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Post by anjieburdett on Jun 29, 2005 17:02:59 GMT
AH Sorry Paul, you did your best and thats all you can do.
Anjie,x.
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Post by Emma on Jun 29, 2005 17:58:22 GMT
hmm difficult to answer whether the snail would still prove to be a danger to others. seems u have two senarios with sick animals. there are some diseases from which they completely recover and once recovered they prove no risk to others. I think probably 95% of the time this is the case as for the snail to recover it would have to beat the disease out of its system, thus removing any dangerous pathogens. I think occasionally a virus may remain in the system and be combated by an increased immune system. In this case the snail would be potentially a risk to others. But, i do think this is highly unlikely as in most cases the animal would die if it was unable to overcome the virus. I personally would probably think its OK to put the recovered snail back, thou it might be wise to give a time of quarentine after recovery to make sure there is no recurrance. Thats a real shame to hear that ur snail died.. I hope that u will be able to do something for the other poorly snail
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Post by Paul on Jun 29, 2005 19:09:26 GMT
My remaining ill snail has just been eating which is a great sign. My fingers are crossed so tightly I'm practically a contortionist. I think if it recovers I will keep it in the hospital tank for a lot longer. And I think I will clean them all out and put one snail in with the recovered one. Sounds bad, using one to test if it is contagious or not but it is better than popping him back in with a tank full of snails.
paul
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Post by Emma on Jun 29, 2005 19:59:19 GMT
I aggree with u on that one. its a difficult one.. if the snail recovers its probably 99% likely that it will be fine with other snails. On the other hand I would feel pretty worried testing that theory out. one ill snail has to be better than 20 ill snails.
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Post by Bessica on Jul 17, 2005 10:24:03 GMT
Hello there, I have been reading these forums with great interest. I have got 2 GALS, Stan and Lorretta (Monty Python reference!). For the last month, Stan has barely eaten any food and rarely drinks. He stays far up in his shell and I have put him in warm water to entice him out. However, Lorretta is a picture of health. She eats LOADS of food and is growing rapidly. I have kept a record of their weights since I bought them. Now, Lorretta is 186g and Stan is 75g! He's lost 30g in a month! Yesterday, I put Stan on my hand and tried to get him to eat something. It looked like his tongue/beak type thing (can't remember the name!) was missing. I can clearly see it on Lorretta when she is eating. Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon, or am I being ridiculous?! Could that be why he's not eating??? Poor Stan...
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Post by bookitten on Jul 17, 2005 11:00:00 GMT
We had some talk on this either here or on cybersnail [another group]. Hmmm... when you say this, it sounds alot like a snail this teacher had. It stayed way way back in his shell and rarely came out. And rarely ate . I cant remember who it was who had a snail who also had what looked like a broken mouth , but maybe they will see this message and reply. sorry I cant be of more help
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Post by anjieburdett on Jul 17, 2005 13:29:38 GMT
Sophie, I think it was Paul that had the fulica with what he thought was a broken 'radula!!' hehe.
Anjie,x.
p.s. welcome Bessica, you'll have fun here its a good group.
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Post by Paul on Jul 17, 2005 16:14:32 GMT
I had the snail but I was just asking how do you spot a broken radula. Christabel mentions a broken radula on here: www.geocities.com/sarkymite/snails/research.htmlBut I never did find out what I am looking for, I suppose it is obvious if it happens. Bessica, if yours has a broken radula it doesn't look good. Unless it can hang on long enough to heal somehow, I'm not sure that is possible. Any chance of a picture? I'd love to see it and it'll help us all immensely. We need to keep documenting things like this, while we have the chance. I hope he pulls though! I'm not sure this will help but you could try liquidised food. The radula contains many teeth to scrape food, without which they can't eat. But they may still be able to swallow some liquidised food.
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Post by Bessica on Jul 17, 2005 22:02:22 GMT
Ah, radula, that's it! Thanks for your help everybody. I shall try him with liquidised food and see what happens. But when I checked him earlier, he was even further up his shell. It's not looking good. Paul, I would take a photo, but my camera is not the best! If I can borrow one, I shall see what I can do.
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Post by natrat84 on Jul 18, 2005 7:35:49 GMT
Aw Bessica Just want to say I hope he gets well
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Post by Bessica on Aug 14, 2005 18:55:42 GMT
Hello, Just thought I'd update you on my poorly snail. I have now isolated him in a smaller tank. For the last week I have put him in a saucer of warm water every night and surrounded the edges with mashed up food. He is still very reluctant to eat but has, for the first time in 2 months, put on 2 grams! Fingers crossed for an improvement
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Post by natrat84 on Aug 15, 2005 3:55:13 GMT
Hiya Gaining 2g is better than gaining none I hope he starts to do better really soon though. The warm baths work well so keep going with that. Fingers crossed for him and you. Nat
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