Dead Snail?

[CTGoldfish]

For the past two days i had a floating trapdoor snail and it smelled HORRIBLE its trapdoor was still shut is it dead?if it isnt then its probably dead now its been out for 2 hours of water

 

[Essjay]

If it really stunk, then it's dead. Once you've smelled a dead snail, you never forget it. It's revolting.

 

[CTGoldfish]

If it really stunk, then it's dead. Once you've smelled a dead snail, you never forget it. It's revolting.

yes it smelled horrendous,i also poked it hard enough to get smelly juices out of it

 

[fishnovice]

definitely dead if it's oozing smelly juice. Live snails of any kind are absolutely odourless. However, snals can survive for days out of water rif kept damp. I;ve had several kinds posted in damp tissue and they were fine on arrival.

 

[JoshuaA]

The smell can be somewhat related to rotten eggs, however I've never had such a gag relfex from rotten eggs than what I had from smelling my dead apple snail.

Mine died after a week randomly in my tank, however the snail I got at the same time is fine. This one floated for 2 days and was still alive then it was seen moving around around the tank for the third day and then all of a sudden it stopped moving. Gave it another day, took it out and the smell was... threw it straight into the bin. The other snail is still alive and well.