Elysia with a ripped body

October 4, 2007
From: Patrick

So I have an atlantic lettuce slug...and he apparently slid over something, and ripped through his body in his mid section. It did not tear to the tail end, but there is a huge gap in the middle of his body. Will this heal on it's own? Is there anything I can do to speed the healing?

Thank you
Patrick

prk22@pitt.edu

Patrick, 2007 (Oct 4) Elysia with a ripped body. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20888

Dear Patrick,

I may be a slug doctor in the 'academic sense' but definitely not in the 'medical sense', so any advice I give on caring for sick slugs comes with no guarantee.  From anecdotal evidence, sea slugs have quite amazing powers of self-repair so I suspect your Elysia crispata should be able to mend itself without too much bother - as long as it keeps away from whatever is cutting it up.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Oct 4). Comment on Elysia with a ripped body by Patrick. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20888

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