Over heating snail :(

[suzz]

The weather in England is soooooo hot and its great for my snails they love it and are now mostly awake and slimming everywhere. I came home yesterday to find out one of my tigers had actually over heated . Even thou I spray them twice a day too stop them from hibernating and getting to hot in this weather and they have lots of ventilation, I was wondering if anyone else has had the same problem with there's??? thanks

[Dumbledore]

I'm sorry. D:

I keep mine inside where there's air conditioning, so they're fine. You could try possibly setting up a fan, or turning up the AC? Maybe you could add an ice cube to your spray bottle and mist a few extra times a day, and provide cool hiding spots, or make it darker.

[suzz]

Thanks, I place my spray bottle in cold water for a few minutes which seems to keep too cool it down before spraying them all, I don't want to over spray them. I have two fans atm which are keeping all the munckins cool but I have never heard of snails over heating and wondered if anyone else has had this occur?? they all have hiding spots and half the tank has no soil just glass as its cool and also easy for the snail food to be cleaned up.

[Dumbledore]

Weird... I know that snails can overheat, never experienced it though.

[shaydeesnail]

Are you sure the snail over heated?
Most African snails can easily deal with temperatures of over 28°, so they should be fine on a warm day and don't really need air con. Was the tank in direct sunlight? If so, it is more important to move the tank at least partially out of the sun because of the "magnifying glass on an ant" effect that a glass or plastic tank wall can have on the snails if the sun is blazing through it.

You could use a hygrometer to help you decide if the temperature in the tank is too high, if it is normal than your snail may have had a very sudden onset of deep retraction syndrome, or some sort of acute infection that could kill suddenly before you'd have time to notice symptoms.

Hope this helped a bit!