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Post by Charisma Love on Mar 6, 2009 0:10:33 GMT
I jusut found two of my baby ovums, barely a month old possibly dead with huge transparent bubbles coming out of their shells. All the other babies seem healthy enough and all of them have eaten nothing but cucumber and spinach leaves for the past four days.
Has anyone heard of this bubble thing before? It seems to be coming from inside the shell and moves around like an attached water balloon.
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Post by AlienSnail on Mar 6, 2009 7:24:05 GMT
Your two snails are probably alive and bubbling because something has caused them some stress. Many snails will retract into their shells and bubble when reacting to something that's irritating them or they feel threatened by something.
I suggest a warm bath to help them forget that they were reacting to a perceived threat, and to encourage them out for an inspection.
xx
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Post by feebix on Mar 6, 2009 9:35:11 GMT
Yeah snails bubble when they`re scared but, are you talking about a single bubble? that looks like skin? or bubbles like fairy liquid bubbles?
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Post by Arno on Mar 6, 2009 17:56:40 GMT
That was what I was wondering too................ Oh and welcome back,long time no post  |
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Post by Charisma Love on Mar 12, 2009 19:41:51 GMT
A single bubble of what seemed like expanded skin, filled with fluid. D: It was connected up inside the shell and I couldn't pull it out.
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Post by feebix on Mar 12, 2009 21:43:18 GMT
Mmm... some nasty disease or other isn`t it. I take it they died?  |
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Post by choco on Mar 13, 2009 1:16:44 GMT
Can snails get cysts or tumours? It could be something like that, or some kind of illness causing abcess-type things...
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Post by feebix on Mar 13, 2009 1:30:55 GMT
I was thinking gas, some infections in fish cause the swim bladder to fill with gas and they float on the top, I wondered if maybe bad food or a fungal infection could cause a gas build up under the membrane in the shell..... maybe....
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Post by AlienSnail on Mar 13, 2009 10:57:43 GMT
Well I've been scouring the internet and can't find anything that fits.... x
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Post by kab on Mar 13, 2009 11:05:52 GMT
could it be gut expulsion thats what it sounds like to me , that can look like its coming from the shell , even though its coming from the mouth
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Post by feebix on Mar 13, 2009 11:20:38 GMT
Mmm yeah, poisoning would cause that I suppose, thats a good theory........
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Post by Charisma Love on Mar 15, 2009 17:45:49 GMT
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Post by AlienSnail on Mar 15, 2009 17:57:21 GMT
Oooh I've not come across anything like that. I'm sorry for my lack of help.... I will try to find pictures of gut expulsion to see if it looks similar. Poor little snails x |
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Post by laurent on Mar 15, 2009 17:57:47 GMT
Hi,
hum... yuk ! It seems to be solid and transluscent, am I right ? I've never seen that before. On the last picture, it seems to be protuding from the snail's body, not its mouth.
Sorry about that happening to your snails,
Laurent
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Post by kab on Mar 15, 2009 18:28:43 GMT
hmmmmm its very odd , but similar to some pics of gut expulsion i have seen , i have a pic its not very nice but will show you if i can find it
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