Is my apple/mystery snail dead?

[RaygunK]

This morning i noticed my snail was on the end of the filter. I left him a while and then when i got worried maybe he was hurt, i took a net and knocked him down. His foot was a little bit sucked up in the filter.

He hadn't moved for a couple of hours from where he landed when i pulled him off the filter. So i took him out and placed him in a little fish bowl with an algae wafer. He did move a very tiny bit and shimmied over to the wafer. I don't think he ate much of it or any at all. Then i thought maybe he's cold (the bowl has no heater) so i put him back in the tank and he hasn't moved and is just half hanging out of his shell.

What do you think? I don't want him rotting in my water, but i can't tell if he's dead or just shaken up from being pulled off the filter from this morning.

FYI-He's also a very active snail, so him not moving makes me think the worst.

Reagan

 

[TankerJs]

I have some snails in my ACF (african clawed frog tank) and they love to sit in the filter intake. They sit there for hours a day and then they will move all around the tank. It's funny to watch, but I don't ever get worried. It is really harmful to a snail when you pull them off of a surface...like ripping the taste buds off your tongue (but to them its their whole body) so you might've caused it by hitting him off the filter...but I bet he will be fine! Just relax and let him do his thing.

 

[Mumma.of.two]

Unless he STINKS he's alive

 

[xtra51]

Unless he STINKS he's alive

I'd agree with mumma. Or if he doesn't move for a week and is upside down. Good luck!

 

[Lainey183]

If he is upside down you should place him belly down.

Unless he stinks he is probably just stressed. Snails are pretty self healing so I would give him a little time.

 

[Mumma.of.two]

I'd agree with mumma. Or if he doesn't move for a week and is upside down. Good luck!

Upside down for a week still isn't an indicator. I've had some do that or float for a week. Just when you think they are dead they 'wake up' and crawl off!

 

[Tetra1990]

Unless he STINKS he's alive

Yep it it stinks to high heaven it's dead.

 

[jmpgop]

Whoops - that's not good if it's stinky... If you need to double check, I would FIRST take him out, shake him a bit (lightly) and see if it falls out... Weird - I had 2 snails that were dead (2 differnt times - 2 different tanks) neither of them had an odor when I just smelled them... Both apple/mystery.

It wasn't until I took them out of the tank and held them over a bowl (upside down) did I realize that they were dead. When I did that they fell right out of the shell... THEN they were stinky...

Snails are cool. I now have a nerite and a mystery.

Start again.

 

[RaygunK]

He's alive! I went out of town for the weekend and he was in my husband's care (which really isn't "care" so much as "leaving them alone"). I came home and he was crawling up the wall! So, all is well again. I guess they are little survivors!

Not sure how big this picture is going to turn out, but just wanted to show off Locks.

 

[HeatherW]

yay! but where is the pic???

 

[RaygunK]

Let me try again...

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[Boogety48]

Mine like to sit and not move for a while. I have one that will just float on the surface for a day or two then go back to the bottom. My husband tells me its "surfing" the tank again.