i have two hermit crabs and one of my hermit crab disappeared and i dont know where it is. it's not in its shell and ive cleaned the cage and there was no dead hermit crab body. could the other hermit crab eaten it? but it's smaller than the one that disappeared so im kind of doubting that. and also it was here the night before and now it's just poof! gone. any help on what happened to my poor Herbie ?
2007-03-18 12:00:54 · 8 answers · asked by elainechaee 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
It may have gotten out. I had a red clawed crab in my aquariuma dn one day he just disappeared. Two months later I was in the basement and I found his remains. I have no idea how he got there.
2007-03-18 13:13:33 · answer #1 · answered by Gone fishin' 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The smaller would have eaten it. As a hermit crab gets bigger, it needs a bigger shell. So the bigger one moved out of it's old shell into the open. This makes the crab vulnerable. The smaller one was okay in its shell and protected. So the smaller one could have successfully attacked the vulnerable big one.
2007-03-18 12:10:50 · answer #2 · answered by Tabby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you look inside all the extra shells you keep in your crabitat? Is the top of your crabitat covered? Is it possible he escaped? I'd suggest looking in all the dark places in your house and see if you can find him outside of the crabitat if he's not inside any of the other shells you provide for him and he's not buried under the 3 inches of moist playsand you provide for them.
2007-03-18 12:42:47 · answer #3 · answered by brandi9976 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had something in my fish tank that disappeared once too, and I never found it. I know it didn't die, and it didn't get out through any holes, so I'm still confused lol. Maybe there's a disappearing fish conspiracy!
2007-03-18 12:09:00 · answer #4 · answered by Tedster 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HERB, MAYBE CRAWLED OUT AND IS HEADING FOR THE OCEAN. DONT GIVE UP LOOKING FOR HERB, HE,SHE,IT HAS GOT TO BE SOMEWHERE. YOUR CAT COULD HAVE EATEN HERBIE, OR A NEIGHBOR VISITING COULD HAVE POCKETED HERBIE. CALL THE POLICE IF YOU THINK ITS NECESSARY. ILL LOOK HERE FOR HERB . WE HAVE A BUNCH OF CRABS HERE BUT THEY ARE ALL PEOPLE.
2007-03-18 12:11:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Did you look all the way inside the shell? Sometimes they hide in there or change shells. Maybe it got out. Im not sure.
2007-03-18 12:21:06 · answer #6 · answered by shepp959 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hello madam'. i think your hermit crab disappeared because julie just.. POOF! stole it ! tsktsk.
2007-03-18 14:09:16 · answer #7 · answered by aehfdklj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
verify they have not purely "disappered" by way of fact they are in a position to't they might have hid, or disoveled by using a good chemical in the water? or hid deep into their shell, in keeping with risk they died??? verify extremely properly.....
2016-12-15 03:11:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