HELP! eyestalk melt?! goo...

[muddydragon]

I was cleaning out my snail tank today, i decided to do a thorough one when i found gold had a glob of goo on his shell it came off no problem, then i found sapphire.... well you'd best see the photos, it's like half her face has melted and gone gooy i cant wash it off or even scrape it off with my nail and the coir seems embedded in it. I went into lock down shes been put in isolation in a tub + food then the other snails in that tank have all been washed and isolated and my other tanks moved to other rooms with through scrubbing of everything between baths, im going to disinfect their tank next but they wont be going back for a while. The thing is she seems perfectly happy, sliming about letting me poke and prod her face without much bother atall (shes always been a good girl) i know they can regrow their eyestalks part of me debated trying to cut this off but im not sure if i should or if im brave enough! sorry about the poor quality of the pics.


she still poses even though this has happened




please help if you can!

[muddydragon]

improvements ;D . I took a pair of sterilized disecting tweezers to her to try and remove the coir from the mess, i realised i could pluck bits of the yellowystuff off too and she didnt care or retract (shes such a good girl!) i managed to pull a HUGE lump off from the eyestalk area and *pop* her eyestalk comes out, obviouly i've only eliviated the symptoms i dont know what the problem is but now atleast i tlooks like it might only be the mucus! some infection fungal or bacterial i guess.... its very reminiscent of human phelgm during a very very bad cold and much more viscus almost solid ewwww.
but atleast its not as bad as i thought it was but i still need to fix the problem! any good and safe antifungals or antibacterials you can recommend? tea tree?

[fatsnail]

the "cheese-like" thing really look terrible!
fortunately she's fine now,
she's so pretty *envy*

i dont use antifungals or antibacterials,
btw, do you remove eaten food & clean the tank frequently?

[muddydragon]

you should see her when shes 100% she is perfect!
i remove uneaten food regulary as for cleaning the tank i wipe down the sides etc and remove poo but only fully clean and microwave substrate about once a month - being too clean can upset the snails.
there's still the problem of the goo i rekon there is some sort of infection in her mucus either bacterial or fungal...

[fatsnail]

oh yea...
im not experienced..
hope someone else can give you good suggestions;)

[coyote]

Wow, I'm impressed that you had the steady nerves to undertake removing that stuff! And I'm so glad her eyestalk is okay! Have you looked at the gunk under a hand lens or microscope? That might help narrow down what it is.

[muddydragon]

i really wish i had looked at it under the microscope. Several people on supersnails think it could be mating goop, i never considered that at her young age. she seems well and has eaten a lot but i'm still being careful and shes still isolated for now... just incase its something else.

[coyote]

That she's eating is a good sign. Keep an eye on her, and hopefully she will be ok.

[muddydragon]

just to let you all know shes completely happy and fine now no sign of what happened and hence back in the tank with the others. i believe it was mating goop - someone has a VERY poor aim! but im glad shell be fine maybe its a sign ill have eggs soon, which is wierd since my over a year old huge fulica have never lain any eggs whilst my few months old ones might soon. :S

[coyote]

I'm glad she's back to normal!