Snail lost an eyestalk

[cawareyoudoin]

Hello, I am posting for the first time, looking for advice/help. My juvenile Lissachatina fulica N, who was born with two ordinary eyes, has recently not been able to use its right one. There is a white-ish patch on the surface where the eyestalk should come out of. Otherwise, it is active as normal, but the light patch worries me. Could this be some sort of bacterial/fungal infection? Does this sound familiar to anyone?

Edit: the eye started coming out again, but it's swollen and white. Hoping it will heal entirely on its own.

[Rasplutin]

Does your snail live alone? If it has a partner, maybe it was mating, something went wrong and that whitish stain is snail sperm. It should come off after a few days.

[cawareyoudoin]

Jul 28, 2024 0:00:34 GMT Rasplutin said:

Does your snail live alone? If it has a partner, maybe it was mating, something went wrong and that whitish stain is snail sperm. It should come off after a few days.

The snail was born alone, lives alone, and also I'm fairly certain it is too young to mate. Its parents have mated without trouble in the past. The light stuff doesn't come off, it looks like it's in the skin where the eyestalk should be, not on it. If it comes to it, I'll figure out how to post a picture, although it is a pain on this site...