Tiger snails all died - so upset

[strangemouse]

Hi all,

All three of my sub-adult tiger snails have died in the last fortnight, they hadn't retracted, although had gone off their food a little. Two I only bought back in June but the other was one I have grown up from a youngster over 18mths. I can't understand what could have gone wrong, although I have had some other sub-adult snails (reticulata and fulica) die recently so am worried it is something to do with how I am keeping them or contaminated vegetables. I know some of you have a lot of experience with tigers so I wonder if there are any suggestions to what went wrong, in case I try again with this species in the future.

The thermometer in the shed has shown it has got rather warm lately, mid 20s rather than the low 20s I aim for, could this have upset them?

It's times like this I feel like giving up on snails

[kim280667]

aww so sorry to hear about your tiger snails ,one of mine died when i first started keeping tigers , i blamed myself but its just one of those things ,dont give up on keeping snails and dont blame yourself , i keep my tigers in a 4 foot fish in tank with about 5 " of coir for them to burrow in ,theuy ave a large flower pot that i fill up will sphagnum moss ,they also have a heat mat at one end of the tank the temp is about 26 c ,i feed them every day with oystershell and limestone flour sprinkled over their food , i spray their tank daily with warm water ,they also have fish flake a couple of times a week as a treat , will you be getting any more tiger snails ? hope you do .