snail

bchow · Post by **bchow** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:09 pm

....my Nipper just swallowed a snail in the garden!

..and now he's acting all 'strange'.

He used to bound up the garden, the whole length in just a few strides, now it takes about 2 days!
Also when he walks he tends to leave behind him a kinda 'trail'...slimey stuff, yuk

On top of all this he has started to 'grow' something from the top of his head, just behind the ears, a little like stalks, and when he twitches his ears they 'boing' about!

His fur has gone from a lovely black fluffy soft hair to some kinda crispy hard shell like subtance!

Now believe it or not,

I can put up with all the above but theres one thing that I find distressing......it took ages for him to learn his name, Nipper, but now He only responds to the name of 'Brian'!

Help!!

C&J

Layla · Post by **Layla** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:36 pm

Judy Fox · Post by **Judy Fox** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:57 pm

That is so funny!

(p.s. worm him - slugs and snails have worms!)

Dogdad · Post by **Dogdad** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 5:56 am

Yoshi ate 2 frogs the other day, But so far so good, he hasn't had the urge to swim in his kiddie pool yet but is snapping at bugs

David

bama · Post by **bama** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:09 am

Your story is cute, yet sad...I don't think it has anything to do with the snail?
Has Nipper seen a vet lately?
It sounds like your little Nipper/Brian needs to go to the vet. It could be a number of things, but one thing is for sure, these are symptoms that need attention.
I am wondering if he has worms, thus leaving a slime trail.
The hair loss could be worms, could be skin mites, or something auto-immune, like thyroid problems.
The bumps, sometimes occur and they are benign, and sometimes are malignant.
In any case, he is in serious need of a veterinary care.
I hope you will make an appointment today.
I hope this helps.

bchow · Post by **bchow** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:33 am

Don't worry, Nipper is wormed regularly.....just a thought, I wonder if snails get worms, and if so how would you get it to swallow a tablet?!

Also what would happen if a snail swallowed a Chow!

C&J

Haley · Post by **Haley** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:07 pm

Lol, i thought you were serious for a minute.

Salandra · Post by **Salandra** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:37 pm

LOL Haley!

bchow Thanks for making me laugh

WildThings · Post by **WildThings** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:49 pm

Just make sure she stays away from salt and beer, a dangerous combination for snails...and chows. I can't imagine a chow/snail mix would do any better with them.

Would that be considered a designer mix...a chail or a schnow?

Sylvia · Post by **Sylvia** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 5:03 pm

bchow wrote:
Also what would happen if a snail swallowed a Chow!

C&J

You'd get one large slimy hairball.

cheriekynb · Post by **cheriekynb** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 5:11 pm

HA HA HA HA HA, what a cute story! I can just picture Nipper with things growing out of his head like those headbands you can buy with the boingy eye balls and stuff like that!!

AND HALEY!! Did you know they took gullible out of the dictionary?? buwahahahaha!!!
Just to let you know, I was asked that once and I said "really?"...

Haley · Post by **Haley** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:17 pm

LOL, i almost DID ask really? Jeeees. Gullible is written on my forehead.