Thought my Chams tail fell off!! Turned out to be a...

[creddjobs]

SNAIL!!! Ok, I went to mist and feed him this morning. Im wiping down his enclosure from any dead feeders, water, fecal etc! I get to this little "swurly" looking thing and my heart dropped. It looked kinda like this...

I looked at him and he was looking at me like " thats not my tail!" Lol. SO I was like well thats a swurly turd! lol , then I noticed the head of the snail pop out! I was like Where the hell did that come from! Im sure it came from the plant i got in there. Honeslty I did not repot the soil but I did was it off quite well in the tub. I did a search and noticed that some people do feed these. Im not interested and dont plan feeing him those. I just need to know if I should be concerned about this. I am on a lookout for anymore BTW...

 

[creddjobs]

bump! Just want to know if I need to take any action on this. Im not thinking the plant is infested or anything....

 

[TyggyToo]

Probably did come from the plant. Snails are intermediaries for a whole host of parasites, but I wouldn't worry about that. Sometime in the near future you're going to be taking a fecal, and probably the cham to the vet for a nice check up anyway.

I hear that some chams like snails for lunch!

 

[Solid Snake]

Lol!
That cracked me up

Yeah you dont wnat to feed wild snails because of the parasite risk.
Ive only ever seen jacksons eat them, but I would just remove any that you find.

I would dig around in the dirt for more. If they are in there I dont think they will be very deep

 

[creddjobs]

Thanks for the replys guys, I jud didnt know where it came from. I have a water tray under the plant and he was not in the, unless he crawled out it. I dont think he ate or tried to eat it as I found it when I turned on his lights. I usually wake him up like that. I will be taking him to the vet once he gets a little bigger, maybe 6 months?

 

[Goldenarcher1328]

I would have had a heart attack if i thought my chams tail fell off! haha, Glad its only snails. I get that species of land snail all over my back yard, the birds love them and so does the dog! haha

 

[chameleonfan101]

Hahaha this just made my day!

 

[okiroo]

thats too funny, yeah you can feed them but they can/will be full of parasites. i'd breed you own if you want to feed them ^^

 

[creddjobs]

thats too funny, yeah you can feed them but they can/will be full of parasites. i'd breed you own if you want to feed them ^^

lol not interested in feeding them I dont think he tried to eat it. I should have just poured some salt on him a watch him melt! lol

 

[Solid Snake]

Mustard greens melt them quite nicely.
Found that out when I fed some to some snails I was going to breed.
Next day I checked on them and they were liquid ;/

 

[Goldenarcher1328]

Mustard greens melt them quite nicely.
Found that out when I fed some to some snails I was going to breed.
Next day I checked on them and they were liquid ;/

Seriously?