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Post by mandywith11 on Mar 17, 2006 9:43:25 GMT
sprayed and checked snails as normal, made sure they was all ok one of them dont show signs of life, ive given him a warm spray, warm bath and still nothing hes not fully back in his shell and his body is quite hard ive put him back in the tank on the cuttlefish hoping hes just a stubborn one ideas? ?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2006 11:13:07 GMT
does he smell?
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Post by sezzy5889 on Mar 17, 2006 11:53:56 GMT
is he cold to hold?
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Post by mandywith11 on Mar 17, 2006 12:21:08 GMT
no smell and yes he was really cold when i first got him out so thats why i gave the warm bath he still hasnt moved from cuttlefish
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Post by sezzy5889 on Mar 17, 2006 12:23:07 GMT
it might be an idea to put him into his own tank and place it near a radiator, or if you can move the tank near the radiator, he may just be cold, hes not dead if there is no smell...
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Post by mandywith11 on Mar 17, 2006 12:31:05 GMT
ok ill try that thanks will post as soon as theres a change
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Post by sezzy5889 on Mar 17, 2006 12:32:21 GMT
Good luck :-)
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Post by mandywith11 on Mar 17, 2006 15:01:33 GMT
bathed him again (was cold again) set up heat mat at back of tank but didnt have polystyrene so i used cardboard, bubble wrap and cardboard to insulate hes now on cuttlefish by the heat mat body still hard and deffinatly no smell (if there was i WOULD smell it
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Post by sezzy5889 on Mar 17, 2006 15:29:35 GMT
all you can do now is wait and see what happens i'm afraid
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2006 15:37:57 GMT
i had a smithii which the body went hard and didnt move but it was still alive. it died though...
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Post by sezzy5889 on Mar 17, 2006 15:39:59 GMT
Yes that happened to one of my iradelei
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Post by mandywith11 on Mar 17, 2006 18:54:37 GMT
still no change i dont want him to die
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Post by mandywith11 on Mar 18, 2006 9:35:51 GMT
just checked snails and he had not moved at all his body is now dry hard and rubbery and theres a smell beginning ive moved him to a smaller tank just in case but im 99% certain hes dead
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Post by sezzy5889 on Mar 18, 2006 9:37:26 GMT
Oh dear, sorry to hear that, was he an oldie or just a favourite?
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Post by mandywith11 on Mar 18, 2006 9:38:12 GMT
was a young one only about 2 inches
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Post by sezzy5889 on Mar 18, 2006 9:40:02 GMT
:-(
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2006 11:17:05 GMT
awww Im sorry
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Post by mandywith11 on Mar 18, 2006 13:02:17 GMT
ok this is gross the smell has gone from noticable to putrid and liquid pouring from shell hes dead
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Post by sezzy5889 on Mar 18, 2006 15:47:04 GMT
yes, it all happens very quickly, time to say hello to the garden for him
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2006 16:23:37 GMT
I thought my snail was dead today...but he wasn't thankfully.
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Post by section8angel on Mar 18, 2006 17:44:21 GMT
Aww I'm sorry Mandy
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Post by sonicsnail on Mar 18, 2006 22:39:27 GMT
I'm so sorry to hear he died. Stripe died this week, I know how you feel.
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