Post by spiderbakesale on Jan 14, 2017 20:43:29 GMT
I recently acquired these guys from someone else and one of them seems really bloated. I can't quite get answers through Google and it doesn't look like any of the things I've seen online so far so I'm here, asking.
He's an adult helix aspersa who, for the first week in my care, was normal. Then a few days ago I noticed he was hanging out of his shell when everyone else was sleeping. The humidity is kept pretty high, about 70%. He's on coco fiber with a fairly good diet of green leafy lettuce, kale, artichoke, Brussel sprouts, carrots, apples, potato peel, cabbage, and snail mash (taken directly from the feeding thread, so hemp seed, pumpkin seed, sunflower kernel, layer pellets, all ground up into a fine powder soaked for a few minutes before offering every few days).
He also bubbles quite a bit, which I've read is a poisoning thing, or when they get a bad taste.
Here are some pics. He seems super active and I wondered if he had recently mated with one of the other aspersa but
I'm so confused and concerned. I already lost four of the snails to the bad conditions they had been in so I'd like to prevent more losses.
I always make sure my hands are clean before handling them, and we don't use chemicals in the house so what could be happening?
He's an adult helix aspersa who, for the first week in my care, was normal. Then a few days ago I noticed he was hanging out of his shell when everyone else was sleeping. The humidity is kept pretty high, about 70%. He's on coco fiber with a fairly good diet of green leafy lettuce, kale, artichoke, Brussel sprouts, carrots, apples, potato peel, cabbage, and snail mash (taken directly from the feeding thread, so hemp seed, pumpkin seed, sunflower kernel, layer pellets, all ground up into a fine powder soaked for a few minutes before offering every few days).
He also bubbles quite a bit, which I've read is a poisoning thing, or when they get a bad taste.
Here are some pics. He seems super active and I wondered if he had recently mated with one of the other aspersa but
I'm so confused and concerned. I already lost four of the snails to the bad conditions they had been in so I'd like to prevent more losses.I always make sure my hands are clean before handling them, and we don't use chemicals in the house so what could be happening?
