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? asked in PetsFish · 8 years ago

Would a black mystery snail still mate with a dead snail?

My black mystery snails have been mating all week but today I noticed one of the snails hasnt moved for over 12 hours. When I bought him he was like this while the other snail just had his way with him crawling all over his shell. Right now the snail is crawling on top of his shell but he/she still hasn't come out. How would I know if the snail is dead and would they still be trying to mate if one was dead?

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Update:

I don't want to remove the snail so fast, when I first bought him he stayed still for over 12 hours and then started moving around...he barely moves like the other snail.

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    pick up the snail with the fish net.

    if the snail is dead his/her shell door will fall down and it will smell so bad it can even make you sick too :(

    My apple snail die about 2 months ago , he didn't moved much and also he was closed in his shell for very long until i pick him up and smell him :'( .

    Did you test your fish tank water? do you feed your snails with fresh vegetables and algae waffles?

    snails cannot only survive eating only left over fish food etc. they need some fresh vegetables too.

    such as cucumber

    piece of apple

    Green lettuce

    or green salad

  • 8 years ago

    To both posters above... she is not asking if a dead snail will get pregnant.... she's asking if a snail will attempt to mate with a dead snail so that she can guage whether her snail is still alive.... read the question!

    I would pick the snail up and look inside. You could even use the eraser of a pencil to lightly touch the body of the snail and see off it recoils from touch. If it doesn't respond.... it is dead. Remove from tank and dispose... sorry:(

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    LMAO phillies XDDDD the image would not teach lifeless snails, those are greater than likely alive. The quickest thank you to work out if Moe's alive or no longer is to softly poke him and look forward to a reaction, i do no longer know lots approximately snails yet they could do some thing... My otto keeps to be interior the comparable nook daily after day... i know the way it feels to ask your self whether your detrimental puppy's lifeless or no longer T_T GL with Moe, i'm specific he's purely slightly traumatic, he gets decrease back to conventional faster or later.

  • 8 years ago

    i wonder if you ever found a dead woman that got pregnant after some crazy man sex her. just remove the dead snail or it can spike your ammonia up.

  • 8 years ago

    it this is the was in the animal world of snails and they do this you cold probably Google it ans find out

  • ?
    Lv 4
    7 years ago

    ONLY IF ITS INTO HUMPING OTHER DEAD SNAILS.

  • 8 years ago

    it dead, how can it mate and also if it dead it won't move while the one goes away.

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