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Post by Snail Lover. on Mar 26, 2009 22:04:28 GMT
OMG guys i really need your help i cleaned my 5 fulicias out on wednesday theres a tiny baby whos smaller than a 1p and 2 snails who are both the same size 2p size, and a fully grown fulicia and half grown fulicia, and one of the 2p size oens has gone! i checked today i couldnt find him ive looked under all the soil in all the toys and everywhere the lids very secure has gaps, could he have been eaten by the bigon? ( i dont think he escaped and when i say ive searched everywhere i mean everywhere ive took all the decoration and everyhting out and undug all mud and moss, shes nowhere  , im so sad does anyone know where she could be? ( and im so stupid but i had a plastic box in there full of food i chucked the food out of the window because it was going off, and i dont know if he might of been in there! i dont think he was but he might of been, i looked in the outside grass where i threw it out and can see the food but no baby snail!!! its pitch black so i couldnt see much with only a small torch, if she is outside will she surive another day? Just really need help, comment please i need help and advice and very fast!!! Thanks,! Renamed - CroSSLeSS |
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Post by Snail Lover. on Mar 26, 2009 22:05:19 GMT
i mean has no gaps*
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coyote
Archachatina papyracea
Cochleas ego amo
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Post by coyote on Mar 26, 2009 22:46:08 GMT
Have you looked around inside? Once my milk snail disappeared out of the tank when I had the lid off for 5 minutes. Mr Coyote and I looked everywhere and couldn't find him. The next day we found him among the leaves of a houseplant right next to the tank.
I hope you find her!
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Post by Snail Lover. on Mar 27, 2009 7:19:22 GMT
Yep, i checked around the tank, outside,in the tank, shes just nowhere, im sure my big fuli could of eaten her but i cant imagine he would :/ i feel so bad thinking shes somewhere dead or alive and i cant help her . |
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kanin
Achatina immaculata
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Post by kanin on Mar 27, 2009 9:47:40 GMT
I don't think your bigger fulica could have eaten her and if that would be the case I think it would have left the shell to find. At least this is what I've observed from slugs eating snails.
Escaped snails tend to appear again after a few days and I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you finding him
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Louise
Achatina achatina
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Post by Louise on Mar 27, 2009 10:02:19 GMT
I really hope you find her. Sorry I'm of no real help as you say you have looked everywhere for her. Try not to get to upset just yet for her she may turn up in a day or so good luck.
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Rachel
Archachatina puylaerti
They see me snailin'
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Post by Rachel on Mar 27, 2009 12:25:50 GMT
try leaving some food near the tank so she'll be drawn to it, hopefully she'll go to it for a good munch and then you can find her. I hope you will find her soon
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Dusk
Achatina tincta
In ur viv stealin ur snailets
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Post by Dusk on Mar 27, 2009 13:03:56 GMT
Can't offer any advice that hasn't been given already, but I'm crossing my fingers for you! I do hope she finds her way back to you.
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Post by Snail Lover. on Mar 27, 2009 14:57:36 GMT
Thank you all for your advice and greetings, i hope i find her too, im sure she hasnt escaped the lids very secure :/ and i cant find her in the tank, i just cant think how she could of got out of where shes gone( its bin a day or 2 now so im hoping to find her soon so that she can live hopefully, any ideas on how or why she got out? and where shes gone? its so trange i thought she wud be sleeping somewhere but she just hasnt turned up ill let you know if i find her! x Thanks.
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Post by Snail Lover. on Mar 27, 2009 15:39:23 GMT
I found saphire, and now everyones going to think how terrible i am with snails, but she was over the fence in the woods next to my house i must of thrown her out with the food i didnt think she was in there, and shes got a cracked shell at the very front its a bit bad but she doesnt smell or look dead but shes not out of the shell, shes pushed right to the back, ive put her in a little tub with moist soil moss and cumcumber, and bathed her, will she be ok?!
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Dusk
Achatina tincta
In ur viv stealin ur snailets
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Post by Dusk on Mar 27, 2009 15:47:31 GMT
She's probably in a doze because the temperature outside is too cool for her - back in the warmth of her home she'll start to pick up a bit. Make sure she's got lots of calcium and food close to her so she doesn't have to go far to eat and keep an eye on her. Keep bathing her in warm water to encourage her to come out and spray her with warm water. Let's face it, tiny snails are easy to misplace. I have a vivid memory of coming up one short and digging through the rubbish bin to find the tiny baby snail still happily chomping the bit of cucumber I'd thrown out  When you've done it once, you learn from it and pay extra care to see it doesn't happen again. Yours has been on quite an adventure, but she's safe now and that's what matters. |
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Post by Snail Lover. on Mar 27, 2009 15:52:24 GMT
 thanks, but her shell at the edge is nearly coming off i managed to use a plaster of some sort but shes still not coming out the shell apears to have a few major cracks but ive treated them to the best i can. shes been outside all night, i hope she'll come round. |
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coyote
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Cochleas ego amo
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Post by coyote on Mar 27, 2009 19:41:39 GMT
I'm so glad you found her. I hope she pulls through. |
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vicki
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Post by vicki on Mar 30, 2009 20:29:24 GMT
AWWWWWWW! I really feel for you because your so genuinly worried!!!!
Thank heavens you found her, thats the main thing! I hope she pulls through, but even if she doesnt pick up, at least you have her home and can help her as much as possible!
Come on little snail!!!
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Post by Snail Lover. on Mar 30, 2009 21:08:53 GMT
Thanks vicki , And i hope she pulls through to,its a waiting game but ive tried my best for her. And its not like i never found her. |
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, im so sad does anyone know where she could be? ( and im so stupid but i had a plastic box in there full of food i chucked the food out of the window because it was going off, and i dont know if he might of been in there! i dont think he was but he might of been, i looked in the outside grass where i threw it out and can see the food but no baby snail!!! its pitch black so i couldnt see much with only a small torch, if she is outside will she surive another day? Just really need help, comment please i need help and advice and very fast!!! 
When you've done it once, you learn from it and pay extra care to see it doesn't happen again. Yours has been on quite an adventure, but she's safe now and that's what matters.
thanks, but her shell at the edge is nearly coming off i managed to use a plaster of some sort but shes still not coming out the shell apears to have a few major cracks but ive treated them to the best i can. shes been outside all night, i hope she'll come round.