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Post by pinkunicorn on Oct 25, 2012 1:08:57 GMT
One of my Cepaeas seems to have a problem with his eye. The stalk is a stump and I cannot see the optic nerve inside when looking against the light.
What's the prognosis for these usually?
I got a photo, will post it once it shows up in my uploads.
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Post by gunshotglitter on Oct 25, 2012 8:02:26 GMT
I have found a one-eye Cepaea once, named him Pirate  His stalk was short and without an optical nerve inside, but a week later an optical nerve appeared and the stalk started to grow, and pretty fast I must say. In a matter of two weeks he had both his eyes, same size and moving normally. There is just a tiny little bump on his eyestalk where it was damaged. So I don't think there's anything to worry about. If it was damaged, it will regrow fast, unless he was born like this. |
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Post by vallery on Oct 25, 2012 20:16:27 GMT
Unless the area of the eye stalk is infected or something I think a snail would be fine with one eye if it doesn't grow or grow back.
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Post by vallery on Oct 25, 2012 21:10:00 GMT
Hi pinkunicorn  , You could post your cepaea eye stalk question on Join Cepaea Thread if you like. You might get some good answers as people are viewing the site a lot. vallery |
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