Hi there. So my partner and I have recently acquired a fully grown GALS. It was apparently found abandoned in a London park in the middle of winter, inside it's tank. It's got a slightly chipped shell on one side, which looks like it repaired itself. We were using a cotton buds to oil it's shell the other day, and bathing the snail when my boyfriend found a thread like worm wiggling out of the damaged bit of shell. It was about 3mm in length. We squashed the worm before thinking to take a picture unfortunately, but been reading up and suspect it could be lungworm.
The snail seems happy enough, though I am freaked out. Especially since my friend, who has a dog and cat, is supposed to be looking after our GALS whilst we're away and I am afraid of it spreading the worm. Any ideas on how I can deworm our GALS please? I also read somewhere that if it has worms, it's probably got an issue with white mites coz that brings it immune system down. We haven't seen any mites, but our GALS is albino, so it might be hard to tell.
Any advice on what we should do would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
The snail seems happy enough, though I am freaked out. Especially since my friend, who has a dog and cat, is supposed to be looking after our GALS whilst we're away and I am afraid of it spreading the worm. Any ideas on how I can deworm our GALS please? I also read somewhere that if it has worms, it's probably got an issue with white mites coz that brings it immune system down. We haven't seen any mites, but our GALS is albino, so it might be hard to tell.
Any advice on what we should do would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks