davide
Achatina fulica
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Post by davide on Aug 12, 2010 14:12:37 GMT
hi, I'm italian so... sorry for my english. I have 3 achatina (fulica? - i'm not sure, have been abandoned and I have adopted) at one of these is appeared a very strange protuberance from the mouth. Someone say it's a prolapse (?) here a picture > www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=ty48ctaptv3tpwmsomebody can help me? thanks |
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Post by lee2211 on Aug 12, 2010 17:05:35 GMT
I'm sorry to say this but...
It could be gut extrusion, there's a sticky thread in Pest, Illness and Disease and it seems that insofar there is no cure, and all snails with it are put to sleep to end their suffering.
I'm terribly sorry, it's not very nice at all.
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coyote
Archachatina papyracea
Cochleas ego amo
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Post by coyote on Aug 12, 2010 21:25:19 GMT
It looks like gut extrusion to me. I'm so sorry for the bad news, but it is fatal, and it's best to euthanize the snail as soon as possible because it can no longer eat.
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davide
Achatina fulica
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Post by davide on Aug 13, 2010 11:27:28 GMT
Thanks to all.
Yes, I suspected. I had already asked in Italy (a forum like yours), and the response was the same, so I tried to ask another opinion...
Today I asked an expert in cold-blooded animals the "best way" for the euthanasia. Him opinion is the freezer... it causes a kind of lethargy without return.
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Post by lee2211 on Aug 21, 2010 11:25:37 GMT
Thanks to all. Yes, I suspected. I had already asked in Italy (a forum like yours), and the response was the same, so I tried to ask another opinion... Today I asked an expert in cold-blooded animals the "best way" for the euthanasia. Him opinion is the freezer... it causes a kind of lethargy without return. Agreed, we've been trying to think of different ways to do it. But the freezer is the only way we can think of right now without doing experiments ect. |
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