Stuck snail?

[dpowell]

I got trapdoor snails for the first time this year. I haven't seen them since spring (the water is a little murky ). I was rinsing filters and the pump and found one stuck to the intake opening of the pump. I tried to pull him out assuming he got sucked in inadvertently, but that guy was slurped onto that pump!! I assume he wants to be there? I could see nice white soft snail parts inside the shell. Is he going to be oK? I assume if the pump killed him, he would come off easily?

 

[Lisak1]

He's a beauty! You're right - if it was dead, it would fall off. I would leave him be.

 

[bettasngoldfish]

If it doesn't come off easily then it's alive

There is a fail proof way to test if a snail is dead or alive and it is called a sniff test. Believe me when I say a dead snail smells pretty darn bad

 

[addy1]

They stick themselves pretty good, I have worked a few loose by wiggling them until you break the suction.