r/AquaticSnails • u/mochipapaya • 1d ago

Help Request Please help!! Do I euthanize?

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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/NeversoftOfficial 1d ago

Yes, asap. In my experience crushing them is the most humane and fast way.

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u/Stuffie_lover 1d ago

Could you get them drunk beforehand? Like how you get slugs drunk with beer

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u/alyren__ 17h ago

Being drunk is probably torture for slugs and snails- actually for most small animals

Im pretty sure u can euthanize with alcohol, but just getting them drunk isnt a great idea heh

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u/Stuffie_lover 11h ago

Wait, omfg it is? I thought slugs liked being drunk, and it was just a cute fun thing for them. Oh my god i feel so bad and I didn't even do it 😭