Died trying to lay perhaps?

[AlienSnail]

Two days ago one of my Rodatzi Jade first generation adults was full of ripe eggs and looked like it was burrowing to lay. Last night it was dead. I though this was pretty odd as this was a healthy looking snail, and I did something I would NEVER normally do and did a kind of rough post-mortem. The eggs were still inside but one was inside the flesh part of the snail towards the head.

I personally think this snail couldn't push the eggs out and died as a result (exhaustion? pressure build up? rupture?), but I am only speculating.

I vaguely recall someone else finding a similar problem but can't find the thread. It may not even have been posted on this forum.

I don't know what anyone can say really if anything, just one of those things. Has anyone else heard of this?

[CannedInsanity]

I do remember someone mentioning before that someone had a snail that had died, been dug up by their dog after being buried, and noticed that the snail had been filled with eggs.

I have heard before of the concept of snails getting egg bound, so, we know it can happen, it happens in fish...birds...reptiles...Monotremes...etc. So it stands to reason. It can easily be fatal, it almost killed my betta female, its just sad it happened to your snailie.

Poor thing. :/

[AlienSnail]

I suppose that does make sense, as most animals have some kind of birth canal, whether it be for eggs or live births, and animals can and do sometimes have live births getting stuck so why not eggs?

Thanks Canned

Is the Betta ok now? x

[CannedInsanity]

Yeup, Bean survived by some miracle. She puffed up to the size of a nickle, then abruptly went back to normal after a week or so. Very odd.

Yeah, any animal that has to pass a baby through a small canal stands the risk, eggs can get stuck together, or just be too big to pass, so there is the logic there.

Unfortunately you happened to have to happen to one of yours. :/

[whodoesntlovesnails]

it's kinda like humans, we can die from giving birth. was there any way to still get the eggs? or would they already be dead?

[spook]

I thought I'd read a thread like this once..........just scoured PS for it but can't find anything............off to look again i'm sure i've read something like this before...

[Val]

Could this be linked to the fact that this was a hybrid snail?

Val

Possibly, but then again possibly not.

On the one hand I wouldn't have thought this would be the cause, after all they are the same species, just different colour variations. However there is generally quite a size difference between Jades and they other forms... so who knows?