what do you do when yousee your hermit crabs motionless for several days??

Answer 1

WHat are the tank conditions??
The temp must be between 76-82 degrees F and humidtiy between 76%-82% relative.
They must have both fresh and marine salt waters as well. He may be too cool or too warm or dried out.
PIck it up and gently blow warm breath on it, if it moves it is fine, if it is still and does not react it is probably dead.

If so then more than likley the tank does not have enough humidty.

Crabs are not the most exciting of pets ALL the time, I am not sure what you expected of them when you got them but a bit of research would have offered you the info.

They are nocturnal
They need 2 weeks at least to de-stress after moving to a permanent home, hands off during this time period.
They must have proper temperature and humidity,,,,,
76-82 degrees F
76%-83% relative humidtiy

They must have both fresh declorinated water AND marine salt dechlorinated waters in large pools in which they can fully submerse in.

They must have plenty of climbing and hiding areas

This is just a taste of what needs to be known...

Answer 2

He is probably dieing. But if you put it he/she is in alittle bit of water, not so much that it is covering the pore thing. But just alittle. Like get a normal tupper ware lid, and fill that. Cuz tupper ware lids are only like a pinch tall. So then set it in the water, and leave it in there for about 10 minutes. Then let it lay in some soft grass, in the cage, and let it lay there in the grass for the rest of the day. See how it acts after that. Or it may just be real old, and wants to die, and is so tired, it cant move. So i aint too sure on what i said, so maybe you could ask like a vet or sompin. If you care for it that much, i know i would. But ya, maybe you could try it! hope things work out...

Answer 3

Well, I would need to know more info, but my hermies are still a lot. This could mean they are dead, or they could be molting above ground. If you pick him up and he falls out, he's dead. Hermits will never fall out of their shell unless dead.

I have lost two hermies so far, one to cannibalism and one to a moulting problem. I now have 8 left and I see about three at a time, if that.

Its normal to not see them for a while, they are nocturnal, but if they are out in the open just sitting there, I would check on them, it may be serious.

Answer 4

they are way more active at night, prolly because they feel safer, less sea gulls, my sisters molted once and we made the fatal mistake of burying the poor thing, but they won't move because of it, and they with sluff off the old body and be very vunerable and stay in their shell for several days till their new one gets hard

Answer 5

hes probily molting if hes not moving it just means his skin is shedding hes getting bigger. theres nothing you could do just make sure he has enough shells so he can change after molting. if you watch at the right time after he molts when he changes shells it is very interesting to watch. me and my fiance seen ours change shells alot its so weird seeing them out of there shell than go into a diffrent one.

Answer 6

Don't worry; unless you watch them ALL the time, you'll probably miss them moving. Also, if it is dead, you would know by the smell immediately. Dead HCs stink.

Answer 7

he should be ok as long has he or she doent loose anyclaws because thats a sign of hes dieing trypicking him up and seing if he moves his claws or eyes

Answer 8

they tend to move at night. try and check on it then or, maybe it's dead.

Answer 9

Maybe they are hibernating!

Answer 10

Maybe its dead or hibernating