Post by voxaz on Mar 23, 2020 0:05:35 GMT
(Achatina Immaculata/Giant African Land Snail)
I’ve had this guy since around 2015, he’s around 5-6 years old and he’s had no issues whatsoever other than the occasional dent in the shell from over-adventurous climbing, I have him in a large exoterra with a heat mat and good humidity, and has a balanced diet, including extra calcium based food because my other snail won’t eat cuttlebone. Before this, he was in a plastic tank with lower heat and humidity, and he hibernated every year, but stopped hibernating when he moved to this current tank. Until this year.
I’ve been waking him up at night with warm baths the past week or so, in the past that’s gotten him to wake up fully, but this time he stays awake for a night but then goes back to deep sleep. He also won’t eat, every year after waking up from hibernation, the first thing he did was eat, but I can’t get him to eat anything, not even fish food. It’s like he knows the food is there but can’t eat it.
His appearance is normal, his shell is just fading slightly underneath.
I think I know the answer to what’s going on but I don’t want to admit it to myself until someone else suggests it.
I’ve had this guy since around 2015, he’s around 5-6 years old and he’s had no issues whatsoever other than the occasional dent in the shell from over-adventurous climbing, I have him in a large exoterra with a heat mat and good humidity, and has a balanced diet, including extra calcium based food because my other snail won’t eat cuttlebone. Before this, he was in a plastic tank with lower heat and humidity, and he hibernated every year, but stopped hibernating when he moved to this current tank. Until this year.
I’ve been waking him up at night with warm baths the past week or so, in the past that’s gotten him to wake up fully, but this time he stays awake for a night but then goes back to deep sleep. He also won’t eat, every year after waking up from hibernation, the first thing he did was eat, but I can’t get him to eat anything, not even fish food. It’s like he knows the food is there but can’t eat it.
His appearance is normal, his shell is just fading slightly underneath.
I think I know the answer to what’s going on but I don’t want to admit it to myself until someone else suggests it.