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Mites. If you get them don't worry just bathe your hermit crabs a few times, dump out all their substrate and get new substrate and wah all their toys and dishes. These mites cannot harm the crabs.
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What are hermit crabs eyes called?
Antennea's they are on stalks, like a bugs.
Can you use branches from trees for hermit crabs?
You probably could but you want to make sure its free of bugs and parasites. Hermit crabs get parasites very easily
Can hermit crab mites harm a hermit crab?
Sometimes mites can kill hermit crabs it depends if the mites are all over the cage and on the hermit crabs. if there are only like 3 it should not harm them as much. mites are tiny white bugs they can also be black. mites will harm the hermit crab if there are tons. just clean your tank if you mites. by Josie j
Why do hermit crabs have bugs when its not dead?
Those bugs are called mites, hermit crabs have mites when their food has n ot been changed or tank not has been cleaned in over six months, or you have REAL plants. Research how to get rid of mites.
What kind of mites can live on hermit crabs?
There is generally one one kind of mite that can live on hermit crabs. You find them around their joint and their mouth parts. Other bugs in the crabitat like booklice or rollie pollie bugs, or spring tails can be disturbing to us but not harmful to the crabs.
What do hermit crabs do at high tide?
Crawl back to the trees to climb and eat bugs and fruit fallen off of the trees.
Are hermit crabs carnivores or hervibores?
Both they eat fallen fruits, washed up fish, and climb trees to eat bugs.
Why do hermit crabs kill?
Surely "Why are Hermit Crabs bugs?" My answer to that is that the definition for "bug" is a small, creeping invertebrate. Hermit Crabs are crustaceans, with an exoskeleton (an outer shell) instead of an inner skeleton, namely without a spinal cord, therefore invertebrate. But they only "creep" when submerged in water (when the tide comes in). Apologies for not answering your question. (Note: another definition for "bug" is to annoy constantly, and I can't see a Hermit Crab doing that.)
Can you keep hermit crabs with other animals in the same habitat?
Very few. Because hermit crabs need to remain stationary to molt they need to be kept with their own kind to avoid being cannibalized. Some owners do add rollie pollie bugs to their crab tanks as cleaners and that has proven to be quiet successful.
How do wild hermit crabs catch it's prey?
They eat fallen fruits, washed up fish, and climb trees to eat bugs
What animal could go in a tank with a hermit crab?
It's not recommended to keep different animals together, especially when they have such specific needs as a hermit crab (terrestrial). You can keep roly-poly bugs, or other species of hermit crabs safely.
What do hermit crabs eat in there habitat?
Hermit crabs are scavengers so they eat dead fish washed up on the shore, fruit fallen from trees, they even climb trees to eat bugs. They are VERY social and live in groups up to hundreds. buy at least 2.
