Hermit Crabs

No, it is not legal. You must have a permit to harvest hermit crabs from the beach even if it is only one. Additionally, the majority of the hermit crabs found on the beach especially in North America are marine hermit crabs and they will not be able to survive in the kind of habitat that is designed for Land Hermit Crabs. They need a full salt water reef setup and must live under water.

What They Eat Hermit crabs eat both animals and plants. For example mussels, small plankton and worms. They also are called scavengers because they will eat dead plants and animals. How It Gets Its Food It picks its food off the bottom on the ocean with its claws. If the food is too big, it rips it into pieces with its claws. They drink by dipping their claws into water and putting it into the gills or mouth.

By washing your hands thoroughly with germicides.

no, unless you have a water type hermit crab.if you don't you crab and crayfish can die.ps: yor crab will drown and plus if you do have a water type hermit crab will mistake your crayfish for food.:)

Hermit crabs sleep during the day, usually in dark coves and crevices. You will find them hiding under tree limbs, in small cracks in trees, in holes in the sand, in coral, and in rocks and driftwood on the beach.

Hermit crabs don't bite, they pinch you with their two claws. They will only do this if they feel threatened or unbalanced. To hold a hermit crab so that it feels comfortable, you need to have a flat, steady hand. It's best to hold them while sitting down. Making sudden movements will also startle them and they may pinch, so move slowly or be still.

If a hermit crab latches onto your hand, don't panic. It does hurt, but keep a clear head. Set your hand down on the floor in in the tank and don't move it. The hermit crab will feel stable and let go. NEVER run your crab under water or try to pry him off. These things will only injure him and/or make him pinch harder.

For most crabs, mating season occurs during warmer weather, and if the crab makes its home in the ocean, the waters need to be a warm temperature as well. When this time arrives, male crabs must find a female crab that has matured sexually and attract her. They do this by performing an elaborate mating dance. Usually, the male crab will rise onto the tips of his legs and move from side to side in front of the female. At the same time he will wave his claws in the air to attract her. This dance is not only done to grab the female's attention, it is also the time when the male sends out pheromones from glands under his claws into the air. These chemicals sexually attract females and get them ready for the mating ritual. The male will continue to do this until he finds a female who is ready and willing to mate.

My wife and I were given two hermit crabs as a gift, and we kept them as pets. These crabs were very entertaining, and definitely not shy. But alas, one day one of them decided to eat the other one. We got so mad, we set the surviving cannibal loose in a park. We didn't want him anymore. Perhaps it is best to let hermit crabs live out their lives in their natural habitat...

yes because there are a lot of diffrent spices and they are spoted in freshwater

If you look at the underside of your crab, on it's last pair of walking legs under it's abdomen, a female will have a dot on each side, these dots are called nonporous. They are what determines whether or not you have a female or a male crab.

its hard to tell if your hermit crab is a male or female when there in their shell the girls are most likely to be smaller in size than the male but never ever pull your hermit crab out of its shell to see if its a male or a female they probably would like to be pulled in half then give up its home

u Hermit crabs have signs an about to molt. But when they do molt, they dig underground, and depending on size it will stay underground for weeks to months. My hermit crab is small and stayed underground molting for a month and a half.

Do NOT dig your hermit crab up! if you think it's dead smell the tank if it smells like dead fish them a hermie is dead :(.

It is best to train the little hermit crab to use his large claw to remove his own fecal matter but, if you have a feral crab that refuses to cooperate, the Westcoast Hermit Crab Owners and Breeders Association (R) endorses Bounty paper towels...'the quicker picker-upper'. If you have sand in your hermit crab's tank for flooring, you could use a strainer to sift out the poo, then you could put it in a bag and throw it away.

You should not force a hermit crab completely out of their shell because they would rather die then be forced out of their shell

But if you want to know how to make their legs and eyes and anntenue so they will walk around then you could try lifting up their shell or gently squirting them with a spritz bottle filled with dechlorinated

yes

hermit crabs can eat almost any fruit and vegtables

you can even feed them junk food

my hermits really loved chips and not to mention cookies :)

it does not harm them to feed them junk food every once in a while

as long as u give them their normal diet as well

Yes hermit crabs are good pets. I love my hermit crabs and they come from Australia! I've had them for a long time now, and I haven't once regretted getting them!

They really enjoy walking and climbing around in the dark. They also love eating a variety of foods to keep them active so they can walk around in their cage.

Another great thing is they help people learn responsibility and if your child is a child who is really responsible then you should get him or her one, for fun, even though they are already responsible. They only pinch if you shake them, drop them, or scare them.

And they will eat anything you give them but only give them dairy foods once and a while.

I'm a different user but i agree they are great. they are easy to take care of and are great for first pets. They are even great as a millionth pet! I go to this little island i only know of and i call it crab island because it has tons of both land and sea crabs! I play with them and give them food and water. I do this because sometimes it's really hard for them to find food so i can help them an bring them plenty of food water and toys. i think they are really happy most of the time. I always let them out to run around and explore. I just think they are such interesting and fum little creatures. And I love them, and agree that they are in fact, great pets and companions.

Yes, hermit crabs have two pairs of antennae one for tasting and the other for smelling since hermit crabs don't have noses.

The hermit crabs uses the long set of antennae for finding food, and the small short pair for tasting and eating.

No they don't decompose things but they help things to. For example in compost worms are useful because they eat out tunnels which lets the air in causing it to decompose faster. They are not decomposers but help things to do so.

No. Hermit Crabs need a substrate that will allow them to bury themselves. They cannot bury themselves in gravel. I suggest sand, but it can get messy and attract sand fleas. A ggod idea is to look for substrates out here that are "hermit crab friendly". There are several and a great brand is "T-Rex" or "ReptileSupply.com" since most reptile supply companies also make products for Hermit Crabs because they need similar habitats.

I've heard of hermit crabs being bred in the lab (I'm not aware of official documentation, however), but no home setup would be able to handle it. The life cycle of a hermit crab is far too complex; you can't just throw a male and female crab in 10 gallon aquarium and wait to see what happens. The process is very tedious--even if you were able to provide the proper setup for breeding, you would have to sustain the offspring for months until they were even close the the size of the hermit crabs at pet stores (not to mention your responsibility for the adult crab!). No average person has the time or money to do this properly.

Hermit crabs are usually red or purple in color. They have 1 big claw and 1 little claw. They have some big legs and some little legs. They have little eyes that stick out from their head. They have skinny antennnaes and a shell that their bodies curve in.

its a little sponge looked like a crab and its roe isvery soft so it gives the smelling for the recipe

Normally the hermit crab is the only one kept as a pet.

it depends on the picther i personally am 12 and picth high 60s low 70s because i train and work hard but for different pichters there will be different speeds for example a small kid on my team pitches low 50s high 40s while me a taller skinner kid can picth high 60s low 70s

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