What eats snailes WITHOUT breaking their shells?

[philg]

We're getting our snail problem under control in the garden. Well, to be honest, something else is doing it for us!! We're starting to find many MANY empty snail shells around. There are a few with broken (or completely smashed) shells which we know are the work of thrushes, but most are intact. We'd love to know who to thanks - we do have frogs, toads and hedgehogs and heaven knows what else. SO, the question is: WHAT EATS SNAILS WITHOUT BREAKING THEIR SHELLS? Thanks Phil G

[burnhal]

frogs, hedgehogs, blackbirds (they havent learned the shell breaking trick) slow-worms.

[philg]

Ahh Blackbirds eh?

We have a healthy resident population of those too!

Thanks

[marktpnb]

a vacuum hoover, haha seriously though, red ants have been known to eat slugs and snails, or birds as mentioned earlier,

[willowbee]

hedghogs certainly know how to do it...

[numptyjames]

lepord slugs they eat slugs and snailseggs and adults
(light brown or light gray with spots from the head to the saddle)
The best way to use slug pellets is buy two boxs and give them to your niegborers slug pellets are an attractor so insted bieng atracted to your plants they go next door!!!!!

[jno]

Nothing to do with snails being made homeless in the credit crunch, then?