Hermit crabs as you might know are very social animals, in the wild they travel in "packs" with hundreds to them. They have very bad eyesight and use chirping noises to communicate with each other. When alone they might think that they are lost and become depressed. This can cause them to stop eating and die. Because hermit crabs are so cheap, you need at least 2-3 as I do.
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Yes, hermit crabs don't usually fight. You could give the new hermit crab a bath so that it smells the same as the other hermit crab in you tank.
Yes. Petco has hermit crabs. I currently have a hermit crab from petco. But if you buy one get more than one because they are happier together.
what living environment should i provide for a hermit crab this is a good site hermit-crabs.com they need more care than most people think
Because you are bigger than him or her!!
No
hermit crabs are very pickey about there new domane or house put more than one shell in the cage.:)
less than an ounce
If you have more than one hermit crab it may be possible that they bred and the larvae are in the water but it's impossible to care for them in captivity because they go into the ocean and live in deep water until they develop into a hermit crab. Hope that helped!
hermit crabs, definitly. turtles need hige tanks and lots of cleaning. hermit crabs also need much more care than you think they do, but not as much as a turtle.
It can, but it's more rare than it actually growing in the cage, especially if you have a glass tank.
Get a new one!
Hermit crab species range in size and shape, from species with a carapace only a few millimetres long to Coenobita brevimanus, which can approach the size of a coconut. The shell-less hermit crab Birgus latro (coconut crab) is the world's largest terrestrial invertebrate