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Old 05-09-2009, 03:18 PM
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Default Cowrie snail not moving

I have a cowrie snail that hasn't moved in two nights. I thought maybe she had gotten herself jammed against a rock, then talked myself out of that because she shouldn't have gone anywhere she couldn't get out of right? Is it likely she's dead?
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Old 05-09-2009, 04:27 PM
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I have a few snails that go for days without moving as well. Not sure what that is all about. They certainly aren't doing their job of cleaning my algae!!
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Old 05-09-2009, 04:32 PM
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All right, so long as it's normal. I just didn't want her rotting in there if she was dead.
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Old 05-09-2009, 05:58 PM
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You could always try flipping the shell over to check...
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Old 05-10-2009, 05:03 AM
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So I had a look after it got dark, and he's definitely alive! Still can't find the second one that's supposedly in the tank though.
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Old 05-10-2009, 09:30 AM
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I have ring cowries that will just sit on their eggs in the same spot for days.
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Old 05-10-2009, 07:14 PM
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check up on it at night/twilight. I thought my abalone was doing the same thing (as in nothing), but turns out it actually motors around the tank at twilight/night and returns to the exact same spot every night (been doing this for the 2 weeks or so that Ive had it)
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Old 05-17-2009, 01:25 AM
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So, now the shell is flipped over (I didn't do it) and it appears to be empty. Is this another alien abduction?? Where could she have gone?
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Old 05-17-2009, 04:18 AM
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Killed and eaten by a hermit?
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