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No. Crabs need ocean style salt water mixed with products you buy at the pet store. Table salt contains an anti-caking agent which can be harmful. Table salt also lacks the trace metals and minerals that are in the water mix that hermit crabs need.

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Do humans interact with crabs?

Interact? Hermit crabs and humans are not like. That being said however: Hermit Crabs and humans do both need to eat, and both have their own food pyramid they should eat from to remain healthy. Hermit crabs and humans both need to drink water so they do not become dehydrated. However, water needs to be safe as in hermit crabs if offered tap water needs to have a dechlorinator used to make it safe, whereas humans do not. Hermit crabs and humans both need a certain warmth to prevent hypothermia which can lead to harmful complications or death. Hermit crabs and humans both need salt in their diet even though it is a different type of salt. Hermit crabs need the elements found in ocean/sea water salt/salt mixes and humans need the iodine from salt.


What are the hermit crabs preditors?

sea birds, fish, octopuses, crabs, and other hermit crabs


Are hermit crabs sea animals?

Well it depends there are different types of crabs,I own 4 land hermit crabs.


Where does the hermit crab get its shell?

Answer: Usually a sea snail's.


How do hermit crabs bathe?

They just slide in the salt ( SEA salt) water and slide out. they also clean them selves by rubbing all the dirt off them.


What environment do hermit crabs live?

the sea


What is required for hermit crabs to grow?

Hermit crabs need distilled water, and SEA salt water, since they are scavengers they eat fruits and veggies. you also need at least 2 hermit crabs they are very social. They need one gallon of space per hermit crab. Hermies also need 70 - 80 F temp and 70 - 80 %humidity. Research more about hermit crabs plz. . .


Can a hermit crab drink both salt and fresh water?

No hermit crabs need distilled water for fresh water (which they drink), and need SEA salt water for them to bathe in (so the exoskeleton gets stronger)


Will hermit crabs die if given salt water?

No! Wrong kind of. Hermit crabs need salt water but only once a week. If you don't it's fine but is highly recommended. I recommend HBH Hermit Crab Salt. You can get salt water at your local pet store so like Petsmart or Petco or any where else that has salt water. DON'T USE SALT WATER FROM THE OCEAN! Hermit crabs don't really need salt water but it helps to have it. Hermit crabs use the salt water to soak in. It helps with there molting. If you have salt water for hermit crabs GREAT!!! If you don't that's "OKAY." Go out and buy some salt water for your hermit crabs. If you don't know where to get salt water you can got to your local pet shop and get something called hermit crab salt.


Do hermit crabs like green or blue more?

All Hermit Crabs Should Like Blue Because They Live In The Sea!


Can sea hermit crabs eat normal hermit crab food?

im pretty sure that not all crabs eat hermit crab food. unless that u mean that do all hermit crabs eat hermit crab food? then the answer to that is yes. all hermit crabs eat hermit crab food.


Do hermit crabs use snail shells?

not pet hermit crabs... they are too weak and fragile to keep the hermit crab save although wild hermit crabs might use them the would be sea snails which have harder shells