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Hermit crabs are known to make a "chirping" noise. Sometimes at night when your mom is late up and is working on the computer they can hear them scratching around and rubbing up against the sides of the tank with their shells.

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Hermit crabs are known to make a "chirping" noise. As of yet, the method of making that noise is unknown, but it has been theorized that it is done much like a cricket, by rubbing a leg against another leg (or possibly the shell).

A chirping hermit crab is rarely a happy hermit crab. They are usually observed making this noise when one of their tank-mates are disturbing them, or at other times when the crab feels stressed and defensive.

They can also make a great deal of noise in their tank by clacking their shells against tank walls, interior structures, and each other (I am often woken in the night by my own crabs, bumbling around their tank). If this is a problem, try moving their decorative structures and food dishes a little further away from the walls of the tank (especially the food dish, which can be a center of competition).

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