I was just gifted some Mystery Snails from a lady at a local pet store, 3 adults and 6 tiny babies. All the adults have erosion damage to some extent, one has a hole that I believe is nearly, if not already, through the shell entirely. I believe it’s due to low ph levels. You’ve given me hope to be able to save them! Bless you!
You are such a sweetheart...thank you so much for this video!!! I have a dozen mystery snails, lots of pond and ramshorns...I had no idea you could use egg shell to repair their shells.. only one fall and no breaks but I will remember this video if it ever happens...thank you again, Lav! You are a snail goddess ❤️
Having a piece of *actual snail shell* _right there_ in front of me, I think I would have patched the hole in the snail's shell with a piece of snail shell rather than eggshell. First, I would be certain that it is 100% biologically compatible. Second, I would be pleased at the color match. Very nice video! I appreciate the care for this snail even while you were not feeling well.
"I think I would have patched the hole in the snail shell with that leftover piece of the snail's shell." That's some next level, big brain thinking right there!
Came here to say the same thing. If I had access to a small piece of an actual snail shell, (even from another deceased snail,) I would definitely patch a hole or crack with that, for sure. Potentially a *permanent* repair, and the snail could just move on with its life, stronger than before the injury occurred.
You would think that perhaps. But, a mystery snail shell is very hard & rigid in comparison to an eggshell. This would make forming the patch to the shell rather difficult. Also, the piece of mystery shell would be lacking the added benifit of a membrane like the eggshell has. It would be a better choice to, in fact, use the eggshell if you had one. 🐌💜 thanks for watching
I have a few snails that at least now I have some hope for if I can accomplish half of what I just saw you perform on your snails? Some of my snails have been ravaged by numerous onslaughts by red ramshorn snails? I remove ramshorns 50+ at a time but I believe they are also assisted by numerous red cherry shrimp that are often climbing all over the mysteries? I haven't been adding enough calcium I guess so now I have your special food creations I may be able to help the mysteries survival rates? Thanks again, Ben!
Hello, I just wanted to say thank you so much for taking the time to put such DETAILED INFORMATION about such a difficult to find help with subject matter!!! I literally just hatched my first clutch two days ago, so they are tinnnyyy little babydolls....all Gollden like their mom!!! And thankfully she laid 3 more clutches who are presently incubating. But sadly ab two weeks ago she had a fall....and a crack bad enough so that it exposed her flesh in two areas almost 3/4 around her big beautiful shell!! And I did a patch job similar to this but didn't know about the Egg Membrane method...!! However, I did use super glue and a sanitized piece of plastic grocery bag (saw it on another video before I discovered your AMAZING Channel!! So, you literally are now my go to for anything mystery snail related. Because I as I mentioned I have let's see I believe a total of 5 or 6 total clutches left to hatch and I am excited and NERVOUS!! THANK YOU, SO MUCH!!!! YOU BIGGEST FAN! HUG YOUR SNAILS!
Got to wonder how this little survivor came by his injuries… how long do the patches remain on? Does the egg membrane not eventually rot and cause infection?
HI Liv! You were so brave here! Thanks for showing us the hard stuff. question. I have adopted someones 2 Peruvian Giant Apple Snails. They are about a Large mystery snail size. Their Shells are A MESS. Im not sure what to leave alone or what to fix. The good news is they should be ok from now on. they look like they have been chewed on. Anyway I could DM you some pics? Thank you so much!
the spiral tip on one of my adult females has been munched on by one of the males and it looks pretty bad. she has been removed to her own fully planted container but now I know I can use egg membrane to repair it. thank you ever so! ❤🐌
I don’t even own snails though I kind of want a land snail. But I watch your channel because of how you care for these often overlooked little critters… and now because I know that you love musical theatre like I do. Which shows have you been in?
