i just wanted to know if we could and if so how long
2007-03-03 02:48:01 · 9 answers · asked by Dj 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
no you can keep them a sponge and even a small container with water but the have to be able to dry off or they will die.!!!
2007-03-06 05:35:18 · answer #1 · answered by stegall_sherry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your hermit crap is a land hermit crab then you should put the hermit crab underwater for about 4 seconds, let it breathe, then repeat the process for about one minute. that would give your hermit crab a nice bath. Before you even start to give him the bath, dip his/her legs in the water so the crab won't get frightened. Make sure you are holding it by the shell at all times!!! Good luck!! By the way...always keep a very shallow pool of water in your hermit craps cage so it doesn't shrivel up and die.
Good luck and best wishes!!!
2007-03-03 11:01:39 · answer #2 · answered by Colleen 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It depends on what kind of Hermit Crabs you have, if they are land ones then don't keep them in water, give them lots of water sources like sponges so they can go and get their water. Water Hermits have to stay in water.
2007-03-03 10:56:17 · answer #3 · answered by Urchin 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Land Hermit Crabs shloud never be kept in water, they do not like soggy and wet conditions full time.
They do like to go down into water and even swim in their water dishes, but on their terms, not by a human dumping them into a bucket of water etc.
One shloud never use tap water with land hermit crabs, the chemicals in our tap water will burn the crab's madified gills and is toxic to them.
They actually can drown if not provided a way out of their water dishes, but an owner shloud never force them to live in water.
2007-03-06 20:20:56 · answer #4 · answered by hermitcrab911 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably just need to keep the ground moist and what I did was I got a peice o sea sponge, drenched it in water, then my hermit crab would come and suck on it.
2007-03-03 12:19:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They will actually drown. They live on sand, but they should have a shallow pool of water with a sea sponge in it. They don't live in water.
2007-03-03 10:56:22 · answer #6 · answered by dark_forsaken_wolf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
keep them on sand but they can swim in water when they want
2007-03-03 13:19:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes b/c you get herment crabs from the ocean.
2007-03-03 17:55:44 · answer #8 · answered by Eddy M 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No they will die becaue they need land to walk on
2007-03-04 00:15:27 · answer #9 · answered by whitnei w 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