am i doing anything wrong with my snails?

[snaileyhammy]

Hi there!

I completely understand your concern for your snails, and I assure you everything will be just fine! I would also like to say I think you are an amazing snail parent, keep up the great work! First, your snails could be becoming inactive for a number of reasons. But first, I would just make sure that their enclosure is the correct humidity and temperature, like you said. You can put a little thermometer or hygrometer in there to measure the humidity and temperature, and that might help you regulate it a bit better. It being winter probably is not effecting them, unless the cold is getting to them. They could be inactive for other reasons, but I will link a page that can tell you more about that at the bottom. Overall though, your care for them sounds amazing!

As for the babies, the clutch that your snails laid sounds pretty small. It could be that these babies are runts, but since they have already hatched, just keep raising them and see what happens. Baby snails usually do not eat much, and the rate that they are growing sounds ok to me. Just keep feeding them, and watching them, and see how their growth goes, etc. It also could be that the other two got through the lid, but they couldn't have got far. Search every spot in their tank, and then search every spot around their tank. Hopefully you find the other two!

I think that is all I was going to tell you, but let me know if I missed anything, or you have any more questions! I am hoping that things improve, so keep me updated!

Here are the pages I told you I would link, that will tell you more about inactivity, etc. Feel free to explore that website, it has tons of useful information that might help you!

snail inactivity: www.petsnails.co.uk/problems/inactivity.html#start
snails selling up: www.petsnails.co.uk/problems/sealed-in.html#start
snail shell growth: www.petsnails.co.uk/problems/bad-shell-growth.html#start

[norassnails]

Thank you so much!
It's really reassuring to hear that from you. When I get around to it I probably will purchase a hydro/thermometer.

Today I put in a little miniature humidifier I have for my room in the tank for about 30 minutes. While it was going, all the snails looked super active/alert! It's been a while since I took it out, already the walls are not slightly foggy like they were and all of them are sleeping. I know that it is normal for snails to rest...I will probably do the short humidifier thing again soon. Is there a reason that they love to sit on the glass walls? Or do they just like it?

Yes, the clutch was very tiny. When I was observing them in the baby enclosure, it seemed like all the significantly smaller ones died off naturally (I still have one significantly smaller than the rest). I was glad that happened because I didn't want to cull off most of that clutch of eggs that was meaningful to me. I haven't found the other two around the tank, so hopefully they're just hiding!

Anyways, thanks again! 🐌🐌🐌

[snaileyhammy]

Of course!

I am so glad the humidifier worked well for them!! And yes, snails just love to hang from the walls of their enclosure. And I completely understand, culling is a very very hard thing to do, and I don't think anybody should be pushed to do such a thing if they are not comfortable in doing so. If a bad clutch ends up hatching on accident, it's alright, just raise them the best you can! Many of the babies will die young, which is sad, but just the way it will go sometimes. The best thing you can do for them, is take care of them, and give them the best life possible, regardless of how long they survive! You are doing just that, and I am so glad! Let em know if you ever need anything else or have any concerns!