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Post by meankitty on Nov 17, 2014 10:32:12 GMT
I have a 18 month old GAL with a wood near its tail I belive is a bite from one of the others this is my first experience with a wind so I'm kinda at a loss. I have seperated her into my spare tank with no subsrate as suggested and I've been cleaning the wound with cool boiled water and saline solution but it's not getting better but nether does it appear to be getting any worse. Does anyone know how long it might be before I will notice of the wound is getting better or not and if I post a pic here of the wound would anyone be able to tell me how serious it is and if there's anything else I can do for her. At the moment she's still well in herself despite the wound she's eating raping and fairly active. Please help me i dont want to lose her
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Post by morningcoffee on Nov 17, 2014 10:43:46 GMT
I have a 18 month old GAL with a wood near its tail I belive is a bite from one of the others this is my first experience with a wind so I'm kinda at a loss. I have seperated her into my spare tank with no subsrate as suggested and I've been cleaning the wound with cool boiled water and saline solution but it's not getting better but nether does it appear to be getting any worse. Does anyone know how long it might be before I will notice of the wound is getting better or not and if I post a pic here of the wound would anyone be able to tell me how serious it is and if there's anything else I can do for her. At the moment she's still well in herself despite the wound she's eating raping and fairly active. Please help me i dont want to lose her Saline solution is salt, so please do NOT keep using this on your snail! Please feel free to post a pic so we can have a look. If it's a nibble from one of your other snails chances are it isn't too bad. Snails are usually pretty able to heal this kind of wound by themselves. It might leave a white scar for a while but this isn't a worry. You probably don't need to "treat" it yourself. If your snails are biting each other, it'd be a good idea to introduce protein into their diet about once a week if you don't do this already. Wet fish flakes, boiled egg, unseasoned meat, soaked cat or dog kibble are all good sources of protein for snails. |
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Post by etana on Nov 17, 2014 10:45:10 GMT
I'm sure that a picture would be very helpful. I don't know much about snail wounds as I've only seen healed ones, but here are many snail keepers who are more experienced than me in these things and may be able to tell you how serious it is. Good luck anyway, I'm sorry that your snail is wounded and I hope he'll be okay. Edit: I see morningcoffee was quick while I was typing.  You got good advice there  |
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Post by muddydragon on Nov 17, 2014 11:19:38 GMT
Yes please post a picture.
Wounds develop a white scar sometimes they regain colour and sometimes they do not (i'll find you a picture in a moment). they can happily lose most of their tail as far as i'm aware without problems.
What species are your GALs? (if you post pictures of them all we can help with ID if you do not know). Some species such as Achatina immaculata are known to try to nibble each other.
It may suggest your snails are lacking in protein if they are starting to nibble on one another, so in the meantime i would supply all snails with some more protein (such as soaked fish flakes, soaked dog food, unspiced cooked lean mince) this will also help the wounded one repair herself.
I would consider looking at their diet to check they are getting the nutrition they need. what foods are they currently recieving?
Edit: oops sorry guys didn't see your earlier posts, i agree with all said before and sorry for the repeat of some info
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Post by muddydragon on Nov 17, 2014 11:24:51 GMT
here's an example of a healed scar on a snail (probably from previous owners pulling on the shell to pick up the snail when firmly attached to the tank):  |
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Post by meankitty on Nov 22, 2014 11:57:00 GMT
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Post by meankitty on Nov 22, 2014 11:59:51 GMT
I used an instagram link between the IMG links does anyone know why this didn't work an what I should do to get the pics on here please
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Post by morningcoffee on Nov 22, 2014 12:19:19 GMT
I used an instagram link between the IMG links does anyone know why this didn't work an what I should do to get the pics on here please You can't link to Instagram images directly using the "insert image" on forum. I've edited the post so that the links are there for people to click on instead. Hard to tell from just a picture of a shell but it's probably an Achatina fulica. |
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Post by meankitty on Nov 22, 2014 12:52:31 GMT
Thanks I'm new to instagram and thought it was like image shack so I'm going to use image shack to hopefully send a new pic of the snail with its body out so you can see both shell and body
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Post by morningcoffee on Nov 22, 2014 13:06:25 GMT
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Post by etana on Nov 22, 2014 18:20:47 GMT
Ummmm...judging from the patterns on the skin and shell, that doesn't look like a very big wound relative to the snail's size. Plus it doesn't look "open" anyway. It's a little hard to tell from the picture so I must clarify, is it leaking fluid right now? I have an old individual of a smaller specie (Arianta) who's been stepped on and he's survived, he has light-coloured scars all over. Not as bright white as that, but I'm just saying that don't expect it to grow back the skin colour it used to be. My little guy is a happy and very special individual with all his scars and strange, repaired shell. |
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Post by muddydragon on Nov 23, 2014 10:37:50 GMT
Looks like it's scared. the colour may become less white over time. As etana said as long as it's not leaking it should be fine.
The key point to stop this happening again is to make sure you add protein to your snails' diets.
I agree that it is probably Achatina fulica but we could do with seeing more details to be sure
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You got good advice there 
