Are snails social?

[mistyanita]

Just wondering if snails are social animals and need to be kept in pairs or more... I will soon be the owner of a little white jade fulica and I want him to have a happy life... but I really don't want to go through freezing eggs if I had another fulica in with him. Could he be put with another snail of a different species?
Sorry if this question has already been answered!

[cleo]

You can keep achatina and archachatina together in one tank, they won't mate. But believe me...snails feel more "happy" when they have the chance to live in a group of at least 3, better more of them...
May I ask you to take a look into my gallery, my pics from today. There you can see a group of snails, always they like to be close to one another, although they have a big tank. You will do a big favour to your snail, when you give her more company And believe me....you get used to freeze the eggs, it's not a big thing and you will see how active your snail will be, when it gets some fellows.

[mistyanita]

Thank you so much.
I will have to get my new snaily, ( Heidi-just arrived today!!!) a companion.
Just wondering could she live with a tiger snail or do they require different accommodation?

[cleo]

Unfortunately I don't have experience in keeping white jade fulica, but I keep some "normal" fulica and they live with many Archachatina suturalis in one tank, that means high temperature and high humidity. My tigers like it more hot and wet than the suturalis, maybe it would be too much for the jade fulica. But I think here are some people who can give you more solid informations than me.
Did you decide already the quantity of community for your fulica...?

[Val]

The white jade snail will not need it as warm as a tiger.

Val

[mistyanita]

Thanks... I will look in to getting some margies or other archachatinas to go with her then. Don't really want her with other fulicas as 100s of eggs would worry me too much!

[cleo]

And what will you do with all the eggs from the margies...?

[charisma]

Yes, I really don't recommend more than one fulica. I did well until I missed one batch of eggs and now I have 60 snails to rehome (20 left!) six months later!

[whodoesntlovesnails]

charisma said:

Yes, I really don't recommend more than one fulica. I did well until I missed one batch of eggs and now I have 60 snails to rehome (20 left!) six months later!

wow, 60 little baby snails, they must have been a handful.

i also recomed not getting more than one fulica if you dont want to have to look for and freeze eggs.

but company is a good thing for snails, they are usually more active and "happy"

i would think that 2 snails would be good company, but three would be better.

best wishes
-miley

[Rachel]

careful or you could end up like me, my baby fuli rosalind has bonded with my baby h. pom hawthorn after i bathed them together, and when i tried to put them into seperate tanks they both sulked, yet were fine when i put them in one together. At least they can't mate, and hawthorns captive bred from 3 generations of captives so no nasty bugs, plus she can't squash him as hes bigger, lol. I suppose that its good shes got a friend, i won't have to rush the choosing of my other GALS. lol

[lau200]

i got a margie and after introducing him to my fuli, i've noticed they get on really well and they seem far happier than when they were alone

[whodoesntlovesnails]

lau200 said:

i got a margie and after introducing him to my fuli, i've noticed they get on really well and they seem far happier than when they were alone

i guess it just depends on the snail

-miley

[donut]

charisma said:

Yes, I really don't recommend more than one fulica. I did well until I missed one batch of eggs and now I have 60 snails to rehome (20 left!) six months later!

umm this is me too but it was my first batch of eggs & i have 53 left a lady unfortunatly had to pull out of taking 30 of them so i struggling a bit atm but ill get there they only 1mth old yet & im still getting offers (another 5 going tomorrow)

thesnailsanctuary said:

careful or you could end up like me, my baby fuli rosalind has bonded with my baby h. pom hawthorn after i bathed them together, and when i tried to put them into seperate tanks they both sulked, yet were fine when i put them in one together. At least they can't mate, and hawthorns captive bred from 3 generations of captives so no nasty bugs, plus she can't squash him as hes bigger, lol. I suppose that its good shes got a friend, i won't have to rush the choosing of my other GALS. lol

AWWW TSS - im glad rosalind is settling in nice & has a little Friend & the pics & Vids so CUTE

i had both my Fuli in seperate tanks when i got them & they were very "sleepy" & didnt come out much NOW tho they are always out & about & we see them lots so im prepared for the freezing of eggs (it not nice tho) so i can have happy snails - i WAS gonna keep 2 baby fuli BUT im thinking of 2 different babies of seperate breeds so that when they bigger they can go in same Viv but NO EGGS to worry about lol

[ness]

Apart from putting in a species with an Immaculata, I would say that snails benefit from company even if the snail is of a different species. I find them in my communal tanks mouthing each other (which makes the recipent come further out of the shell) and sleeping in a huddle.
As for being happy - well who can tell? But it wouldn't surprise me if this interation was beneficial for the snails health.

However, it would seem that Reticulatas don't want to breed unless there are no other species of snail present (going on reading other posts that is).

[vikingsnail]

What about an iredalei? That's what I have in with my fulica, and they're very happy together as far as I can tell