Please help. I have a mystery snail that his shell is not growing well at all. He can hardly put himself back in because it's not big enough. Do you suggest putting snails to sleep if this happens? I just really don't want him to suffer. 😞
Love the idea of egg shell patch for nutrition, but does the Permatex Super Glue counteract that? What about just painting on a few coats of a highly forefinger nail polish gel? Loved how you filed the front of the shell
I would not advise using any type of nail polish to repair a shell, at all. If it seeps through it could cause an additional injury to their flesh that could potentially be fatal. The gel super glue is the safest choice in my opinion when fixing a break and applying a patch. Thanks Diane 🤗🐌💜!
How did it turn out? Do you ever remove the patch? I tried to rasp a very over-long shell with an Emory board do my snail could actually get out. I had to cut back the shell. Do you have another video for this? Thx
I have a little mystery snail, at least 2 months old, and there's a spot in the mantle which must be damaged, as there is a deep gouge running the length of shell behind that spot. There is some base layer of shell underneath it all, the body is not exposed, but it just looks like the Grand Canyon being carved on its shell :( But it is a fairly narrow line, most of the shell looks good, but I wonder if a damaged mantle can heal up? Or is that a life long disability?
I just lost a mystery snail this week (not the same one as in the previous post) which also had suffered the same deep gouge problem in its shell, but in this case, at some point, after about an inch of gouged shell had grown in, it closed up and new shell growth was completely normal for the rest of its life. So it turns out the existing gouge doesn't get better, but it may happen at some point the gouging may stop, which is good to know. In other shell news, yesterday I had a very large and old ramshorn that due to my own clumsiness in tripping over a cable, got ejected from the tank and landed on the floor, resulting in the mantle being completely shattered. The shattered shell bits must have pierced the flesh as it took me a minute or two to realize it was out of the tank, and by the time I saw it it was lying in a big ol' pool of blood. Amazingly enough, despite the blood loss and mantle destruction, after putting it back in the tank, a few hours later it started moving around a little bit. Now more than a day later, it's moving around a fair bit, even climbing up some stuff. Unfortunately, that's not shell damage that can be repaired, naturally or artificially, so it's a permanent disability now. At least it is an old snail, so it has had a long and productive life already. Still sucks to so oafishly cause serious injury to a critter :( Hopefully it will continue to survive and do its snaily thing for a long time yet to come.
I was horrified when I dropped my pet snail who had climbed to the lid of the enclosure. I thought that she was holding on up there but she wasn’t! It cracked a long crack on her shell and I saw a video which said to euthanize her! Well after that i read you can just patch them up with glue and egg shells but she didn’t need an egg. She’s a garden variety pest snail but I’m so happy with “her” but yeah who really knows. Her name is Unicorn.
Not sure if you’ll see this but I tried to fix my snails shell, it was very bad and I’m afraid I might have got glue on him.. he’s trying to get out of his shell but he only gets so far :/ is there anything I can do to help him/her further :/
im here cuz my mystery snail escaped his quarintine tank (he was in there due to high ammonia) and he fell down a high place whil i was sleeping when i woke up his shell was cracked but i dont thing it was to bad so i will leave him alone for now but if i see any strange behavior i will do this but only for worse case scenerio cuz i dont want him to get worse
I was just gifted some Mystery Snails from a lady at a local pet store, 3 adults and 6 tiny babies. All the adults have erosion damage to some extent, one has a hole that I believe is nearly, if not already, through the shell entirely. I believe it’s due to low ph levels. You’ve given me hope to be able to save them! Bless you!
You are such a sweetheart...thank you so much for this video!!! I have a dozen mystery snails, lots of pond and ramshorns...I had no idea you could use egg shell to repair their shells.. only one fall and no breaks but I will remember this video if it ever happens...thank you again, Lav! You are a snail goddess ❤️
We have very hard water here so i didn't think this will be an issue, plus i use calcium in the Snello. But this is very good data to have
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Having a piece of *actual snail shell* _right there_ in front of me, I think I would have patched the hole in the snail's shell with a piece of snail shell rather than eggshell. First, I would be certain that it is 100% biologically compatible. Second, I would be pleased at the color match. Very nice video! I appreciate the care for this snail even while you were not feeling well.
