r/snail

I have a snail thats abit older than the rest.. recently he’s been hiding in his shell alot .. he comes out to eat and stuff too! But he has a really strange funky smell thats been worrying me.. i recently went to travel so i gave my snails to some lady who cares for snails.. she told me that he’s very tired and he has a weird smell and that hes sick and apparently “his teeth are out” which im sure is unrelated.. but he has a weird smell.. is an older snail possibly 2-3 years old and doesn’t like leaving his shell or moving around… hes isolated now because all the snails enjoy to cling onto him and i do not want to stress him out. Here’s a photo of my snail with his care giver till i come back.. if theres anything off about this photo+ my description please inform me on the possibilities.. i love that sweet snail so much and will do anything for him and ive been trying to cure him as his previous caregiver saw the snails as business and would neglect them…

Hi everyone! As you can see from the photos I noticed that my Eobania vermiculata has a strange bulge right between the antennae. Do you know what could cause this and if it is a serious issue? I was wondering if it might be a small fluid blister or perhaps some scar tissue from a past minor trauma but I would love to hear your opinions. Is there any specific recovery protocol I should follow or should I just leave it alone as I think? Has this ever happened to anyone? Thanks in advance for any opinion!

So I have about 10 snails, 9 living in 1 tank 1 living in a large container. I've had a problem with my snails where their shells start to turn white in patches, mainly around the start of the swirl, I've tried so many thing a to try and help like adding lime to the soil to make it more alkaline, while testing the ph levels, I've changed the water from tap water to bottles spring water, I've changed their food, making sure it's awl8washed before feeding it to them, I've changed so many things about their enclosure like not using certain sticks and plants, changing to fake plants so they can still hide away and stuff, but it's still there. It started when I started using coconut coir as the substrate and this was recommended to me by someone who I thought would know what they are talking about but I did some more research and found it's super acidic and really not good for them, so I took it all out and deep cleaned the tank, people have also said not to do that because of something to do with them recognising the substrate or something, but I couldn't keept that substrate because I thought it was killing them. It's still going on and I've had 2 deaths, I don't know if it was old age or this persistent problem as they both where wild caught. I use the powdered calcium and had no problems with it for a year when I didn't use the coconut coir so I know it's not that (I can explain about that later) and I've heard egg shells aren't good. I feed them store bought veggies like broccoli, pumpkin, beans, kale and corn (their favourite) I don't know if I may need to change the substrate again but I have no other options other than top soil, and I can't get soil delivered from out of state as we have strict laws on food and organic stuff coming in to this state (which is good though!)

I'm new to having a mystery snail and I'm thinking of getting two, but I don't want a ton of babies. I'm leaning towards female for this little snail, but what do you think? If I can figure it out, I'll get another of the same gender.

If it is a female I do hear they can store sperm for like, 10 months, so I'll just be removing egg clutches if I see any. Do I need to do anything else to prevent babies?​

Edit: Mystery snails actually have genders and are one of the few snails that require an opposite gender partner to breed. They are NOT HERMAPHRODITES. Females can store sperm for up to 10 months, but otherwise they lay unfertilized eggs. Males have a sheath in their shell and females don't. I'm just trying to make sure I'm seeing things correctly. A quick Google will corroborate this. If you have a Mystery snail that changed genders, then it wasn't a mystery snail.

Second Edit: Mystery snail is an aquatic snail and that is literally the name of it, I'm not saying I don't know what type of snail it is.

Pond snail been drinkin?

Hi, what species is it? I think it's a young helix pomatia. How old do you think she'll be and why did she already have an oethroplex organ on her own?

And can they cohabitate with this fella (last picture)