A little problem with Rocket.

[rvd]

I had Rocket since about June/July last year, but this has started to happen recently.
If this is helpful: I think Rocket was young when I got him, his Shell wasn't as developed but he wasn't a baby.

He has started to withdraw himself quickly, I spray him then he will wonder and eat for a few hours then just head back into his shell, and is not active until I next spray him, which is probably the next day or so.
Also his entire body in his shell is withrawing back, if you get me, I can literally just touch the shell from the inside, maybe even more.

Any ideas? What's going on?

[Deleted]

this sounds like the dreaded 'retraction problem'. Read this page thoroughly:

www.petsnails.co.uk/problems/retracted.html#start

[rvd]

Bathing him now. Is this a good solution?

[Deleted]

well I'm not sure if there is a solution. No snail has ever recovered.

[rvd]

But its worth trying, it says in the treatment part. Right?

[Deleted]

Well it sounds like yours is in the early stages of it...so treatments might work.

Could you take a picture of the snail in it's retracted position and when it's out? To see how serious it is.

good luck

Mike

[moonboots]

that keep happnin to mine it just best to keep em as comfortable as possible. i got one like it at the mo i not havin the best of luck lately...but good luck with Rocket fingers crossed

[rvd]

This is him normally. He will move then pull his shell, if that's normal.
I hope it is normal.
Anyway, here's your pic. If he is retracted, I'll get a quick pic then.

[Deleted]

he looks very underweight. the body is thin and the shell is big in proportion to it

and i resized the pic hope u dont mind

[rvd]

But he'll try to retreat into his shell, then think otherwise and wonder around. At the moment, he is eating and moving with ease.

[Deleted]

the problem looks quite far-gone. don't get your hopes up about him recovering. infact you might want to think about euthanasia.

sorry

[rvd]

I got up this morning, he wasn't out. So I picked him up to find he hadn't retracted.

[natasa]

What happened then?