She doesn't want to eat (last time she ate was 2 days ago), her body is darker along the edges than inside, she hardly moves and always (2 days) stays like that hanging on the cap of the terrarium upside down. There is also a part of dead shell (pic), what should I do? Please, help.
VET NOW YOU DUMB FUCK
Do vets even treat snails?
He's probably going to kill it and charge you for it.
How can you tell if its a lady snail or not?
snails are hermaphroditic, they're all lady snails. lady snails with dicks.
Not my snail. My snail is red blooded male that eats red meat and votes for Donald Trump.
what's the white stuff?
Dead shell of the snail and eggshell dust
Wholesome thread
I thought snails were hamaprodites
they're polygender they use all pronouns uwu
Hijacking the thread to ask this. Why do people care for animals that can't love you back?
They're cool.
They're cool to look at, and it's nice to give something a better life. Not everything needs to be about our selfish needs. Have you never looked at a fish tank and thought it looked awesome?
Not everyone spends money on bringing a pet under your care and responsibilitya pet and thinks they're deserving of reciprocated affection for having done so.
Fishy cool, fishy pretty. Buy fishy.
I feel better confining an animal for life when it can't really think and lives for like two months.
For the same reason why were care for nost plants, they are cool and neat and very astethic.
It’s part of human nature. Our instinct makes us care for people and animals unconditionally. Even if your rational intelligence tells you something cannot love you, your emotional intelligence disagrees.
Society pressured me into having a girlfriend.
I have love and affirmation in other parts of my life so I don’t seek it from animals
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happy 4 u 🙂
Snail is fine now, I used camomile, burr oil and antifungal cream. She ate a cucumber slice, and moves slightly worse than normal, thank you
that's good to hear
Can you post some cute and/or goofy pictures of her now?
Here's a pic of the snail (right) with her friend, just put her back in terrarium. Thank you. I got into having snails as pets because I really like only cats and snails and I'm also allergic to cats, so the choice was obvious.
They can't but I think they would (actually they become familiar your hands after some time, so it's some kind of affection). I don't care about it so much. This kind of pets also don't need too much of my time.
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Have your snails ever mated and laid eggs for you?, that would be in your best interest if you don't want to pay more snail in case you intend on keeping a colony. I'm asking because many snails bury their eggs and so need a pretty deep substrate.
Maybe your snails lack calcium in their diet?, It seems that you are already giving them powdered eggshell so that shouldn't be the case, but maybe if the chickens that laid the eggs had themselves a calcium deficiency the calcium content of the eggshells isn't as rich as they need. Maybe, this is just a guess.
Happy to hear it, post more snail pics. How did you get into having a snail as a pet?
Saved. Do you want me to repost her too?
Have you talked to any vets?
I really know nothing about mollusk care tbqh.
put some salt on the food, that makes it a lot tastier
idk much about snails but if getting a culture from a lab is out of the question to know exactly what youre dealing with i would try spraying it with a bit of diluted aquarium tetracycline and keeping the enclosure temperature cellar low with ice or in a cooled room or somthing and hoping for the best
Cleaned her and removed the dead shell, looks a little better, but still hardly moves
I had a rooster get into a really bad fight with another rooster. I think its esophagus was lacerated because his crow was all fucked and he couldn't keep his neck up.
Anyways after the fight he stayed in his roost perched up pretty much 24/7 for like a week straight. I shoved some water in his face so he drank a little, but drooled most of it out.
He came back to 100% after I thought he was going to die.
she pretty
she looks like a sweetheart, hope she gets 100% anon
That is one dumb, beautiful looking pet.
Dang I didn't know snails could live up to 25 years in captivity.
Idk anything about snail care. Sorry. Hope she pulls through bro.
Sorry anon, time to begin crafting a lettuce coffin.
Are you sure? Maybe I can make her not suffer so much at least? Some camomile or anything?
Thank you, anon