"I think I would have patched the hole in the snail shell with that leftover piece of the snail's shell."
That's some next level, big brain thinking right there!
@@FirstNameLastName-wu4ie Thanks! 😏
Came here to say the same thing. If I had access to a small piece of an actual snail shell, (even from another deceased snail,) I would definitely patch a hole or crack with that, for sure. Potentially a *permanent* repair, and the snail could just move on with its life, stronger than before the injury occurred.
You would think that perhaps. But, a mystery snail shell is very hard & rigid in comparison to an eggshell. This would make forming the patch to the shell rather difficult. Also, the piece of mystery shell would be lacking the added benifit of a membrane like the eggshell has. It would be a better choice to, in fact, use the eggshell if you had one.
🐌💜 thanks for watching
@@LavsSnailsthank you for the informed reply!
I have a few snails that at least now I have some hope for if I can accomplish half of what I just saw you perform on your snails? Some of my snails have been ravaged by numerous onslaughts by red ramshorn snails? I remove ramshorns 50+ at a time but I believe they are also assisted by numerous red cherry shrimp that are often climbing all over the mysteries? I haven't been adding enough calcium I guess so now I have your special food creations I may be able to help the mysteries survival rates? Thanks again, Ben!
Hello, I just wanted to say thank you so much for taking the time to put such DETAILED INFORMATION about such a difficult to find help with subject matter!!! I literally just hatched my first clutch two days ago, so they are tinnnyyy little babydolls....all Gollden like their mom!!! And thankfully she laid 3 more clutches who are presently incubating. But sadly ab two weeks ago she had a fall....and a crack bad enough so that it exposed her flesh in two areas almost 3/4 around her big beautiful shell!! And I did a patch job similar to this but didn't know about the Egg Membrane method...!! However, I did use super glue and a sanitized piece of plastic grocery bag (saw it on another video before I discovered your AMAZING Channel!! So, you literally are now my go to for anything mystery snail related. Because I as I mentioned I have let's see I believe a total of 5 or 6 total clutches left to hatch and I am excited and NERVOUS!! THANK YOU, SO MUCH!!!! YOU BIGGEST FAN! HUG YOUR SNAILS!
Got to wonder how this little survivor came by his injuries… how long do the patches remain on? Does the egg membrane not eventually rot and cause infection?
HI Liv! You were so brave here! Thanks for showing us the hard stuff. question. I have adopted someones 2 Peruvian Giant Apple Snails. They are about a Large mystery snail size. Their Shells are A MESS. Im not sure what to leave alone or what to fix. The good news is they should be ok from now on. they look like they have been chewed on. Anyway I could DM you some pics? Thank you so much!
the spiral tip on one of my adult females has been munched on by one of the males and it looks pretty bad. she has been removed to her own fully planted container but now I know I can use egg membrane to repair it. thank you ever so! ❤🐌
Hope you start feeling better!
Thank you! Already on the mend ♡
Thanks for all the editing you’ve mentioned it was appreciated 😂
I don’t even own snails though I kind of want a land snail. But I watch your channel because of how you care for these often overlooked little critters… and now because I know that you love musical theatre like I do. Which shows have you been in?
Great job Dr. LAV!🩹🐌💜
When you do this does it heal over time and the egg shell eventually fall off or do you have to repatch him as time goes on?
Please help. I have a mystery snail that his shell is not growing well at all. He can hardly put himself back in because it's not big enough. Do you suggest putting snails to sleep if this happens? I just really don't want him to suffer. 😞
Now that is a bionic snail 😅
Love the idea of egg shell patch for nutrition, but does the Permatex Super Glue counteract that? What about just painting on a few coats of a highly forefinger nail polish gel? Loved how you filed the front of the shell
I would not advise using any type of nail polish to repair a shell, at all. If it seeps through it could cause an additional injury to their flesh that could potentially be fatal. The gel super glue is the safest choice in my opinion when fixing a break and applying a patch. Thanks Diane 🤗🐌💜!
