Hermit Crabs

Yes they do so dont be worried if one day a leg or something is on the sand. Sometimes you can see a little clear limb growing if u look really hard. But dont throw it away! I think hell eat it.

The Lobster Institute site says that the largest lobster in history was caught off the coast of Nova Scotia in 1977 and weighed 44 pounds, according to the Guiness Book of Records. But the 1970s are relatively recent, following many years of people eating lobster.

Before the 1900s, very few people ate lobster, and a lot of very large critters were crawling around. Because of their low metabolism and few predators that would want to tackle them after reaching a good size, they could have very long lifespans, continuing to grow all the while.

My wife and I now are in our 70s. When we were in our 30s, we lived on the East Coast, and enjoyed many summer trips in New England. I distinctly remember seeing a lobster's approximately 6-foot-long exoskeleton mounted in a restaurant on one of those trips, and the lobster's quoted original weight was 170+ lbs. No exaggeration!

The description accompanying the exoskeleton stated that it had been captured in the late 1800s.

No, they are scavengers/detritivores but they are not decomposers, Detritivores obtain nutrients from consuming decomposing animal and plant material in addition to feces.

Snail shells are formed biologically as the snail grows up. Hermit crabs occupy empty shells and other containers, instead.

mostly at night cause that is when they most active.

hermit crabs have 10 legs...you only see 6 because the other 4 are inside the shell holding it on. They are much smaller and look quite different from the visible legs.

Two of their legs have pincers, while 4 are walking legs.

I found this on the "Louisiana Foods Seafood Distributer" website. "Cormorants are a well known pesky crawfish predator, but now there is another critter out there feasting on crawfish: raccoons. The number of raccoons in southern Louisiana apparently has skyrocketed over the last decade, ever since the region's fur industry went bust. The masked menaces turn over crawfish traps in shallow ponds and even haul up the lines attached to traps in deeper waters to eat both bait and crawdads." Homo Sapiens eat crawdads.

I strongly don't suggest feeding your hermit crab BACON!

Because:

- The salt (unless you buy sea salted bacon i guess) can kill your crab!

- Don't you want more delicious bacon for yourself?

I used to have a Hermit Crab that was originally wild, Buddy. He needed more space than my sister's tame crab, Friendly. Also, Friendly was a little lazy. Buddy wanted to climb all day. I don't know if all wild Hermits are like this

It has gills chambers and legs that help it to walk on the sand bed.I'm really sure cause I'm just a student.:)I will ask my teacher tomorrow and get back to you.

You can make salt water for fiddler crabs. You need to use sea salt. Never use table salt. And you need to use distilled water or water that has been treated to remove the chlorine. You can get sea salt at a pet store. 1 tea salt to 1 gallon water. Change it often.

it depends what spider crab it is the japenese spider crab population is 1000 approx as animals are decresing all the time

First of all, you should make sure it actually needs to change shells because it has become too big for it.

To make your hermit crab switch shells, place ONE crab in a small container that the cannot escape out of, put a shell in the container that you would like them to switch into. Turn off all the lights, and have a dark quiet room for them to switch in. Peek on your crab every hour.

Well in the cage you should have more than three shells so whenever it grows it can just change when it wants to.The crab will change when it wants to, when it grows bigger it should change when it cant fit in that shell anymore. Make sure that the shells you put in the cage are bigger than its old one.

they both have two claws one big claw one small claw.RETARD

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.

Land Hermit Crabs consume fresh water. It is suggested by some pet stores to have two watering dishes. One for bottled fresh water and the other for bottled salt water. The hermit crab can choose between the two depending upon the nutrients it feels it needs. If you do not have salt water- that is fine, it is not necessary.

I really don't think you shoulden't because hermit crabs aren't where expirensed with other crabs what i'm trying to say is that the other crab might try to take him out of his shell and eat him but hey what do i know i'm 10

With its big claw, it can snap a pencil in two

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If you mean "Pinchers" yes, i believe every crab will be born and will live with a claw. It sometimes can fall of or detatch at times, but i think they can reproduce claws and legs when it molts, i dont now if every crab molts, but i do know hermit crabs molt.

This is someone else...actually it is pincers you jackass. Just looked all over to find out if its "pincers" or "pinchers"...and its pincers sooo.........

There are these tiny little sea sponges you can find in little clear baggies hanging up in the fish/reptile care and supplies section of any Walmart and you just soak them with water and set them in the cage. You can also place the sponge in a small jar lid after you wet it if you don't want all the surrounding sand to get wet. You just replace the sponge every few days when it gets drier.

If a crab were to lose its legs it would probably would not be able to move around and die.

Hermit crabs do not 'go to the bathroom'. In other words hermit crabs DO NOT POO.

I have had hermit crabs, and I know they definitely don't poo.

Hermit crabs use all the energy and nutrients from their food and turn it into vitamins for the body. Hermit crabs are great pets, as there is no stinky poo to clean out!!!