Broken shel complex problem

[helptoall]

Hi, ivr found a snail with a broken shell who has a big "hole" . when ive found him i saw all the mantel and lungs up to the heart. when ive found hin the mantel was"in place" under he "hole" and his foot and head came out from the opening of the shell. Now, a few hours later. his mentle is withdrown and the lip of the mentel is no longer near the lip of the shell.. its hard to explain but the snail is coming out from the hole instead of the normal opening. Im thinking what the best thing to do? first option is to let it be and just kipping him in a moist box with food and calcium, the secound is to brake all the shell pices that under the place where the mantel is ending, the third option is to try and fix the hole with eggshels.



here are some photo, please help and adise!

[simple]

That's one nasty injury. As you said keeping it moist and giving it a lot of calcium is extremely important, but from my experience you shouldn't try to fix the shell yourself, I've killed many snails trying to fix their shells manually.
I don't want to sound pessimistic but it's unlikely it'll survive, I've seen snails die from smaller injuries.

[helptoall]

Jan 10, 2019 12:58:00 GMT simple said:

That's one nasty injury. As you said keeping it moist and giving it a lot of calcium is extremely important, but from my experience you shouldn't try to fix the shell yourself, I've killed many snails trying to fix their shells manually.
I don't want to sound pessimistic but it's unlikely it'll survive, I've seen snails die from smaller injuries.

Do you think i should brake some of the piecese? it seems to cause him alot of pain, his mantle is being squished and scratched on the shell.. he's bubbling alot.. i think that removing those pieces of shell up to where he is coming out from will save him alot of pain

[simple]

Tbh I've never seen an injury like this before, I don't know what is best. Unfortunately the snail is unlikely to survive either way so you could try to carefully break the shell's "lip" and hope for the best.

[Liguus]

Yeah this is pretty rough. Coaxing it back in gently and covering the break would be the best option. Personally I have just superglued eggshells sometimes, but there is also that plaster method, and I've also seen people have success with cellophane tape + superglue. This damage may be irritating, but I don't think breaking off more of the shell off will help anything at this point.

If you are going to attempt a repair procedure it may also be useful to let him eat some oats soaked in beer/sit in some beer for a while to get drunk and therefore less sensitive. It will reduce the shock of trying to just cram him back in as he is now.

[helptoall]

ive decided to brake the shell.. it was befor i read ur posts and i did beacause he was in alot of pain,bubbling alot.. after i did he seems better, he is no longer bubbling and the mantle in a more suitible psoition. the last 2 days he did alot of shell growing, but in a very weired shape. its like a big growth ,that covered with a thin hard white layer. he still didnt eat at all..

[helptoall]

[helptoall]

Its been 8 days now since i took him. He seems better he started to eat 3 days ago. he is continuing to regrow his shell.but there is something, sometimes a part that he already grew back is turning to soft tissue again {or dissolving} its happening with 2 other rescued snails i have{ though the others are in a seperate tank} do you know what is it? could it be due to over humidity? or not clean enough enviroment?