To not let DD back in her room tonight? Freaked out.... what is this?

[tastylancs]

DH just gone away for three days, otherwise he would talk me down I’m sure. But right now it’s just me and the DC and I’ve opened DDs room to discover this.... nest? Chrysalis? It’s about 5cm x 3cm. Help!

Why would a snail leave a poo?? Do snails even poo??

OP, was it a snail!? Surely snails don't move that fast?

Just got back..... Oh... nothing.... its been an hour! Heard of snail mail but this is ridiculous! Wonder if ok have gone to bed exhausted after stressful eve...

So it's either a shit or a snail.

Snit?
Shail?

Ltb

Yes, IDontLikeZombies It'll be amazing. Good food, nice cake, a gin bar, good coffee, nice toilets AND NO SPIDERS or creepy crawlies. If one errant beastie appears I will quietly remove it and give a full refund .

Yes snails eat and then poo makes room to eat more of your plants, it usually looks like a brown or black squiggle but can go other colours like orange from eating lots of carrot. We had giant african land snails, they poo a lot.

They do get covered in all sorts of stuff, especially if they live in sheds or go crawling through weird nooks into a house. Not like they have a tiny shell wash with rotating fluffy things to go through.

smiled why on earth wouldn’t a snail poo??? Surely most animals do

'Alls well that ends snail'

Oh my word I'm so sorry everyone I didn't confirm. Yes Gerald is indeed a gigantic snail. Very crusty and a little misshapen but healthy and very very speedy.

DD is still insisting on sleep8ng in my room as the whole evening was a bit unsettling. But now can't believe Gerald caused all that panic. We removed all DDs favourite toys from the room, got school uniform for tomorrow...

You and DD can have a nature hunt tomorrow - see if you can find Gerald. Don't forget the sweet potato

Oh my word that's just made me put my phone torch on and check everywhere before I go to sleep 😬

Phew thank goodness for proper confirmation, thanks OP

Have nominated this thread to MN for Classics. Made me laugh so much I cried, had stomach ache and even peed a little!

Well thank God, let's hope Gerald wasn't a Geraldine who left a mutant mound lurking somewhere waiting to release a load of ugly babies

I wish I had not opened this thread.

I feel a little queasy.

Good to know he's been released. I've found snails up the walls in the outside laundry room at work, which are dry and painted (the walls, not the snails!), come to think of it there was something similar looking in there - like you I didn't want to investigate too closely!

Eenymeeny if my admittedly limited knowledge about snails is correct, Gerald is both Gerald and Geraldine. Snail sex is quite something to behold.

Lol thank you for this thread, I'm having the shittiest of weeks and today was the pits and this thread made me laugh for the first time in days (the comments, not the problem itself!).
That thing looks horrific.
In my house,DH would poke it into a bucket, seal it and dump it as far as possible from the house. Or set it on fire.
Then I would come in and bleach the f out of that wall.
Sorry OP, that really must suck...💐

PS Just showed DH and he thinks it's mould or fungus of some sort.

Oh god so it was a snail... upstairs in a bedroom...

I’m never opening any fucking windows again so long as I live. The terrorising thought of snails having access to anywhere in the house is bad enough. But a bedroom 😱

I’m going to have nightmares now 😩

It doesn't need a towel - FFS you'll be giving it a guest soap next.

Best thread ever. May Gerald continue on his adventures terrorising people in their homes!

I'm still itchy all over.

I'm glad Gerald's happy. 🐌

Oh God scrambled!!! Why do I get the feeling I'll be dreaming about weird snail sex tonight. Infairness though anything as ugly as gerald(ine) would need the added advantage of picking and choosing its sex!!