URGENT Please Helpl!!

[helptoall]

i found a dorment snail who was on a place which is dangerous for him,so i tried to move him and i broke his shell,and a big piece fell of. i took it and put it back to its place,but the snail is tryin to come out from that hole instead of the normal hole. i poored alot of water on him in order to melt the paper like crust on his opnening and i took him home,hes also sliming and bubling,how can i help him? is it righ to try to glue the piece? should i let him come out from thbroken hole and let the piece fall? when i broke it the snail was doorment and glued to the wall and inside the shell i saw that his retracked deeper the where the brake accoured, so maybe he still can live like this?

[helptoall]

[helptoall]

now hes like this on the cover of the box stuck to the ciling from the broken hole and hes normal hole is on the side,the picec has fell of,should i try to put it back and to make him retract?

[helptoall]

Please someone help.. now he looks like this

[helptoall]

Ok right now i checked up on him and he was asleep,then he woke up and i think that he started to eat his shell! after a few small bites i gave him a small piece of peach and he ate it! for the first time! another thing that i noticed is that ther is now a weired membrane near the shell edges that is squishy but has a shell patters and shape,you think its the healing process?and why do you think he started to eat his shell?

[helptoall]

I got cuttlebone, but i kinda worry,it containes 5% salt and 25% calcium,i asked about additives and they told me its addiditive free,but is the minerals ok? the salt isnt dangerous?

[crockatt]

I use it all the time, no problems with it.

[helptoall]

what you use has the smae amount of salt?

[crockatt]

Have used shop bought, pre-packaged like that, so would imagine it is the same, in fact I used it all the time at first, till I discovered I could get it loose.

[helptoall]

and should i wash or boil it befor using?

[crockatt]

Nope just take off the metal bit and place it in the tank, soft side up, you can break it up if you don't want to put the whole bit in.

[helptoall]

can you check if on your cattlebone pack it sais 5% salt?

[helptoall]

a weired long musterd-blackiesh thing appered today in the box,is this his poop? its very long about 3/4 than the snail lenght when hes extract,and from where do snails poop? cuz i think it came out from near his mouth,is this ok?

[crockatt]

Yeah that will be the poop, it changes colour depending on what they eat, it always looks like it comes out near their mouth, but think it's just the route it takes when pooped.

[helptoall]

the box is smelling.. there are about five "poops" in it now,should i leave it like this or should i clean the older ones?,also hes last poop came out mostly white but some of it was black,but there is no black food in the box,it this ok?

[crockatt]

If its a new set up, he needs the poo in there for the bacteria, never clean out the substrate fully, I normally poop scoop once a week sometimes leave it longer, the poop colour is fine white will be the cuttlefish, the rest from his food and it comes in firm to slimy, don't worry about it, if your snail is active and eating, even saying that they can become in active for a dew days if they want.

[helptoall]

i think my snail is starting to astivate,but the box is very humid,how it looks like when he start to do that? and could it be hes doing it although its not dry?

[kookosmeloni]

All additive free cuttlefish bones have the same amount of salt in them. It's in them naturally and isn't harmful to the snails in any way.

[helptoall]

There are a few weired signs iv been noticing latley,wanted to hear your opinion.It looks like the sanil has some "tiks" in his antlers and eyes,hes wondering around ,then all of a sudden one of his antlers get retracked for no reason.another thing is that he has some lighter small patches on his skin,abuot three,dont know if they were before but i just noticed them now,what do you think?

Read more: petsnails.proboards.com/thread/15820/help-injured-snail#ixzz49TAHmEQe

[helptoall]

for the past few days the snail didnt eat...he only ate a little two days ago and also he stopped regenerating his shell,im kind of worried,is there a way to check wether something is wrong?

[eibhlin]

I personally can't see a thing on the pictures, they are to vague. It's better to take a pic from a distance than a close up that isn't clear.
But i also have a snail who's shell was badly damaged. I placed him in a humid tank with food and sepia. After a few days he began to grow a thin grey layer where the shell was. Over the next few days to week this grey layer started hardening out and formed a new shell. He is still recovering en his shell will never be as beautiful as it was but he's fine. Mine does eat but is less active than the smaller snails i have. I think it's based on the type of snail.

[helptoall]

you have more protein rich food i can try give him? do you know if cats food can help? i know that when people feed cats on the street sometimes snails come and eat from it,you know if its safe to try? i have an hypoalerganic food called Z/D From Hills,i also have Fish food Called Goldfish Sticks by Tetra,do you know if its good for the snail? i also know that sesame, tahini and lentils are high in proteins,what do you think?

[helptoall]

Hi, the snail hasent eaten for 3 days,and before he asteviated for 3 more days..for all that time he hasent consumed calcium as well,it looks like all he wants to do is to climb on the walls of the tank and sleep/astivate.. the tank is super humid so thats not the cause,could it be that he's biological watch tells him to astivate although its humid in his tank? its summer here and sanils are all astivating now,he also stop hes shell recovery,and that hasent progressed for about 2 weeks.the good sighns are that when in putting him back to the tank floor he wakes up looking all energetic,looking around streching and then charging on the closest wall climbing and tring to get back to sleep.Im also wondering wether the tank tempature is ok ,its pretty hot here about 28 celsius. you think i should try cooling the tank? you think he will be ok? should i let him astivate?

[eibhlin]

Maybe you can try to place him a bit cooler. If it's that hot we usually don't go jumping around either. I wouldn't pick him up if i were you. I would not risk more damage to his shell. The snail i have that has been/is recovering has a shell again. But i still don't touch it.

[helptoall]

im picking him up very gently,but you know how should i cool the tank? im thinking about putting ice in some area under the coir so it will get cooler but there will be also hotter places in case it will be to much cold for him.btw today he took a fea nibbles from a lettuce