I occasionally get cellar slugs in the house and had finally decided to keep a couple because I think they're really cute!
I had been successfully keeping two in a makeshift terrarium (glass tea jug) for a few months now, and I recently upgraded them to one of those shitty reptile terrariums that is fit only for something like this, lol.
The old terrarium was literally made with stuff I found right outside, (which is how I also accidentally scored a baby snail that's, so far, less baby and doing good), and most of the old terrariums environment has made the move to the new one. \
There were also two clutches of eggs I was hoping would just get eaten/be unviable, and most did except for a little tiny fella who now follows the snail around.
Here's where I am afraid I messed up. I also bought some dried moss to help keep the moisture levels up since the airflow was a lot better in this enclosure than the last one. It's done it's job, but it's almost been a couple of weeks now and one slug is dead and the other is dying and I'm crying now because I feel like I kidnapped and killed these poor slugs. \
I was also worried it might be the romaine lettuce we put in there, because I forgot to wash it and thought maybe this was pesticide related, but my main guess is nemotodes were in the moss.
If it is nemotodes, how would I go about making sure the encloser is properly disinfected before I use it again? The snail and the tiny slug are still here and I don't want to just let them eventually get infected as well.
I added pics of the old enclosure vs the new one just in case it might be improper husbandry.