white worms every day.....yet they still consume snails.
