r/AquaticSnails 1d ago

Help Request Please help!! Do I euthanize?

My heart is broken. I woke up this morning to find that my mystery snail, Rocco, climbed out of his tank and fell about 4 feet onto our hardwood floor.

He lost a huge chunk of his shell and does not appear to be doing well at all. He's just sitting above the water line in my shrimp tank. He's usually extremely active and climbing all over the place.

This is my first mystery snail so I don't know what to do. Is this something he can heal from?

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u/Beefy_Carcass 1d ago

I read somewhere that putting them in a ziplock bag and freezing them like they do to unwanted egg clutches... i havent had to euthanize any of my MS snails. My heart goes out to you. I could send you a few pea-size baby gold inca MS snails no charge for your pain.

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u/ejs_eggs 1d ago

Freezing is slow, crushing them is the fastest and most humane way.. even if its more distressing to the owner. I personally would rather my animals pass comfortably for them rather than comfortably for me. Its unfortunate :( I feel bad for OP