Golden apple snail.

[Robert123]

Does anyone know if my apple snail is ILL? Or dead?
It has some sort of cloudy stuff coming out of it?
Here are some pics its hard to see.












Any help is greatfull

 

[Robert123]

Anyone??

 

[OBEYtheFISH]

Does it move at all?

 

[Robert123]

Its just started moving a little.








But its just closed back up again now. And its sucked the cloudy thing in so its sorta in his mouth.

 

[Robert123]

All my fish are fine.
And my other apple snail is fine, my pond snails are fine

 

[Robert123]

Does anyone know?

 

[KatieJ]

Pick him up and push (GENTLY) down on his foot. If it feels firm, then he's likely fine. If it kinda sinks in and feels oddly squishy, I'm afraid he's dead.

 

[Robert123]

Ok thank you. Il check

 

[Robert123]

Ok its not dead.
But it hasnt moved very far all day

 

[Mumma.of.two]

He's fine mine do it all the time. Unless you take it out and it stinks to high .... It's alive

 

[Sssea]

Mine had that white goo when they died. Honestly, only observation and smell are going to help you out with this guy.

 

[Robert123]

Ok thank you.
Il keep an eye on him .

 

[CatmanDru]

from the initial photos it seemed that the snail was changing position, therefore not dead.

Mine exude a milky, stringy substance sometimes. Sometimes I think it's just odd colored poop. But sometimes I've added calcium to the bottom of the tank and then later add water that stirs up the calcium 'sand' and that gets into the inside on their flesh when they close up due to the flurry of the calcium sand. Then they stay closed or semi-closed, like your snail, for a few hours and exude a mucous that is kind of milky.

Maybe the snail got exposed to some kind of grit?

I think your snail will be fine after a few hours.

 

[Robert123]

from the initial photos it seemed that the snail was changing position, therefore not dead.

Mine exude a milky, stringy substance sometimes. Sometimes I think it's just odd colored poop. But sometimes I've added calcium to the bottom of the tank and then later add water that stirs up the calcium 'sand' and that gets into the inside on their flesh when they close up due to the flurry of the calcium sand. Then they stay closed or semi-closed, like your snail, for a few hours and exude a mucous that is kind of milky.

Maybe the snail got exposed to some kind of grit?

I think your snail will be fine after a few hours.

Thank you. Thats a great help.i thought he was dieing