2006-07-20 11:41:26 · 10 answers · asked by Miss D 7 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
In the wild, they can live for 30 years. In captivity, IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING, they can live for several years (as in, 5-10 or more). There are a pair of crabs out there who have been living with their owner for 29 years.
The main reason that they seem to have have such a short lifespan in captivity is because people don't know how to care for them properly. They are low-maintenance, but they are not necessarily "easy" pets. They require specific food, bedding, temperature, and humidity requirements that people simply don't bother to research, so the owners end up killing them.
2006-07-20 11:49:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had 15 hermit crabs a few years ago. Hermit Crabs live 5-10 years in captivity if taken care of very, very well, and they can live from 15 to 30 years on the beaches! I forgot what website I learned this from, but I found out years ago, too.
2006-07-20 11:46:06 · answer #2 · answered by Gee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IN the wild they can live 50 years and longer! In captivity the oldest that I personally know of is 29 years with that owner. Our oldest crab has been with us for 15 years.. so with the right set-up, tank conditions diet and treatment hermit crabs can live a very very long time.. norlmally when you hear of peoples crabs not living only 2 years or less.. they are not doing something right.
They have very long life spans.
2006-07-20 12:46:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know someones hermit crab that lived for 6 months
2006-07-20 13:37:47 · answer #4 · answered by elizabeth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know but i had one and it didnt eat the hermit crab food i gave it and then it died :(
2006-07-20 11:43:54 · answer #5 · answered by l m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 week to 1 month for mine but I have heard people say they have lived for over a year
2006-07-20 11:44:45 · answer #6 · answered by Jemma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly not very long....the child development center at the base I was at last had a bunch...a few died the same day....the rest died over a period of 2 weeks....Hope that helps.
2006-07-20 11:45:31 · answer #7 · answered by killer189 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually a year but sometimes a bit longer.
2006-07-20 11:45:03 · answer #8 · answered by Drama Queen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they can live up to a year or two. i heard that somewhere cause they get huge...
2006-07-20 11:44:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a couple weeks - at least thats what my neighbor says. They get one or two everytime they go to ocean city....but then ive seen them live for a couple months, so i dunno i guess it depends.
2006-07-20 11:44:43 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