snail cobwebs?

duke1231 · 01-25-2007, 08:15 PM

I dont know what this snail is, I think my lfs gave one that I didnt want. Well anyway where I had put the snail when I first got it is where it pretty much stayed for the whole week. Tonight I look in and there is like a cobweb mucas type stuff coming from it. It's still alive and it's extending from its shell. Does anyone know?

iglowce · 01-25-2007, 11:22 PM

try vemetid snails... or stomatella snails..
or u can try wetwebmedia....

or u can take a pix and let us try to help u

Paintbug · 01-26-2007, 08:34 AM

it sounds like its dead and decaying. are you sure its alive? has it moved at all?

**JustDavidP** · 01-26-2007, 09:37 AM

Vermettid snails will do this. This is how they "Fish" for food. Other tube type snails do this as well. Some of them actually have fleshy appendages, while others spin a web of mucous.

Dave

duke1231 · 01-26-2007, 09:59 PM

I think justDavidP is right that must be what it is, becuase it has been moving around.

Paintbug · 01-27-2007, 11:22 AM

Vermetid snails dont move around they are tube snails. is there any chance of getting a picture of the snail?