Has anyone repaired a snail shell before?

[Sacha]

My zebra nerite snail has a large crack in its shell:

I'm going to move it to a hard water low- tech tank. Hopefully this will prevent the shell from deteriorating any further.

But I'm concerned that I should repair the damage already done. I've read about people using nail varnish/ glue to seal holes and cracks in shells.

Does anyone have any experience with repairing shell?

Thanks.

 

[Tim Harrison]

No...but if the shell still has integrity and the crack does not present a channel through to soft tissue you could flood it with superglue.

 

[Sacha]

Thanks. But the crack has produced a wide open hole. I think if I wanted to repair it, I would have to superglue a piece of eggshell over the crevice?

 

[Tim Harrison]

Have you seen this? http://www.petsnails.co.uk/ it may be of some help.

 

[Andy Thurston]

Have you seen this? http://www.petsnails.co.uk/ it may be of some help.

Just looked at this site and found
http://www.petsnails.co.uk/problems/broken-shell.html#start
Pretty interesting but I'd prefer to eradicate snails completely from my tanks and don't understand why people pay for snails, let alone look after them, each to their own I guess

 

[foxfish]

I would take him out, dry the shell, squeeze the fissure closed & add a smear of super glue.

 

[stu_]

Just looked at this site and found
http://www.petsnails.co.uk/problems/broken-shell.html#start
Pretty interesting but I'd prefer to eradicate snails completely from my tanks and don't understand why people pay for snails, let alone look after them, each to their own I guess

In smaller tanks they're a better option in a cuc than otos,imo.
Good luck fixing the little fella.