Apple snail dead?

Question

he's been acting funny, well actually hasn't been acting at all for 2 day.. yesterday he was half way out of his shell and when i touched him he didn't react. this morning i found him a little bended over. but now he floating at the top and usually when i push him he goes back down but he's not doing that and his 'trap door' thing does really close, its like when he's upside down it goes in his shell but when its down it sorta slides out... i smelled him and he sorta smell like not as nice as yesterday but its not like horrible, foul smell other people say.. but does this all mean that hes a goner?

Answer 1

LOL I really dont know... I know that apple snails will go dormant for a while... I had two in my aquarium and I loved watching them scoot around on the insides of the aquarium scraping the algae off the sides... One day I noticed that one of them was on the bottom, but his trap door was closed over the opening of his shell... I looked it up and it said to leave him alone for a few days, and sure enough, he was back to scootching around in no time... After a while, I noticed that I only had one apple snail, and I guess that the other one died and disintegrated because all I found left of him was part of the swirly part of his shell... no other traces... My apple snails never floated on top... it sounds like hes not doing too well... sorry...