Sick Snail

How long do you think it will take him to really "perk up"? He's come out of his shell a tiny bit but he's still not moving around. Maybe I should move him to the net?
 
it might take a few days. the reason I had suggested a breeder net is its easier to monitor if he is eating and takes less energy for the snail to get to food.
 
I moved him to a breeder net with an algae wafer and he's trying to eat without fully coming out of his shell, lol. He hasn't eaten in over a week so I'm hoping that will help him. I'll update soon. :)
 
He has not yet moved except for coming out of his shell a little, and he keeps getting these strings of white-ish stuff on him... Every once and a while I pick him up and try to get it off, I don't really know what it is. Any ideas? I'm going to clean out the net today because it's getting dirty.
 
thats exactly what was going on with the jade i had that didn't make it, and to a lesser degree the blue that did make it (well, until the other day when i found him....well......lets just say i'm sad......). i can't give ya advice on the white 'goo', i have no idea what it is (probably a fungus of sorts), but i do wish you luck that he will make a full recovery!
 
Is there anything else I can do for him? He barely came out of his shell at all today but I cleaned out the breeder net.
 
maybe qt him to a small tank with a lil sponge filter if you have one and do daily water changes. if the white goo is excess slime production due to irritation what you need to do is eliminate that irritation source.
 
Well unfortunately I don't have a tank to seperate him too... it looks like his trapdoor fell off too, it's attached to the shell, right? He's like holding it on his foot...:( otherwise he's no better but no worse...
 
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