big snail eating smaller snail?

[ter153]

hi all
i have 2 reticulatas,and a fulica and a marginata which i got today,he is quite bit bigger than my other 3,tonight i found him with one of the retics in its mouth,or what i thought was its mouth,was he trying to eat it or did it just come accross it when it was grazing( do snails graze lol) looked a bit scary,retic is ok as far as i can see,can these snails stay together or should i take out the smaller ones until theyve grown a bit bigger? thanks for any answers

[infiltraitor]

How big are the retics?

There was advice I remember seeing about how big baby snails should be before they're put in with big 'uns - I can't remember the exact details, though I'm sure it was something about having shells at least an inch long or something like that.

[coyote]

I'm not sure how old your snails are, but when snails are getting ready to mate, they will often nuzzle each other with their mouths. I don't know if an older one would try to nuzzle a much younger one, though.

[ter153]

hi
think the retics are about an inch long,the fulica is quite tiny,think ill put them in another tank for a while tho just to be safe,hardly see the smaller snails as theyre always hidden,i have to go looking for them to check theyre ok,thanks for your replies