Dead?

[Teto]

How I can tell if my mistery snail is dead? it has not move in the las 24 hours. It would be a shame is he or she is dead is really a beatiful bright yellow snail. please tell me.

 

[paperdragon]

Pick it up and smell it. If it's dead you'll have a very strong urge to vomit. They get a smell like week-dead rat instantly as soon as they die it seems. If it's just a faint fishy smell, its still alive.

 

[BioHazard]

Pick it up and smell it. If it's dead you'll have a very strong urge to vomit. They get a smell like week-dead rat instantly as soon as they die it seems. If it's just a faint fishy smell, its still alive.

:barfefinitely. Its a baaaaaaad smell. Also, press his operculum (the little plate that he uses like a door). Does it move? If the door is partially open, it's probably dead, as the muscles loosen up when they die. If he's alive, he'll keep his door shut tight.

 

[jpappy789]

Yes, it's a nasty, nasty odor.

 

[Teto]

thank you! i bought two of them one is fairly active (get something against my decoration) but the other is really peaceful. already checked them they smell ok and he/she kept his door shut. thanks

 

[paperdragon]

thank you! i bought two of them one is fairly active (get something against my decoration) but the other is really peaceful. already checked them they smell ok and he/she kept his door shut. thanks

Good to hear! They do sometimes sit closed up in one spot for a fairly long time, and sometimes they do it floating at the top of the tank. They had me pretty well panicked for my first few weeks as a snail-keeper.

 

[Teto]

Good to know!

 

[jpappy789]

Yep, mine are like that usually right after the lights come on and sporadically during the day.

 

[BioHazard]

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