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 Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 6:52 pm
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He's been in the same place for awhile...
I've never had a snail. The two fish are fine, begging for foods as always.
Whyyy did Gary dieeee
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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:42 pm
<_< So.. he's either really good at playing dead or he's a zombie snail.
I put him in the plant after looking at him earlier and as I'm walking by the tank I see him floating. This looks really weird so I keep watching him. He tilts upward, lets out a uh... burp? Ionno. And then he sinks.
After a moment he glues himself back to the bottom of the tank and is now going on the algae on the side.
Anyone else ever have silly snails?
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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 10:07 pm
We alllwaaays have people bringing in their snails because they think they're dead, and then I have to show them that they're not. Yeah, they do that occasionally where they'll just hang out in a single spot for awhile, but they're not actually dead. If I suspect they're dead, I try to smell them (kinda gross) and then I try their little "trap door", as I like to call it. You know the hard part that they draw in when they go into their shell? I tug on that a little; a dead snail will come loose easily, a living snail (needless to say) will give some resistance and usually start squirming tighter into their shell.
Fun story, I almost threw away my snail. I thought it was dead, but I saw it in the middle of the night and did NOT feel like grabbing around for lights and a net and fiddling with the lid. So I left it until morning. I come back to the tank in the morning, and it moved! He's a great size now, I love it. smile
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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:55 pm
Celestial Fireflies We alllwaaays have people bringing in their snails because they think they're dead, and then I have to show them that they're not. Yeah, they do that occasionally where they'll just hang out in a single spot for awhile, but they're not actually dead. If I suspect they're dead, I try to smell them (kinda gross) and then I try their little "trap door", as I like to call it. You know the hard part that they draw in when they go into their shell? I tug on that a little; a dead snail will come loose easily, a living snail (needless to say) will give some resistance and usually start squirming tighter into their shell. Fun story, I almost threw away my snail. I thought it was dead, but I saw it in the middle of the night and did NOT feel like grabbing around for lights and a net and fiddling with the lid. So I left it until morning. I come back to the tank in the morning, and it moved! He's a great size now, I love it. smile That's really comforting that it's not uncommon! I was actually pretty bummed because well, he's so cute and I love watching his mouth on the glass. Snails are just too funny biggrin What kind of snail do you have?
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 12:17 pm
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