Winnie survived Gut Extrusion

[ChinHeart]

This story is a 100 % real.
Winnie did survive Gut extrusion.

I was going to go to bed yesterday but first I was going to feed my two Achatina achatina pet snails. Their names are Gardenia and Winnie. Winnie had dug a pit and has settled down there, and I took her up to see if she wanted some food, but then I noticed something horrible. You can see what i saw on the photo down here.



I asked on a swedish site for all kind of animals if someone knew what this was. I had no idea, i've never heard about gut extusion before. Next morning someone had answer my question, a person that helped me and she's worth gold. She told me that it was gut extrusion and that it did'nt look good. She knew about a snail in France that had survive this horrible sickness, no one else.. I knew that this was the last day with my beautiful snail, the snail I loved with all of my heart. She was doomed to death. I love my snails, they got a heart to and I love all of my pets. They're more than snails to me, and Winnie was kind of special.
I went to her and Gardenias place and took Winnie up again. She crawled slowly out of the shell and then it had become worse. The little I saw of her gut extrusion yesterday was now even worse. And this is how it did look.



I was so scared, there's no words for it. I was shaking and crying. I did'nt want to lose Winnie! My friend on Zoonen (the swedish animalsite where I asked for help) told me that the best thing I could do for Winnie was to let her fall asleep.. forever. And I did agree, I did'nt wanted to see my baby like this.

I was going to tell my cute friend goodbye that evening, I took her up for the third time to kiss her shell. But then, something strange happened. She came out of the shell and.. where was the gut extrusion? The first thing I was thinking about was that "Oh.. it's Gardenia, wrong snail". But, Gardenia and Winnie are not looking the same. This snail, this "healthy" snail I held was Winnie. The gut extrusion was gone. I was so happy that I was crying and it was like it was'nt real. She did now look like this..









My beautiful, wonderful snail is not sick anymore. Winnie did survive gut extrusion!

Right now I'm sitting here, smiling, and I got my two Achatina achatinas Gardenia and Winnie beside me. They're eating some cucumber and Winnie is happy that she's still alive.
What ever happens now, I will always be proud of her. She did fight to survive, and she did it. She will always be special, and always loved. Gardenia is so happy that her sister did survive, I swear that I almost can see a smile on their face.
It's hard to snails to survive the horrible "gut extrusion", but it's not impossible. Winnie showed me that.

I love you, Winnie, and I will always do. <3

Thanks to Moa, on Zoonen, for all help you gave me.
Tack så himla mycket för all hjälp!

/ Lina, Gardenia and Winnie.

[SojMad]

Again, I'm so happy for you and Winnie! And I am SO glad you didn't put her to sleep before she had the chance to get well again. As I said on Zoonen, I truly hope that she keeps her health now, and that she'll get huge and old. ;D

/ Moa

[ness]

Thank you for sharing the story, I'm rreally pleased that your beautiful Winnie survived, and long may her health continue

She is one of the lucky ones. it is a hard decision sometimes whether to put snails to sleep or not.

Wishing you and your snails the very best x

[ChinHeart]

Thank you Moa and ness!
She's still looking healthy, I hope with all of my heart that she'll stay healthy forever!

[Greta]

Awwwwwww that was such a story I swear I cried I'm so pleased to hear ur baby survived this horrible illness
Long live Winnie

[coyote]

I'm so glad your snail got better! That is very rare, only the second case I've ever heard about. She is lucky!

[ChinHeart]

Thanks so much greta and coyote! I'm so happy that she did survive this, like you said coyote, it's very rare. She IS special. Im so proud of her and will always be.

[heydihoo]

Well done winnie I have lost snails to gut extrusion before survivals are rare

[iloncia]

Maybe because you wanted soooooo much for her to get better, Universe has granted your wish Those snails of yours are beautiful beyond belief.......

All the best to You, Winnie and Gardenia

[iloncia]

Winnie could get gut extrusion from pesticides and chemicals, that are sprayed on veg. It is best to give snails organic fruit and veg. if you can't find organic in your area, it is necessary to peel all your veg and fruit.

Lettuce, is among veg, that is most heavily sprayed with pesticide, so its best to avoid it, unless its organic!!!!

try not to place them on surface, that was previously sprayed with any cleaning agents or chemicals. Also if you use skin lotion or perfume, be careful, not to hold them, if you put lotion on your hands.

Hope this helps

[saki114]

That was a miracle!!!!I read this 3 times and I cried with joy!!!! Winnie is one special snail. I am so happy for you, ChinHeart!!!! Winnie is very lucky!!! !! If my snailies had gut extrusion, I would be so terrified....I love them so much!!! Long live Gardenia and Winnie!!!

