One of my crabs, Kat, used to be extremely social and get along with my other crab, Herc. They are both females, and now Kat has been trying to attack Herc for no reason at all. Herc already lost a limb, and I don't want that to happen again. I am trying to understand the sudden aggression with Kat, but I just don't understand it when she used to be the gentlest of the two. Help!
2007-08-03 06:06:53 · 9 answers · asked by Queen of Smarts 2 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
One of my crabs, Kat, used to be extremely social and get along with my other crab, Herc. They are both females, and now Kat has been trying to attack Herc for no reason at all. Herc already lost a limb, and I don't want that to happen again. I am trying to understand the sudden aggression with Kat, but I just don't understand it when she used to be the gentlest of the two. Help! I have about 8 good sized shells for the two crabs and they are getting plenty of food and treated water.
2007-08-03 06:19:04 · update #1
She must be CRABBY
2007-08-03 06:15:46 · answer #1 · answered by Scott 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be one of the crabs is about to shed. Some of my crabs had frightening personality changes after they shed. The other thing is: if Herc is about to shed, then Kat might be trying to eat him (they do so to molting crabs)
I had a crab named Mladen that lived with tons of other crabs at the place we bought him from. Got him home and he killed the four other crabs in his tank. (they were all smaller than him) I bought a crab slightly larger than him but didn't put them in the same tank. When I put them on the floor to run around Mladen would try to attack the other crab (even though it could easily overpower him)
Some crabs just have to be separated for the sake of all the crabs.
2007-08-03 07:30:10 · answer #2 · answered by ferrisulf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do no longer problem. He basically needs time to get well fom his moulting state. My hermit crab, Hermo basically completely recovered from his "moulting temper". He grew to become into particularly mellow and inactive yet now he seems much less "comfortable" and returned to his previous self and his character is outstandingly amazing.
2016-11-11 03:03:08 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you providing natural foods i.e. fruits, veggies, meats?
usually crabs only fight over shells, however I have had a bully or 2 in my tank and the way I ended it was by putting the aggressor in timeout overnight in my isolation tank. He hasn't fought with anyone since
2007-08-03 14:35:19 · answer #4 · answered by brandi9976 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would add more hermit crabs. In the wild, they live in VERY large groups. When you only have two, there is a constant struggle for dominance.
2007-08-03 06:09:27 · answer #5 · answered by Nicole 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She is most likely in premolt, do her eyes look dull? Make sure you have deep substrate for her to bury herself into :) I'm sorry but half the stuff that everybody has written is a lie.
2007-08-03 07:12:34 · answer #6 · answered by Serena 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be mating season and Kat is crabby that its roomate is not a male.
2007-08-03 06:17:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may be time for it to need a bigger shell. do you leave various size empty shells in their container for them to switch too? Also. it may be a food problem, do you feed them enough?
2007-08-03 06:15:20 · answer #8 · answered by randy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe your hermit crab feels its time to move on and find different crabs
2007-08-03 06:12:13 · answer #9 · answered by sK8er grL 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