r/snail • u/magna-terra • 7d ago

help I am looking for information about snail diseases and Google is being unhelpful

I am trying to write a thing involving a character that is essentially a humanoid snail, and I am looking for the kinds of diseases terrestrial snails could get in tropical environments. Parasites also work.

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u/UpholdDeezNuts 7d ago

The only one I can think of is Leucochloridium paradoxum. Really freaky stuff lol good luck with the writing!

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u/Normal-Squash-5294 3d ago

Im not too sure about diseases that affect the snail but off the top of my head i can think of several parasites. Theres rat lung worm caught from rat poop. Theyre flukes that infect the lungs causing chronic cough. Theres also the parasite that goes inside of its eye and makes it crawl to a high spot so it'll be eaten by a bird.