Abstract: The effects of different food types and apartment conditions (dry and damp) on the growth performance of the African giant land snail Archachatina marginata during dry season were investigated. Juvenile Archachatina marginata (n = 54±0.8 g) were randomly grouped into three snails per group for three replicates in each diet treatment and apartment conditions. The snails were randomly stocked in plastic baskets with lids filled 15 cm thickness with loamy soil. The different diet treatments were: diet treatment I 20% crude protein diet; diet treatment II papaw leaves (Carica papaya), diet treatment III papaw leaves (Carica papaya) plus 20% crude protein diet. Each of the diet treatments was fed to the experimental snail at 2% body weight once daily for 70 days in each of the apartment setting. At the end of 70 days of the study, body weight gain of Archachatina marginata fed 20% crude protein diet and those fed papaw leaves + 20% crude protein diet were positively influenced (p< 0.05) than those Archachatina marginata fed papaw leaves. The results from both apartment conditions revealed that damp condition in experiment 1 due to water application influenced the body weight gain of Archachatina marginata to increase daily throughout the study period while those in dry apartment lost body weight. Archachatina marginata reared on dry apartment condition had mean mortality of 18% while those reared on damp apartment recorded 0% mortality.