Trapdoor snails making an escape

[Paul DeWolf]

Hi all,

My wife reports that this morning she found three of our trapdoor snails on
our lawn instead of the pond. Unfortunately, she found one of them by
running it over with a bicycle.

Does anyone know why they might be wandering? We've had the pond for a few
years now and they haven't done this before. Do they start migrating in the
summer after a few years :-)? I think the water quality is good. We had a
big rain last night, so I think they're just roaming because they can, but I
wanted to make sure it's not a sign like rats leaving a ship...

Paul

[SVTKate]

Ummm.. maybe they are just testing the trap door, and can't find it fto get
back in from the other side?

*grin*

Kate

"Paul DeWolf" > wrote in message
news:2akKc.117260$Oq2.67026@attbi_s52...
| Hi all,
|
| My wife reports that this morning she found three of our trapdoor snails
on
| our lawn instead of the pond. Unfortunately, she found one of them by
| running it over with a bicycle.
|
| Does anyone know why they might be wandering? We've had the pond for a
few
| years now and they haven't done this before. Do they start migrating in
the
| summer after a few years :-)? I think the water quality is good. We had
a
| big rain last night, so I think they're just roaming because they can, but
I
| wanted to make sure it's not a sign like rats leaving a ship...
|
| Paul
|
|