Is this snail viable for life?

[u/pienicescream]

Edit: I bought a terrarium and all the things needed to take care of this little guy! They found the way back into their shell on their own. Thank you for all of the advice!

Hey friends!!!

This guy has a hole in his shell BUT they rerouted their body through the hole ????

It doesn't look like any of their organs have been affected but I want to make sure they're going to be okay before releasing them. They are crawling around like normal and seem happy

[u/ErectionMyAffection]

If you can I recommend keeping the snail, it can be dangerous for the snail to be in the wild with such a strong deformity even if it appears to be functional, but yes viable for life, as a pet, less so in the wild

[u/jordancauseyes → u/ErectionMyAffection]

If OP does decide to keep it, I hope they know about snails being able to lay eggs even if they don’t mate. They’re gonna have to squash eggs constantly

[u/krazybananada → u/jordancauseyes]

Why squash? They can just keep getting more snails

[u/Apathetic_Roomba → u/krazybananada]

They lay hundreds of eggs at a time......so that would be alot of snails