How much to feed a giant mother snail?

My mystery snail has given me 3 clutches of eggs in the past 2 weeks! She's about a inch wide and definitely has an appetite, she has been eating so much in the past few weeks after her first 2 clutches and her brand new one last night.
I don't have a whole lot of algae in my aquarium since I keep the glass pretty clean, and I do catch her munching on my pathetic carpet sometimes. So how much and how often should I be feeding wafers and boiled veg? At the moment I have some spinach and cucumber I could use. (I have hikari algae wafers if you're wondering)

 

Yes, they do have big appetites. I feed my mystery snails something every day. Spinach has more nutrients than cucumber. Zucchini would be better than cucumber too. Cucumber is mostly water. Mine get fresh veggies twice a week. I also give them mulberry or dried oak leaves at least once a week. I drop in algae wafers or veggie rounds 3 or 4 times a week. I've actually offered spinach leaves and it seems they didn't care for it. Maybe I didn't blanch it long enough for them. After a couple of days I pulled it out of the tank.

I started with one mystery snail. I allowed one clutch of eggs to hatch. That clutch produced 70 baby snails. 45 of them grew up to full grown. They are all living in my 55 gallon tank right now. I am telling you this to let you know what to expect if you allow all the eggs your girl is laying to hatch. Each clutch can contain up to about 100 eggs. Before your little girl is done she can lay 10 or more clutches. If all are allowed to mature and hatch you could conceivably end up with over a thousand mystery snails.

 

Yes, they do have big appetites. I feed my mystery snails something every day. Spinach has more nutrients than cucumber. Zucchini would be better than cucumber too. Cucumber is mostly water. Mine get fresh veggies twice a week. I also give them mulberry or dried oak leaves at least once a week. I drop in algae wafers or veggie rounds 3 or 4 times a week. I've actually offered spinach leaves and it seems they didn't care for it. Maybe I didn't blanch it long enough for them. After a couple of days I pulled it out of the tank.

I started with one mystery snail. I allowed one clutch of eggs to hatch. That clutch produced 70 baby snails. 45 of them grew up to full grown. They are all living in my 55 gallon tank right now. I am telling you this to let you know what to expect if you allow all the eggs your girl is laying to hatch. Each clutch can contain up to about 100 eggs. Before your little girl is done she can lay 10 or more clutches. If all are allowed to mature and hatch you could conceivably end up with over a thousand mystery snails.

Me and my dad grow zucchini and cucumber in our garden, thoughts on feeding kale and yellow squash?
I've somehow just become upon the realization the eggs could be unfertilized, thinking about it they probably are. I've had her for around 6 months and she's just started to law eggs 2 weeks ago. Not sure exactly how the whole sperm carrying thing works either. The oldest eggs have not turned grey yet or really changed color yet much at all. I'd keep in mind the eggs are sitting above the water and probably a lot colder, since the temp does change hatch time could they still be fertilized?
Would it be literal tank suicide for me to get a male snail for her to mate with? I really do want some babies but I feel like she could become a mother of hundreds with actual fertilized eggs.

 

Me and my dad grow zucchini and cucumber in our garden, thoughts on feeding kale and yellow squash?

Both will be good for your mystery snail(s). Be sure to remove the seeds from the squash. None of my fish or snails will eat the seeds so they just end up making a mess in the tank.

I've somehow just become upon the realization the eggs could be unfertilized, thinking about it they probably are. I've had her for around 6 months and she's just started to law eggs 2 weeks ago. Not sure exactly how the whole sperm carrying thing works either. The oldest eggs have not turned grey yet or really changed color yet much at all. I'd keep in mind the eggs are sitting above the water and probably a lot colder, since the temp does change hatch time could they still be fertilized?

It is very possible she was too young to have been with a male before you got her. I got Miss Sneller January 6th of this year. she started laying eggs about the middle of March. I pulled the first clutch of eggs off the underside of the tanks lid and placed it in an incubator. (a plastic bowl with lid and wet paper towel) and set that bowl in a warm spot. The eggs hatched in about 2 weeks. I do think they hatch quicker if they are kept warmer.

Would it be literal tank suicide for me to get a male snail for her to mate with? I really do want some babies but I feel like she could become a mother of hundreds with actual fertilized eggs.

Not really. You can control the number of snails simply by removing and discarding clutches of eggs. Miss Sneller laid a lot of eggs. I only allowed one clutch to hatch. Mystery snails are actually the easiest kinds of snails to control the population. BTW: 70 baby snails came out of that one clutch of eggs. About 45 of those 70 have now grown to adults.

I wouldn't give up on the eggs you have now hatching. I would move the first clutch she laid to an incubator and see what happens. Since you don't want to end up with thousands of baby snails you may want to go ahead and remove and discard all the others.

I discard mine by wrapping in a paper towel and crushing them. They are simply eggs, not snails yet so you are not hurting snails when you do this. I try to make sure all eggs are crushed before disposing of them. We don't want to take a chance on releasing an invasive species of snail to the wild.

 

Both will be good for your mystery snail(s). Be sure to remove the seeds from the squash. None of my fish or snails will eat the seeds so they just end up making a mess in the tank.

It is very possible she was too young to have been with a male before you got her. I got Miss Sneller January 6th of this year. she started laying eggs about the middle of March. I pulled the first clutch of eggs off the underside of the tanks lid and placed it in an incubator. (a plastic bowl with lid and wet paper towel) and set that bowl in a warm spot. The eggs hatched in about 2 weeks. I do think they hatch quicker if they are kept warmer.

Not really. You can control the number of snails simply by removing and discarding clutches of eggs. Miss Sneller laid a lot of eggs. I only allowed one clutch to hatch. Mystery snails are actually the easiest kinds of snails to control the population. BTW: 70 baby snails came out of that one clutch of eggs. About 45 of those 70 have now grown to adults.

I wouldn't give up on the eggs you have now hatching. I would move the first clutch she laid to an incubator and see what happens. Since you don't want to end up with thousands of baby snails you may want to go ahead and remove and discard all the others.

I discard mine by wrapping in a paper towel and crushing them. They are simply eggs, not snails yet so you are not hurting snails when you do this. I try to make sure all eggs are crushed before disposing of them. We don't want to take a chance on releasing an invasive species of snail to the wild.

Got it! All of your answers will be super helpful for me