[Greta]

After I read iloncias message I nearly had heart attack I've been giving lettuce to my snails all the time and the lettuce is not organic OH NO!!! Im gunna remove it now do u think it's too late now do u think my snails are gunna have this horrible disease (( please answer im gunna have a heart attack

[iloncia]

No, of course not, but once in a while snail might get alergic reaction from chemicals, such as swelling or gut extrusion. So it is better to be safe then sorry...
Besides, lettuce has got almost no nutritional value, same as cucumber, which is mostly water.
It is better to give them peeled sweet potato, peeled tomato, banana, skinned grapes, peeled carrot, etc

[ChinHeart]

Oct 21, 2011 12:34:09 GMT iloncia said:

Winnie could get gut extrusion from pesticides and chemicals, that are sprayed on veg. It is best to give snails organic fruit and veg. if you can't find organic in your area, it is necessary to peel all your veg and fruit.

Lettuce, is among veg, that is most heavily sprayed with pesticide, so its best to avoid it, unless its organic!!!!

try not to place them on surface, that was previously sprayed with any cleaning agents or chemicals. Also if you use skin lotion or perfume, be careful, not to hold them, if you put lotion on your hands.

Hope this helps

Yes, I know, but I dont think thats the reason why this happened to Winnie.
I do only feed my snails with organic food.
Thanks for information, and thanks for all!

[ChinHeart]

Oct 21, 2011 15:13:23 GMT saki114 said:

That was a miracle!!!!I read this 3 times and I cried with joy!!!! Winnie is one special snail. I am so happy for you, ChinHeart!!!! Winnie is very lucky!!! !! If my snailies had gut extrusion, I would be so terrified....I love them so much!!! Long live Gardenia and Winnie!!!

Aw, those words makes me so happy to read. I do almost wanna cry.. Thank you very very much, saki114!

[Greta]

Oh thanks for answering I was really worrying there I give them lettuce but I always give it with something else like sweet potato when I have one, apple,carrots so my snails could pick what they want to eat but mum always buys lettuce so I just give some to my snails and add some more foods with it

[foghog]

I do not look at feeding them lettuce as merely a thing about nutrition. I feel some foods are had for other reasons...maybe to get more water/moisture, maybe to help in digestion or make it less compacted. maybe to give their bodies a break from nutrition bombardment and create interactions or cravings which prompt other activity. but thats just how I look at it. others obviously feel differently and healthy snails have been grown with nutrient formuleas that are standardized just fine without any greens or lettuce at all, so that would indicate my thoughts are not wrong also...but I'm still stubborn on it. I like variety.

[ChinHeart]

Oct 21, 2011 21:46:33 GMT foghog said:

I do not look at feeding them lettuce as merely a thing about nutrition. I feel some foods are had for other reasons...maybe to get more water/moisture, maybe to help in digestion or make it less compacted. maybe to give their bodies a break from nutrition bombardment and create interactions or cravings which prompt other activity. but thats just how I look at it. others obviously feel differently and healthy snails have been grown with nutrient formuleas that are standardized just fine without any greens or lettuce at all, so that would indicate my thoughts are not wrong also...but I'm still stubborn on it. I like variety.

Yes, I like variety to. I feed my snails with cucumber and lettuce just sometimes. Other times I feed them with sweet potato, carrot and things. On my last picture there is Gardenia and Winnie eating cucumber because I was upset and just wanted to see Winnie eat something, and after that she ate some lettuce to, organic of course. And, thats their favourite I think. And as I said, I just feed my snails with organic food.

[saki114]

Thanks, ChinHeart Also, is salad lettuce (like the packaged ones) such as Fresh Express, Mesclun, EarthBound Farm, etc. organic enough to feed to snails?

[ChinHeart]

Oct 22, 2011 17:36:58 GMT saki114 said:

Thanks, ChinHeart Also, is salad lettuce (like the packaged ones) such as Fresh Express, Mesclun, EarthBound Farm, etc. organic enough to feed to snails?

Hm, I dont know what kind of salad lettuce you got where you live, I live in Sweden and maybe we don't have same packaged ones. I think you can read a text on the package if it's organic or not.

[Johnnywho]

Awww I'm glad she survived

[ChinHeart]

Oct 23, 2011 13:15:00 GMT Johnnywho said:

Awww I'm glad she survived

Thank you so much!

[iloncia]

Winnie is without question one of the most beautiful snails, i have ever seen. I love her jet black skin. I am happy for you.

[ChinHeart]

Oct 26, 2011 18:48:37 GMT iloncia said:

Winnie is without question one of the most beautiful snails, i have ever seen. I love her jet black skin. I am happy for you.

Aw thank so sooo much! That makes me so happy to hear.

[pinkunicorn]

So nice to read a story with a happy ending, like this!