I think my snail died

[Kithy Kitty]

o____o

He's been in the same place for awhile...

I've never had a snail. The two fish are fine, begging for foods as always.

Whyyy did Gary dieeee  

[Kithy Kitty]

<_< So.. he's either really good at playing dead or he's a zombie snail.

I put him in the plant after looking at him earlier and as I'm walking by the tank I see him floating. This looks really weird so I keep watching him. He tilts upward, lets out a uh... burp? Ionno. And then he sinks.

After a moment he glues himself back to the bottom of the tank and is now going on the algae on the side.

Anyone else ever have silly snails?  

[Celestial Fireflies]

We alllwaaays have people bringing in their snails because they think they're dead, and then I have to show them that they're not. Yeah, they do that occasionally where they'll just hang out in a single spot for awhile, but they're not actually dead. If I suspect they're dead, I try to smell them (kinda gross) and then I try their little "trap door", as I like to call it. You know the hard part that they draw in when they go into their shell? I tug on that a little; a dead snail will come loose easily, a living snail (needless to say) will give some resistance and usually start squirming tighter into their shell.

Fun story, I almost threw away my snail. I thought it was dead, but I saw it in the middle of the night and did NOT feel like grabbing around for lights and a net and fiddling with the lid. So I left it until morning. I come back to the tank in the morning, and it moved! He's a great size now, I love it. smile  

[Kithy Kitty]

Celestial Fireflies

We alllwaaays have people bringing in their snails because they think they're dead, and then I have to show them that they're not. Yeah, they do that occasionally where they'll just hang out in a single spot for awhile, but they're not actually dead. If I suspect they're dead, I try to smell them (kinda gross) and then I try their little "trap door", as I like to call it. You know the hard part that they draw in when they go into their shell? I tug on that a little; a dead snail will come loose easily, a living snail (needless to say) will give some resistance and usually start squirming tighter into their shell.

Fun story, I almost threw away my snail. I thought it was dead, but I saw it in the middle of the night and did NOT feel like grabbing around for lights and a net and fiddling with the lid. So I left it until morning. I come back to the tank in the morning, and it moved! He's a great size now, I love it. smile

That's really comforting that it's not uncommon! I was actually pretty bummed because well, he's so cute and I love watching his mouth on the glass.

Snails are just too funny biggrin What kind of snail do you have?  

[Shanna66]

he may be overeating