(...) harvesting slime, shells for all types of things
Harvesting snail slime? LOL...
What can you do with slime? I'm just curious as I never imagined this.
And the shells? What are the uses of shells?
What is more profitable? The food part?
Snail slime is really good for tightening skin!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGeEEhCpl5sThe shells are a excellent source of calcium as I recall.
Most profitable part of the market I've seen thus far is the breeders and the pet markets. My snails currently aren't priced for the food market. I could be though... just seems like a lot of leg work for a 1 man band. Having fun with my stupid little snail business is first and for most. As long as I can beat the pet rock in the next 40 years I'll be fairly happy. The FEDS have been looking at deregulating state to state snail movement... if they would do that and leave the heavy restrictions about importing snails into the country *cha ching*! I could sell $10,000 worth of snails with my eyes closed and constipated if I could ship across state lines without worry of a $6.5 million dollar fine.
I still have no idea how these are allowed to be mailed.
We use USPS because Fedex won't carry them
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The key is using the 275 # bursting strength corrugated & shipping only on Monday or Tuesday because you don't want to run the risk of a package sitting in a sorting facility over the weekend... because that's how you get dead snails!
Critters you can't mail using USPS:
http://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c5_007.htmCritters you can and can't mail UPS:
http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/resources/ship/packaging/guidelines/animals.html