if they find another shell that they like better, they may just change right into it. I'm suggesting if you have a pet hermit crab to get around five shells for each crab try to pick around the size or maybe a little bigger for the shells. also i wouldn't buy painted shells they don't seem to like them very much. Hope that helps! :)
No, they use snail shells.
the kind that don't want them anymore
No, they shed their shells regularily. that is where we get soft shell crabs from; crabs who have just shed their shells and are cooked. Like a snake shedding their skin.
no they do not have an internal skeleton in order to grow they switch their shells
Hermit crabs live in sea snail shells so the hermit crabs go in which ever shell they think will be comfy, like turbo shells. Also hermit crabs love shells with a pearl color inside.
No, they do not
Crabs need shells because there abdomen is very soft and sensitive and the shell protects them.
Empty snail shells.
in their shells
to protect them
yes they do?
because they are called blue crabs and also they have a cell in there body which gives them the power if changing the colour if there shells ?
Soft shell crabs are soft and are eaten with the entire crab. Soft shell crabs are actually hard shell crabs that have shed their shells to allow for growth. Shells do not grow with the crab. Crabs retain a soft shell when they shed their hard shells; then that soft shells begins to harden-up as the crab grows.