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if its lost but you think its still in the tank, they love to dig and it is somewhere in the floor of your tank. hermit crabs are escape artists, so if you have a branch at the top of the tank, it would climb up and fall out the edge. if its lost and is not in the tank, theres not really much to do except watch the floor carefully and put a lid on the top of the tank so it doesnt happen again, or the crab could just be in another shell.

first of all, there should already be a lid on the cage so you wouldn't have this problem! but, if the hermit crab got out, i would suggest closing the door to the room so it stays in the room and put food on the floor. if the crab has a favorite type of food, that would be better to put on the floor. if that doesnt work, start up a search party and find that little sucker! good luck.

I lost mine 3 times in one day. We looked everywhere. They are nocturnal so we turned off the lights in one room and waited. The crab finally came to the dark room and we found it. If this dosent work put food (tuna or peanut butter) on foil and if the crab goes to get food you will hear it on the foil.

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