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General Care Routine Notes

Rescuing Snails that have been stepped on


Behavior

Inactivity
Sealed In
Not Eating
Not Eating Calcium
Rasping/Eating Shell(s)
Deeply Retracted
Excessive Mucus
Appearance

Slow Growth
Bad Shell Growth
Split/Cracked Shell
Broken/Chipped Shell
Wounds
Limp Body
Broken Radula
Swollen Body
Swollen Mouth
Swollen Tentacles
Gut Extrusion
Mantle Collapse
Mutation
Pests

Flies
Mites
Worms
Maggots
Mold
Other
Miscellaneous

Dehydration
Asphyxiation
Pseudomonas Infection
Internal Tumours
Sudden Multiple Death




Broken Radula



The snails tongue, the radula contains many tiny teeth and is used to scrape the food. In some cases this can be seen to be broken or split. The only known occurrence of this was caused by Gut Extrusion. Please see this section for more details.

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