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Post by siobhan on Feb 2, 2015 11:03:20 GMT -5
Now he's floating around half in and half out of his shell. I touched him and he recoiled, so he's not dead, but floating is not good. I suspect he's dying.
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Post by easttex on Feb 2, 2015 11:17:05 GMT -5
You're probably right, but I will hope for a miracle recovery. You write so engagingly about your animals that you've gotten me emotionally invested in them.
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Post by siobhan on Feb 2, 2015 16:08:07 GMT -5
I had to leave for work and I have a long day today so I won't be able to check on him again until about 8 p.m. Maybe he'll come out of it.
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Post by msdani1981 on Feb 2, 2015 19:58:31 GMT -5
Awwww, poor Sherlock!  I hope he'll be okay! |
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Post by Jan and Shah on Feb 2, 2015 20:11:45 GMT -5
I hope he is just having an off day and will be as good as new by the time you get home. Fingers and toes are crossed for Sherlock's recovery.
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Post by siobhan on Feb 3, 2015 0:08:35 GMT -5
He was still floating when I came home, but he reacted when I touched him and I put him back in and then he oozed over and stuck himself to the tank wall. He's not doing well, but he's hanging on.
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Post by Jan and Shah on Feb 3, 2015 3:39:17 GMT -5
Thanks for the update. I hope he gets better.
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Post by aaron on Feb 3, 2015 10:52:11 GMT -5
Hope Sherlock gets better! Hang in there buddy!
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Post by siobhan on Feb 3, 2015 15:19:40 GMT -5
He was floating again this morning, but still alive. I don't know if "pale" is the right word to describe his skin color, considering he's normally a dark gray, but his color isn't right.
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Post by easttex on Feb 3, 2015 15:53:24 GMT -5
Have you tried adding any calcium for him? If he's not able to anything but float, a calcium block may not be of much use for him, but if he does recover a bit it might help with the shell repair.
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Post by siobhan on Feb 3, 2015 16:34:29 GMT -5
I've crumbled bits of cuttle bone into their water fairly regularly since I've had that tank.
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Post by msdani1981 on Feb 4, 2015 4:16:12 GMT -5
How's our little buddy doing?  |
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Post by siobhan on Feb 4, 2015 16:57:19 GMT -5
He's still floating round and round, and he has taken one of the ramshorns hostage -- they attach themselves to anything and one was stuck to him and he wrapped himself around it. I tried to dislodge the ramshorn this morning but Sherlock wouldn't let go and he recoiled again when I touched him, so he's still in there, but he does not look good. However, I'm still haunted by the conviction that I gave up too soon on a previous mystery snail who had been pulled into his shell for a few days on the bottom of the tank and I thought he was dead and took him out and wrapped him up and disposed of the body. A couple of days later, another snail did the same thing and I was busy and didn't get to that one immediately and that one came out of it and was perfectly fine. Ever since, I have worried that the first one would have come out of it, too, but died a possibly horrible death wrapped in a paper towel in the trash can. All the aquarium sites say that a dead snail absolutely reeks and that is the one and only sure way to tell if it's dead, so until I am sure, I'm leaving him in that tank.
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Post by easttex on Feb 4, 2015 17:49:07 GMT -5
Still pulling for him here! I think you'd be surprised to learn how often I've thought of him the last couple of days. |
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Post by Jan and Shah on Feb 4, 2015 20:52:41 GMT -5
Like Easttex, I am thinking about Sherlock frequently. I really hope he pulls through - he seems to be hanging on.
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I hope he'll be okay!
