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How do you remove a hermit crab that is biting your lip?
To safely remove a hermit crab that's biting your lip, gently grasp its shell with your fingers to provide a stable hold. Slowly and carefully pull the crab away from your lip without jerking, as sudden movements may cause it to hold on tighter. If needed, you can submerge the crab in a shallow dish of water to encourage it to release its grip. Always handle hermit crabs with care to avoid stress or injury to the animal.
Do hermit crab need a lot of care?
Hermit crabs don't require lots of care but do need some. Like, Water, Food, Water dish, food dish, extra shells, things to climb on, hermie hut (or place to hide,) correct substrate, and hermit crabs.
Will your hermit crab have babies in a cage?
Not successfully. Crabs lay their eggs in a large body of salt water (bay, sea). If you crab lays eggs in it's water dish, they will not hatch.
What does your crab need while it molts?
Before a hermit crab molts it needs a salt water dish and it will eat extra food and drink extra water, then it will dig underground to molt.
Do your hermit crabs get water?
What I do for my hermit crabs is I take a shallow hermit crab dish (found at pet stores), fill it with fresh NATURAL SPRING WATER (all other water will kill crabs. trust me!), and put in a hermit crab sponge (also found at pet stores). This way they can pleasantly have their NATURAL SPRING WATER (remember that!) without drowning.
What tools do you use to take care of hermit carbs?
You will need a tank, substrate, a food dish, 2 water dishes, ( for fresh and salt water) hermit crab food, a place for them to hide in.
How big should the home be for a hermit crab?
A cage less then a gallon, with sand and a dish for food and a sponge filled with water for your pet to drink.
What kind of water do hermit crabs need to drink and bathe in?
You can bathe your hermies in hermit crab salt which you can find at petsmart.also if you have small crabs put a sponge in the water dish the water temp should be 60 to 70 degress.ps I've been raising hermit crabs for 30 years in my old crab is 30 years old
Do hermit crabs act dead when they are molting?
Yes. When a hermit crab is molting, it reserves energy by not moving. The old skin will be shed and look like a ghost crab. Make sure that your hermit crab has plenty of water in it's dish or sponge as humidity is a great help to him or her during this process.
What do you do when your hermit crab is inactive for 24 hours?
Your hermit crab is a very picky creature and if you bought it from a good pet store then you should've gotten some tips on how to take care of it. There are some specific tools that are essential when caring for a hermit crab. * A see transparent, lit aquarium. * A sponge for it to drink water. { simply wet the sponge until dripping water } * a food dish and food. { found at local pet markets } * a larger shell for it to switch to, in the event that it grows. If your hermit crab is inactive for more than 24 hours, try holding the crab faced toward the bottom of a flat surface {usually in a warm area} if you cannot feel movement try leaving the containment area in the warm surface for 2-4 hours and if it still inactive, your hermit crab could very possibly be dead.
What do hermentcrab eat?
hermit crabs need one dish of regular water, and one disk of water with sea salt mixed in (just a little bit) and you feed them special hermit crab pellets that you buy at a pet store. dont try to feed them anything else.
How much water should you give a hermit crab?
You should give a hermit crab lots of water because during the night the water absorbs in the air and in the morning there is only little water left so keep your cups or whatever you fill water in filled to the top
