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Post by HazelSnail on May 2, 2016 19:31:57 GMT
Hello!
A few days ago I went on a hike, and found a load of new snails! The trail I went on took me down a steep cliff next to a waterfall, and on the cliff face were many snails. They seemed to be eating the rock, what I can only assume were calcium deposits, and they were also feeding on lichen. I collected 12 snails total, one triodopsis sp, one southern flatcoil, one snail I think is neohelix sp, possibly neohelix abolabris, and the rest are in need of ID, but they are all the same species (I think). They were all found in Branson, Missouri.
Some images: imgur.com/a/usfUl
And here are some images of the possible neohelix snail, as I'm not sure on the ID: imgur.com/a/AVTCR
Thanks!
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Post by HazelSnail on Apr 30, 2016 17:07:36 GMT
Beautiful snail! It is amazing how they grow!
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Post by HazelSnail on Apr 30, 2016 17:05:37 GMT
Helix pomatia are beautiful snails
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Post by HazelSnail on Apr 25, 2016 16:19:21 GMT
That's pretty amazing! I hope he continues to improve, and has a good snail life
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Post by HazelSnail on Apr 25, 2016 16:15:19 GMT
Sorry to hear that, ambersnails do have a very short lifespan.
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Post by HazelSnail on Apr 15, 2016 20:39:18 GMT
Welcome to the forums! Helix pomatia are beautiful snails
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Post by HazelSnail on Apr 13, 2016 21:03:57 GMT
I haven't figured out how to upload pictures to a thread yet, either, but I have been using Imgur, and then linking the photos in the thread... you could try that.
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Post by HazelSnail on Apr 13, 2016 21:01:54 GMT
It certainly doesn't sound good for the poor snail. It's a very severe injury, and just going off the pictures I'd say there's some amount of internal injury as well. He's likely dead if he isn't responsive to touch, and hasn't moved in that long. It is possible that the since the death was recent, the smell may not have come about yet, but if it does in the next few hours...
As Etana said, it is very appreciated and kind of you to try and help him, as not many would bother...
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Post by HazelSnail on Apr 10, 2016 13:37:06 GMT
What beautiful snails! Sorry about that issue with the fire ants, though, that sounds awful... Reminds me of how I found my first zachrysias, who was also being attacked by ants.
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Post by HazelSnail on Apr 10, 2016 13:33:26 GMT
I agree with Wolf, he definitely looks very similar to Succineidae ambersnails. Very cute little snail!
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Post by HazelSnail on Apr 7, 2016 19:38:25 GMT
Unfortunately, there aren't any GAL sized land snails that are legal in the US. Not that I'm aware of, anyhow. But there are some very beautiful native Florida species that are legal, including Bulimulus species, Orthalicus species, Rabdotus species, and Drymaeus species, which are all tree snails. (I'm fairly sure all of those tree snails are legal, but correct me if I'm wrong..) Caracolus marginella are gorgeous land snails that are also legal, and are pretty good sized. Other legal options are local, native snails. They can be collected but just not transported across state lines, unlike the species I mentioned above.
Again, I am fairly sure all of this is right, but correct me if it is not... I'd hate to be accidentally giving out wrong information.
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Post by HazelSnail on Apr 3, 2016 14:27:16 GMT
Sounds like nematodes to me... I've been having a problem with them recently as well. It started when I noticed tiny, hair-like worms on top of the soil, they were "standing" vertically, and would wave about when I shone a flashlight on them. I suspected nematodes at first but I wasn't sure until I looked at some fresh snail feces under the microscope and saw the worms in there, too. Without the microscope, there would have been no signs of the worms in the feces. I wish I knew how to get rid of the things, but the best advice I can give is to bake the substrate as well as any décor, and rinse the tank with hot water. This seems to eliminate the nematodes on the soil, but they come back in about a week (for me at least) from the snails. If you try that and the worms don't reappear, they were probably just pot worms, as you suggested. How large are the worms? While pot worms are very small, most nematodes are smaller.
As for uploading a photo, I haven't figured out how to do that yet, so I upload the photo to Imgur, and link it in the thread.
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Post by HazelSnail on Mar 29, 2016 15:08:17 GMT
A very pretty little snail, such a brilliant yellow!
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Post by HazelSnail on Mar 25, 2016 16:11:31 GMT
The species HelixPomatia mentioned are actually legal! Some of the very few legal US species... I'm definitely going to get some when they're available!
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Post by HazelSnail on Mar 24, 2016 20:44:22 GMT
I have the best luck with snail finding under decomposing logs, and in little nooks at the bases of trees. Happy snail hunting!
