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Post by moonboots on Jul 3, 2008 15:57:45 GMT
HI...i looked on the site for this problem but the link not available. My big fulica Sprout been ill for a while now, smallish body (shrunk), base of her tentacles all swollen, etc etc. It her tentacles I worried about, cos it loks painful for her  I posted a while ago, cos I wasn't sure what was wrong with her and she not really improved. I guess a pic would help? Please help!! Don't want to lose her.  |
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Post by moonboots on Jul 22, 2008 23:18:37 GMT
anyone?? the problem a bit worse now as when she first wakes up her body looks so swollen. it seems to get better after a while (apart from her swolled up tentacles) but it look so painful...and her body looks all lumpy like she got lots of adam's apples!! if i can get a pic would it help at all?? or is there anything i can do to make her even more comfortable? she gettin the best care at the mo but it not helpin not knowin what is wrong...
sorry bout the essay it just i quite worried....
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Rachel
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Post by Rachel on Jul 23, 2008 12:33:11 GMT
try bathing her in water thats been boiled with dock leaves and sage in and cooled so its a bit below room temp (cool) (remove the sage and dock leaf first ), that should help ease the swelling, the lumps sound strange, do they move around under her skin if you touch one, sorta like a piece of gravel? it could be an allergic reaction to something, but it sounds sorta like mumps (can snails get that?)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2008 13:08:17 GMT
I've never heard of this. Could you provide us with a picture?
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Post by moonboots on Jul 23, 2008 13:36:32 GMT
i'll see if i can get some this evening at feeding time. the lumps are kinda like when they eat and you see a lump moving on the back of their neck as they swallow? Just all over. She also seems a bit lethargic after waking, kinda spreads herself out and not moving. She seems to be eating though it not the dreaded retraction problem that I've been having bad luck with the past few weeks i'll post some pics tonight. |
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Rachel
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Post by Rachel on Jul 29, 2008 19:39:08 GMT
have you got the pics?
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Post by moonboots on Jul 29, 2008 19:52:25 GMT
she hates havin her picture taken!! little wotname...she hasn't changed for better or worse tho. i'll see if i can wake her, every time i se her in a good postion, the lid is closed on her tank...i open it, and in she goes and doesn't come out again. i'll post as soon as i can. i been tryin every day with no luck |
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natasa
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Post by natasa on Jul 30, 2008 7:37:50 GMT
Feed her with a variety of food, and bath her. That's my advice, I don't have any experience, but it may work... GOOD LUCK!  |
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Post by moonboots on Jul 30, 2008 14:04:15 GMT
Its funny but when i bathe her she seems to swell up even more so i'm reluctant to do so. i tried bathing her in normal lukewarm water, and water with green tea (diluted of course). you think it may be the water is too soft round here?
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natasa
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Post by natasa on Jul 30, 2008 14:50:09 GMT
hmmmm......
some pics would help....
Are you sure you feed her a variety of food? (not only ONE type of vegetables!)
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Katie
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Post by Katie on Jul 30, 2008 15:17:49 GMT
Iv heard of swollen tentacles caused by a parasite but dont no what to do about it, sorry.
also, havent heard of it being with the other things (body sweeling/resizing).
have you tryed searching on other websites?
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Post by moonboots on Jul 30, 2008 17:37:40 GMT
to natasa... yes they get offered a lot of diffrent stuff but she seems very fussy...she isn't eating much but is pooing ok  her favourite at the mo is butternut squash. I keep trying to take pics but she doesn't co operate very well! to katie... thanks for the info! i hope it isn't a parasite...i can't see anything on her so fingers crossed it isn't anyways. I'll have a go on other websites but i have found this one to be the most informative. No change in her condition as yet but she seems slightly better today. |
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coyote
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Post by coyote on Jul 30, 2008 23:17:13 GMT
If it's a Leucochloridium parasitic infection, the snail's tentacles will swell, pulsate and take on a brilliant color. This is to attract birds, which think they are worms and pluck them off, only to ingest eggs of the parasite, which mature in the bird's digestive tract and get excreted out, to be eaten by a snail and start the process all over again. (Video here: www.anglingmasters.com/10-bizarre-behaviors-of-parasites.asp, scroll down to #8, but it's kind of gross). According to wikipedia, the snail generates a new eyestalk. |
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Post by moonboots on Jul 31, 2008 11:50:49 GMT
yeah i saw that her tentacles aren't that bad ;D thank god.....but she was up and about yesterday with no sign of the swelling going down. She had it for a while now. I really gotta see if i can get some pics she looks in a lot of discomfort and I tried everything what has been suggested *sigh* she a mystery snail |
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Post by moonboots on Oct 3, 2008 19:41:24 GMT
hey everyone, i'm back after being off line for like 3 months.... sad to say that since then Sprout has passed away *sob* buried her up in a local graveyard. i have also lost my eldest, Enzo, as he was old, about 4-5 years, and their son Warlock to a retraction illness. My morale is not good at the mo very tough time for me. hope everyone is all good anyways. good to be back |
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Post by moonboots on Oct 4, 2008 1:06:05 GMT
thanks coyote *sniffs* my others all seem to be good tho. My margies are thriving in the bathroom! but don't seem to have much luck with fulicas.
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Post by cookilicious on Oct 13, 2009 22:38:06 GMT
i know its a bit late but it sounds like a liverfluke or something? just wondered what substrate u were using if its just garden soil it could be harbouring the beasties. i used to get soil out of the garden and microwave it before use to try and kill off any bacteria lol. i dont know if thats advisable really tho!!!! use bagged compost now |
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her favourite at the mo is butternut squash. I keep trying to take pics but she doesn't co operate very well!
