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Post by mcnugget509 on Feb 22, 2021 13:55:29 GMT
I'm recently a new African land snail owner and I started off with a wooden viv soon to realise it wasn't suitable due to the wood warping sooooo I got him new completely glass tank instead. He's been in there for three days now and hasn't come down from the roof at all the first thing he did was go to the roof and he's been slithering around up there since. Just wondering how long snails can go without food? Should I be worrying? He'll come down and eat when he wants, right?
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Post by morningcoffee on Feb 22, 2021 14:17:07 GMT
I'm recently a new African land snail owner and I started off with a wooden viv soon to realise it wasn't suitable due to the wood warping sooooo I got him new completely glass tank instead. He's been in there for three days now and hasn't come down from the roof at all the first thing he did was go to the roof and he's been slithering around up there since. Just wondering how long snails can go without food? Should I be worrying? He'll come down and eat when he wants, right? That's fine, snails don't eat every day (they have a digestion cycle) so he's probably just getting used to his new surroundings. It's normal for snails to sit or sleep on the roof or walls of the tank and not to spend a lot of time on the ground, as climbing off the ground and resting in higher places is a natural behaviour in the wild to protect them from predators. You can pick him up and place him on food if you want, or just let him adjust to the new tank.
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Post by mcnugget509 on Feb 22, 2021 15:39:22 GMT
That's fine, snails don't eat every day (they have a digestion cycle) so he's probably just getting used to his new surroundings. It's normal for snails to sit or sleep on the roof or walls of the tank and not to spend a lot of time on the ground, as climbing off the ground and resting in higher places is a natural behaviour in the wild to protect them from predators. You can pick him up and place him on food if you want, or just let him adjust to the new tank. Thank you so much for putting my mind at ease! Just one more quick question if you don't mind Is it okay to pick snails up off glass? He like suctions himself and I would feel bad pulling him off so I just don't do it and leave him be. Is there like a techinque to getting snails off glass I just don't know lol
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Post by morningcoffee on Feb 22, 2021 16:13:47 GMT
Thank you so much for putting my mind at ease! Just one more quick question if you don't mind Is it okay to pick snails up off glass? He like suctions himself and I would feel bad pulling him off so I just don't do it and leave him be. Is there like a techinque to getting snails off glass I just don't know lol Yes it's OK to do this carefully! If the snail is out of the shell then the best way is to moisten your hands with water, then slide a finger underneath the snail's foot (at the head end is best) and then use your finger to carefully "peel" them off the glass, while gently holding the shell with your other hand so that they don't fall. If the snail is hiding inside the shell and stuck to the glass, it's OK to very carefully and gently pull them off holding the shell. If the snails are young, take care holding the shell so that you don't damage the more fragile new growth of shell near the bottom.
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Post by snaileyhammy on Feb 22, 2021 16:37:20 GMT
^. he is probably just get used to his new home. I wish you luck with your snail!
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Post by mcnugget509 on Feb 23, 2021 12:27:12 GMT
Thank you so much, feel a lot more at ease now!! Feel like I can move him off the glass now
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