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Post by HazelSnail on Mar 24, 2016 14:55:40 GMT
No problem, glad I could help!
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Post by HazelSnail on Mar 23, 2016 15:59:40 GMT
A snail should know when to stop eating, aquatic snails definitely eat a lot. My old mystery snail would clean the entire tank everyday, in addition to an algae wafer. Aquatic snails will sometimes float, so it can be hard to tell if they're alive or not. When I got my first mystery snail, I panicked when it started floating. Floating or resting on the bottom is fine, however, if their body is limp, or their operculum is loosely hanging open, then there's most likely a problem.
For cleaning gravel, or marbles in this case, I use a thing called a gravel vacuum, it works very well, and they are sold in most pet stores. For smaller tanks, I have improvised with a turkey baster, which works about the same but takes too long to use with large tanks.
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Post by HazelSnail on Mar 23, 2016 13:49:22 GMT
Welcome to the forum, and to snail keeping!
Snails definitely have a personality, and I have found that they do seem to be capable of small amounts of learning. There's a great thread somewhere on here about observed snail behaviors and snail owner's opinion on their intelligence. But other than that, I haven't been able to find much in the way of studies or papers written. The closest thing to a snail intelligence study that I have found was with the semi aquatic marsh periwinkle snail, and how they can tell the difference between the trail of a predatory snail (like a conch) and that of a harmless snail, like a mud snail. These snails also grow their own fungus, which shows some amount of intelligence.
I don't know anything about GALS unfortunately, as they're illegal here, but I'm sure someone else knows.
As for the white feces, many of my snails do that after they eat a lot of cuttlebone. It is possible for a snail to get too much calcium, but only if their food is mixed in with calcium. Otherwise, they know when they've had enough.
EDIT: here is a link to the thread I mentioned... petsnails.proboards.com/thread/10527/snails-clever
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Post by HazelSnail on Mar 21, 2016 20:01:35 GMT
Perhaps he likes the new substrate better, and took up digging? I'm not sure, 17 days is quite a while. If you're worried, you could try sifting through the soil to see if he's burrowed. I do that every few weeks, just to check on all my snails and make sure they're all okay.
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Post by HazelSnail on Mar 20, 2016 20:51:50 GMT
I agree with HelixPomatia on the genus listed , and to specify even more, species #4 is pretty much identical to a snail I have, a meson thyroidus or toothed globe, shell shape, opening, and "tooth" seen in the photo showing the shell opening all line up.
Great finds!
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Post by HazelSnail on Mar 17, 2016 23:29:39 GMT
With the weather warming up in my area, I have been out looking for snails, and have found a few. By a few, I mean two so far haha. I think that they are both the same, so I will just link pictures of the one. I've been meaning to post this for about a week, but keep forgetting A top view of it's shell, it is the one next to the little microsnail. It has some very faint striping http://instagram.com/p/BCtWpV4wMeK A side view of it, with its body out: http://instagram.com/p/BCva12EwMUd And another top view of it, next to a ruler (in inches) http://instagram.com/p/BCva7ApQMUn I found it under some leaf debris, at a park in southeastern Ohio, where I also find mesodons, queen crater snails, and lots of tiny snails.
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Post by HazelSnail on Mar 10, 2016 0:44:00 GMT
Hm, if it's unfazed by poking, maybe try gently pushing it, or turning it upside-down, so that when it tries to right itself, it has to come through the correct opening. I had this same issue recently with a zachrysia porsovia who had eaten a hole in his shell to get at parasitic mites. Anyhow, the hole got very large and he started to come out of his shell the wrong way, but fortunately gentle poking did the trick for him.
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Post by HazelSnail on Mar 7, 2016 15:33:55 GMT
Not sure if it's just me, but when I click the links all that shows is a black screen with "imgur" at the top
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Post by HazelSnail on Mar 6, 2016 15:34:28 GMT
Very pretty snails! Congratulations on your new squishies!
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Post by HazelSnail on Mar 6, 2016 5:45:52 GMT
My snails will occasionally sleep outside of their shells with their antenna retracted, as long as the tank is humid enough, it's perfectly fine. It does look pretty weird, though. Some snail species do have shells that look small for their body size (I think some ambersnails can't retract at all?), and some do have a membrane that curls around the shell lip. If you posted pictures of your snail, someone could probably help you to identify it, and see if that's the case, or if it's something else, like a mantle collapse. As long as he has access to cuttlebone or some other calcium source, I think his shell will be alright
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