Re: Imediate Apple Snail Help! Crushed up Shell!

by **aly_starh** on Fri Oct 09, 2009 6:36 pm

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] hopefully he will be ok overnight! Smile

by **Assaye** on Tue Oct 13, 2009 3:12 pm

How is he??

by **Assaye** on Tue Oct 13, 2009 3:22 pm

"I had one of my large apple snails (about 4", 4 years old) partly
crushed. I used 'superglue' (cyanocrylate) to put his shell back together. Fortunately,
he wasn't damaged internally and this reconstructed shell worked very well.
I also put him on a diet of algae tablets and canned spinach. In six weeks he
had regrown enough of his inner shell to hold himself together and I was able
to stop reglueing. He's doing well a year later."

Hope this helps!

by **Assaye** on Tue Oct 13, 2009 3:42 pm

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by **pippoodle** on Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:09 pm

if he survives and can eat well over the weekend let me know and i'll send you some apple snail shell - from old snails - you can glue pieces onto the snails damaged shells - i glue with sealant so its flexible and the snail can still grow - a lot of the time the new glued shell will evenutually fall off after 3-6 months