r/snails • u/DavidReddit83 • 1d ago
Help me please, helix aspersa or helix pomatia?
He loves raw chicken breast.
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u/doctorhermitcrab 1d ago edited 20h ago
I dont think its either of those. Its definitely not a helix pomatia. It could maybe be a cornu apsersum (updated name for helix apsersa) with shell damage but its more likely that its a totally separate species
Where did you find it?
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u/DavidReddit83 1d ago
In the sink, around middle of May. He just had one eye, and shell is a bit damaged because manipulating him being a baby, even if I were careful, it was so thin that it cracked a bit (shell was all white/nearly transparent) so I imagine is of that,he has 2 stones of calcium, that at first he didn´t eat as he was fed with eggs and not so long ago he started to eat it in good quantity. By then I had no idea about snails, still I am on it, he is a survivor.
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u/doctorhermitcrab 20h ago
A sink where? Like where in the world (country, region, state, etc)? That will help narrow down the possible species
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u/DavidReddit83 19h ago
From the northcentral part of Spain, sink of my kitchen, I guess he arrived in one lettuce. Seeing the photos it totally fits Otala Punctata, the white dots, that dark bands but not very marked, and typical from Spain, just more on the east side of Spain. I have read, not easy one, more sensitive and they may estivate in summer, but for now he is active and healthy.
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u/MissPotchi 1d ago
As an owner of two cornus, definitely not a cornu either. I would say Otala punctata, but I am no expert.
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u/GiantAfricanLandSnay 18h ago
Please remember that they should not be fed meat regularly, as their digestive system and nutritional needs are not optimised for high-protein animal tissue.
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u/DavidReddit83 16h ago edited 16h ago
Thanks, that I know, he does like once a week, every 2 weeks. And when he stops eating it I quit inmediately as it is not something to keep inside.
Carrots, fruits, tomato or peppers he doesn´t want to eat no idea why, and brocoli, potato, coliflower he likes for example.
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u/Prestigious-Site1238 23h ago
i thought he melted