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Post by snailcrazy on Jun 17, 2015 20:12:51 GMT
I am sorry to hear the sad news. When I lost one of my big tigers I found a nice spot under a bush in my garden to let his body come out naturally. It takes a while but I found this better than the other options. Big hugs to you. X
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Post by jolovessnailies on Jun 17, 2015 20:42:39 GMT
Oh sweetie I am so very sorry, it is heartbreaking and it never gets any easier. Lots of cuddles on their way to you.
Hugs JO xx
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Post by etana on Jun 18, 2015 14:52:23 GMT
Thanks, all. Hugs back.
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Post by etana on Jun 19, 2015 17:07:22 GMT
As I don't have a garden and couldn't really use the park I live next to for this, I placed him in an airtight container and waited till his body came out of the shell more easily.
He didn't have stones, no blockages, his insides were soft and lovely all over. I'm not a biologist though so I couldn't recognise if anything was off in a different way. A good thing he'd buried his face in his mantle and i didn't have to see it, it's been sad enough removing small snails from their shells and seeing their tiny little faces, like they're sleeping. I'll keep the shell and bury his body either in a quiet corner of some forest near here, or maybe at the local pet cemetery.
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Post by Zorst on Jun 19, 2015 19:51:33 GMT
As grim as it sounds if you want to keep the shell but don't want to remove his body, you could bury it for 6 months to a year in a marked spot and later dig it back up. I've done this a few times and it works out well without damaging the shell.
Zorst
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Post by etana on Jun 21, 2015 10:15:50 GMT
Thanks for the idea Zorst, I may use that sometime. Although it would require me to store the dead snail in the freezer when the ground is too frozen for digging, which it is for a large part of the year.
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Post by etana on Jun 21, 2015 16:23:51 GMT
BTW, as I buried him in a little forest nearby, I encountered the fattest earthworm I've seen in a couple years, as thick as half my pinky. I was like, "Hi worm, it's your lucky day" - it always warms me to think that someone still benefits from the deceased body.
On my way home from where I buried him, I met a Hairy Snail (Trochulus hispidus I think) in the exact place where I found those last year. The little guy was very p*ssed off about being found, as they always are, lol.
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