jacob31896xd
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Post by jacob31896xd on Feb 10, 2015 15:13:50 GMT
Hi, my favorite snail is not very active (not dead) i can wake him up by spraying him with fresh spring water, granted it is winter so that could be it
but i do see he is more active in the night, i do see him awake in the day sometimes, i did see him awake today
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Post by etana on Feb 10, 2015 15:50:52 GMT
It's normal for snails to be nocturnal (active at nights). It's nothing to worry about but you can't force them otherwise, they'll just go back to sleep when left alone.  |
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jacob31896xd
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Post by jacob31896xd on Feb 10, 2015 16:01:19 GMT
etana thanks for the reply, is there any way i can make him active in the day not night? (BTW im typing with 1 hand because my snail (the inactive one) is crawling on my right hand lol)
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mangoandlemon
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Post by mangoandlemon on Feb 10, 2015 17:12:54 GMT
Lol I was doing that with my slug last night.
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jacob31896xd
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Post by jacob31896xd on Feb 10, 2015 19:19:26 GMT
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mangoandlemon
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Post by mangoandlemon on Feb 11, 2015 0:18:36 GMT
Ya
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Post by etana on Feb 12, 2015 18:04:56 GMT
Jacob, I suppose you could bug your snail all day and thus keep him awake, but that wouldn't be fair to a pet in my opinion. Sometimes snails' sleep routines seem to change with season, hope that'll happen with your snail. |
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Post by muddydragon on Feb 12, 2015 21:59:05 GMT
bothering them to keep them awake all day is unlikely to have much effect (other than to train them to associate you with bad things and make them less social).
generally there's not a lot you can do. you can feed them earlier and earlier in the evening and sometimes this will tempt them to shift their clock slightly.
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mangoandlemon
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Post by mangoandlemon on Feb 13, 2015 17:18:04 GMT
I get my slug out every day for a bath do you think that bothers him? Thanks!
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Post by morningcoffee on Feb 13, 2015 17:36:53 GMT
They don't really need daily baths.
If you need to wake them, doing it in the evenings when slugs & snails would normally be waking up is the best time.
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mangoandlemon
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Post by mangoandlemon on Feb 14, 2015 0:28:30 GMT
I know they don't need them but i was paranoid that he would dry out. I didn't know that waking them bothered them though.
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Zorst
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Post by Zorst on Feb 17, 2015 9:09:45 GMT
Why not leave a shallow container of water in his tank? That way they can bath if they want. It also helps keep the tank humid. I do this and the snails all love to use there baths some even take there dinner or the cuttle fish bones in with them so they can bath n eat at the same time.
This way I only give them a bath once a week or so usually when I'm doing the main tank clean outs.
Zorst
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mangoandlemon
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Post by mangoandlemon on Feb 17, 2015 13:44:09 GMT
Ok I'll try that!
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