disease???

[siobhanc54]

I have previously posted about the fulicas I bought being unhappy, well now it's worse. I received 5 about 6 months old, and there were also 4 babies in with them, have tried everything to make them happy and more active but hasn't worked, 2 of the larger ones seemed fine so separated them into another tank, but of the other 3 larger ones and 4 babies I've lost 3 babies and 1 of the bigger ones.
I've now come to the conclusion that it can't be how I'm keeping them as my other snails are fine and even my first 2 fulicas that are coming up to 4 months old are fine with the other 2 large ones I separated from the others.
So is it possible they were sent to me ill? or something in the post happened? they have all been eating which has thrown everything until the day before they die they won't come out and eat. I was looking at the remaining ones last night and even though they are eating they do seem skinny? One of the large ones did seem a little more active last night and the remaining baby is doing well which I'm currently putting down to eating a seed mix from dusk, I am now trying to get the remaining illish one to eat some of it I've tried giving it dry and in mash form hopefully he will try it at some point, but has anyone got any ideas what could be causing this? I am washing my hands in between dealing with snails (luckily have done this since I got them or who knows if they have got something wrong with them it could have spread to my tigers retics my margie and my albino fulicas)
There is no signs of mites and have been through the section on the main website along with other websites but I'm stumped dont want to lose anymore

[Bumblebee]

Im no expert at snails, but if you havnt seen any traces of mites, or worms, it could just be something that happened to them in the past, before you got them, wrong treatment or so. Or maybe if they are related, and have some genetic diseases that kills them off =/

It really is sad when things like this happens

[siobhanc54]

I am gutted, not been keeping snails for that long, and had been going well, researched them before I bought any, bought anything I needed before, keeping some of the more demanding species successfully and as things had been going well bought more and then disaster!

[siobhanc54]

just thought I would update, I have now lost all mentioned above apart from one small baby who seems to have made a full recovery, I thought one of the larger ones was turning around until he died 2 days ago
So out of 9 sent to me 2 perfectly fine, and 1 baby recovered (I hope) 3 babies dead and 3 approx 6 month old snails dead, they were never right from the day they arrived with no air holes in container and packed like sardines, only wanted 2 larger snails because tho others I have were very small and my nephew who is only 3 wanted to hold them but was worried he could damage them, and due to a seller sending me 7 extra I feel like I was forced to endure 2 months of worry and have 6 snails die despite all my efforts, I'm feeling quite depressed with it all.
Well anyway I still have a way to go as the baby that seems to be doing well now has suffered poor shell growth through being ill and spending time retracted so now I'm starting to pack in the calcium to her diet (was lacking before other than a cuttle fish because was trying to build her up and just keep her alive) she's making me a little more positive again now she's up and eating without my interevention and may even dare to name her soon.
The only positive point is that if the seller had just sent me 2 I may have put them in with my other snails and if it is a disease that killed them I could have lost all of my snails.

[coyote]

I'm so sorry for your loss. You did everything you could, but sometimes snails will pass away regardless. It's good that your other snails were not put at risk, though. Best of luck with the little one.

[siobhanc54]

Thanks, she's in her own little tank and I'm watching how much she eats and starting to work on her shell, she's up and about on her own now ( had to wake her up before just to get her to eat something then she would be back in her shell, had one spell where she wouldn't come out for a week and a half) she's really small for her age 3 nearly 4 months old and only 1 cm shell

[coyote]

Fingers crossed for her!

[aerliss]

Poor things. Shall most definitely be keeping any new snails I buy/adopt in quarantine...

How's the little one doing? Well I hope.

[siobhanc54]

eating and active just not growing at all at the moment