Apple Snails...dead Or Alive?

[SharonCC]

I bought two of these yesterday, and it's been 24 hours with absolutely no movement...I know nothing about snails...Are they dead?

 

[TylerFerretLord]

It's not uncommon for apple snails to stay in the same place for a day or two after being added to a new environment. If you want to check to see if she's dead, take her out and try to open her trap-door. If it opens easily she's most likely dead; If not, just put her back in.

 

[SharonCC]

Thanks...

 

[Mystil]

I have apple snails in my tank which bob along the water...scared the bejesus out of me when it first happened...so i scooped it out and put it back in and it sank and opened up...looked around and crawled away as if to say....i was enjoying that!

The only dead one i knew was dead cause it started to swell up...

It takes afew days for them to come out of their shells and investigate their new environment.