Get better soon.
Thank you 🐌 💜
I thought you usually put some medicine on the open wound before you put the shell?
Wow that’s amazing 🤩
How did it turn out? Do you ever remove the patch? I tried to rasp a very over-long shell with an Emory board do my snail could actually get out. I had to cut back the shell. Do you have another video for this? Thx
my baby has broken their shell in half. can i save them? i have to go to work now but ill be back tonight to perhaps perform surgery
Do you whistle when you get excited ?
I have a little mystery snail, at least 2 months old, and there's a spot in the mantle which must be damaged, as there is a deep gouge running the length of shell behind that spot. There is some base layer of shell underneath it all, the body is not exposed, but it just looks like the Grand Canyon being carved on its shell :( But it is a fairly narrow line, most of the shell looks good, but I wonder if a damaged mantle can heal up? Or is that a life long disability?
I just lost a mystery snail this week (not the same one as in the previous post) which also had suffered the same deep gouge problem in its shell, but in this case, at some point, after about an inch of gouged shell had grown in, it closed up and new shell growth was completely normal for the rest of its life. So it turns out the existing gouge doesn't get better, but it may happen at some point the gouging may stop, which is good to know.
In other shell news, yesterday I had a very large and old ramshorn that due to my own clumsiness in tripping over a cable, got ejected from the tank and landed on the floor, resulting in the mantle being completely shattered. The shattered shell bits must have pierced the flesh as it took me a minute or two to realize it was out of the tank, and by the time I saw it it was lying in a big ol' pool of blood. Amazingly enough, despite the blood loss and mantle destruction, after putting it back in the tank, a few hours later it started moving around a little bit. Now more than a day later, it's moving around a fair bit, even climbing up some stuff. Unfortunately, that's not shell damage that can be repaired, naturally or artificially, so it's a permanent disability now. At least it is an old snail, so it has had a long and productive life already. Still sucks to so oafishly cause serious injury to a critter :( Hopefully it will continue to survive and do its snaily thing for a long time yet to come.
You mentioned damaged caused by Rams Horn? I don't have any Rams, do they munch on shells???? 😮
Also, will the calcium in the egg shell attract others to munch on the snail?
Thanks for this video! Very handy. I love Jesus Christ Superstar too.
How do you know when the break is bad enough that they have died?
i have a tank that has been over ran with snails purple and brown and i put 20 in my 20 gallon tank is that too many?
Nah, that should be just fine as long as you do your maintenance when they make their mess 💜👍🐌
I was horrified when I dropped my pet snail who had climbed to the lid of the enclosure. I thought that she was holding on up there but she wasn’t! It cracked a long crack on her shell and I saw a video which said to euthanize her! Well after that i read you can just patch them up with glue and egg shells but she didn’t need an egg. She’s a garden variety pest snail but I’m so happy with “her” but yeah who really knows. Her name is Unicorn.
Not sure if you’ll see this but I tried to fix my snails shell, it was very bad and I’m afraid I might have got glue on him.. he’s trying to get out of his shell but he only gets so far :/ is there anything I can do to help him/her further :/
Is your snail ok?
@@devika2527 unfortunately she didn’t make it. I think the crack was way too bad :/
I’m sorry to hear that. RIP precious snail. 🧡
What glue did you use
Gel Super Glue
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im here cuz my mystery snail escaped his quarintine tank (he was in there due to high ammonia) and he fell down a high place whil i was sleeping when i woke up his shell was cracked but i dont thing it was to bad so i will leave him alone for now but if i see any strange behavior i will do this but only for worse case scenerio cuz i dont want him to get worse
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What glue did u use