yes if the shell was a good size and they just wanted to try it.
A shell provides protection and shelter for a hermit crab, which uses it as its home. The hermit crab carries the shell on its back and can move to a larger one as it grows. This symbiotic relationship benefits both the hermit crab and the shell.
It depends who the Hermit Crab borrowed its shell from.
take the dead crab out of the shell.
It may be happy with the shell is has on. NEVER force a hermit crab out of its shell. but over time it will molt and change to a diffrent shell.
Your hermit crab cam go fast depending on the whieght of the shell on the hermit crab. If the shell is light the speed of the crab will increase, if the shell is heavy on the crab the speed will decrease.
If you own a hermit crab, they ALWAYS have to change shells. So, when they change it you will see their 'belly' when they move to shell to shell. Do not try pulling it out of it's shell, that is very rude and cruel
When a hermit crab outgrows its shell, it will move into a larger shell.
a crab with a shell
A long clawed hermit crab protects itself by hiding in it's protective shell or fighting back with its claws, or by putting its body in its hard shell.
This happend to me once. I had a hermit crab for about 5 months and then its shell got too small for its body, so we had to buy a larger shell so it can go back in it. If it doesnt go back in it some how dehydrates.
They livde to gether because the shell is a home for the hermit crab!
Yes, it will grow back.The body you see is actually a shell that the hermit crab sheds to grow. you can get all your hermit crab info on HERMIT-CRABS.com