Any idea what's going on...

[blue2fyre]

With my briggs shell? I have had her a few months now and her shell looks so odd. The white part was like that when I got her. She actually had a large crack around the edge of the shell when I got her. Now the rest that's grown in looks different. I have hard water with high Ph, I feed calcium foods and tums here and there. She acts normal and eats normal. Just want to make sure I'm not doing something wrong. When i took these pictures they came out really dark. She's a blue brigg and is a little larger than a quarter in diameter.

 

[bitbot]

Someone will know better than me, but it looks like the old shell growth is decalcified, and the new growth is healthier, if I'm reading those photos right.

 

[Lupin]

Ah well..At least it grew very well and you should be glad. Are you sure it isn't painted?

 

[msjinkzd]

that is the oddest looking shell discrepency i have ever seen! The new growth looks fantastic so I would not be concerned but that snail must have been in some crazy water conditions, it almost looks like it was sandblasted!

 

[blue2fyre]

She was a walmart snail so who knows about the painting lol.

 

[blue2fyre]

lol I just wanted to make sure it was healthy growth and not some weird shell disease. I have to admit it looks very odd, non of my other snails have had the same distinction. When I got her she was in a filthy cup pulled very tightly into her shell. I had to keep her in a breeder for a week so she could get food and get her strength back.

 

[Lupin]

She was a walmart snail so who knows about the painting lol.

Well, there was a big box store alleged by a member of applesnail.net to have sold painted snails. How did she know? She simply scraped the color and the white paint went off revealing a bright gold shell. That was it which is why I asked if it is painted since it looked a lot like one too. Paint would have worn off over time.

Edit: I had to recheck the spire instead of the mantle. Doesn't look painted to me. Still mg: on its white shell.

 

[psyche]

I think the snail looks fine. Shell forms differently under different water conditions. Yours is a pretty extreme case but I thinks its fine

 

[bitbot]

This may be a really dumb question, but why do you call it a blue brig, since it's not blue? I mean, don't the blue ones actually look blue?

 

[blue2fyre]

A blue brigg is a dark footed brigg with an ivory shell. If she had a light foot she'd be an ivory. Some look more blue than others depending on how light the shell is. This one's shell is more like a cream color than a ivory.