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Post by mulhawkboy on May 11, 2021 19:31:27 GMT
Hello, i was bathing my snails and i noticed they had weird bubbles on their backs, im linking a twitter post with a picture because i dont know how to post pictures here, but does anyone know what it is??? I cleaned their entire enclosure immediately and everything in it. My other snails have the same things(food etc) as these ones but theyve had nothing like this. They dont react to it being touched so it does not seem like they are in pain. Theres also super thick slime coming from them along with these bumps.
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Post by morningcoffee on May 12, 2021 8:41:49 GMT
Strange, I don't know what this could be really. I would say it could be something like a reaction to an irritant or chemicals, but I don't know why it would be appearing in just one spot on the back. If it was chemicals on food for example, you'd expect it to be around the mouth and foot, or on/around the foot if it was something in the soil. It's an odd place to have a reaction to something.
Do you handle the snails a lot? Could it be something like soap, lotion or oil on your hands not fully washed off before touching them?
Perhaps try giving them a warm bath in clean water (preferably bottled or filtered) at least once a day in case it's some kind of skin reaction and see if that helps at all.
Do you wash their food before giving it to them? What substrate are you using?
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Post by snaileyhammy on May 12, 2021 23:38:06 GMT
That is really weird! It could be like a reaction to a chemical of some sort like morning coffee said.
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Post by mulhawkboy on May 16, 2021 11:52:38 GMT
Im not sure how or if i can reply directly to a comment here, but to morning coffee, i handle them usually like once every week or every other week, it depends on how often i bathe them or if i have a friend over who wants to see them, but i always make sure to wash my hands before and make my friends do the same. I use a mix of different soils that the pet store i go to creates, they clean it and mix it themselves to make sure its nice and clean, so its always a little different each time i buy it. I also do wash their food and some of it i grow myself as well.
My smaller snails have the same food and soil buy they have not had a reaction, and those ones dont get pet at all by my friends, and my friends usually only pet them on the back of their neck, so i suspect that maybe one of my friends had something on their hands before touching them.
They are fine now thankfully and i will make sure to be more strict with mine and my friends hand hygiene
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Post by morningcoffee on May 16, 2021 14:29:06 GMT
My smaller snails have the same food and soil buy they have not had a reaction, and those ones dont get pet at all by my friends, and my friends usually only pet them on the back of their neck, so i suspect that maybe one of my friends had something on their hands before touching them. They are fine now thankfully and i will make sure to be more strict with mine and my friends hand hygiene Their other care all sounds absolutely fine, so if there are people touching them on that area occasionally then I think a reaction to something on the hands/fingers is most likely. Even something as basic as soap not fully washed off could irritate their skin, so as long as people wash and rinse their hands thoroughly before touching them, hopefully the snails won't have the problem again  |
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