Petco snails
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I bought some snails from petco. The lady tried to send them on a 8 hour trip with me, with NO water in the bag! she said if I made her put water in the bag they would drown. hello! What does she think they lived in at the store??
They can survive out of water for a long time if they are kept moist- I believe many people ship them wrapped in wet paper towels. As for drowning in water- if they're shook around alot and can't access surface air because which way is up keeps changing- I suppose it is possible.
Heh, I got nerite snails from members here that were shipped with only moist/damp papertowel in plastic bags. They were in transit forr 2-3 days, and all are perfectly healthy and living weeks later. I don't know about pomacea (spelling?) species, but I would imagine they are the same.
at least they were going to be moist!
These would have been dried out by the time we got home. pulled right from the tank and dropped straight into an empty plastic bag.
I still don't think people at petco are that good. I went back to get some prime yesterday, and the lady working couldn't beleive that the other lady had done that!
Oh, BTW, the lady said they would drown in only a few inches of water-that they shouldn't be put in ANY water or they would drown!!
These would have been dried out by the time we got home. pulled right from the tank and dropped straight into an empty plastic bag.
I still don't think people at petco are that good. I went back to get some prime yesterday, and the lady working couldn't beleive that the other lady had done that!
Oh, BTW, the lady said they would drown in only a few inches of water-that they shouldn't be put in ANY water or they would drown!!
Good question... I don't know the answer but when I got red ramshorn in the mail on damp paper I sat it in shallow dish and slowly... very slowly added tiny amounts of water to the dish.
Don't know if there is a better way.
