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Post by chriswade on Jul 30, 2008 18:32:47 GMT
looked in my gal snail tank today and one of them is completely out of her shell. all her insides and everything over the floor. all the others are fine. whats caused this and what should i do?
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Post by moonboots on Jul 30, 2008 21:15:55 GMT
what species is she??
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Post by chriswade on Jul 30, 2008 23:20:06 GMT
a fulica
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Post by moonboots on Jul 31, 2008 14:17:59 GMT
i really can't think what would have caused that...is the snail very old? have you looked it up on the website? I don't think there would be much chance of it living  i very sorry...is she still with us today? |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2008 17:12:55 GMT
That's very unusual, do you know how it could've happened?
The snail will definitely die.
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natasa
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Post by natasa on Aug 1, 2008 7:28:13 GMT
Maybe it's gonna live if you put it in a moist area... But for how long?
How it's going today?
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Post by donut on Aug 1, 2008 7:45:13 GMT
this happened a week or so ago to my friends Fuli (i posted a help on here) her fuli was less than 8mths old  the kindest thing is to freeze the snail as i was told - they cannot live outside the shell & i dont like to think of them hurting so sorry |
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natasa
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Post by natasa on Aug 1, 2008 9:17:18 GMT
I agree...
I'm sorry...
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Post by chriswade on Aug 3, 2008 20:37:41 GMT
its ok it dint really suffer. i put it out of its misery pretty much straight after starting this thread after finding out they cant live without the shell. seemed unfair so i think i did the best thing . no idea how it happened. all the others are fine. |
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jude
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Post by jude on Aug 3, 2008 21:14:17 GMT
That's really sad and must have been horrible to see.
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natasa
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Post by natasa on Aug 8, 2008 5:00:54 GMT
Oh... I'm sorry...
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Post by chantal on Aug 8, 2008 10:45:24 GMT
I think that snail has attracted some very bad virus and need to be separated from the others at once
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Rachel
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Post by Rachel on Aug 8, 2008 14:42:22 GMT
i'm so sorry
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sandie
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Post by sandie on Aug 8, 2008 21:02:28 GMT
Sorry to read about your Snail. You did the most humane and kindest thing, though. Kudos to you.
Just keep a close eye on the others for a while, and I would advise you to clean out the tank, just in case.
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Post by shannon on Aug 20, 2008 20:40:34 GMT
How awful - hope others are fine
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monday
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Post by monday on Sept 3, 2008 18:36:46 GMT
not been online for ages and only just seen this. I'm sure it#s not a virus or anything contagious, it sounds like a very bad mantle tear...the muscle that keeps the snail in it's shell. It's usually caused by a fall or because the snail is in poor health or old etc.
Happened to one of mine...I saw it happen too. It was under the other two and decided it would have a climb up the side of the tank...and took the other two with it. The weight of the other snails caused the mantle to tear slightly and the shell was hanging off. I put it in a shallow tank where it couldn't climb about much and a few weeks later it was fine and dandy again.
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Post by lizzie97444 on Sept 6, 2008 8:30:22 GMT
ooohhh..
That's good to know Monday
it went fine...
Soo soryy to hear about the~....
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i very sorry...is she still with us today?
