How to Play With Your Hermit Crab

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Make a playground for your crabs so they can play.

   Be sure to watch your hermit crabs if you do this.
   
   They escape easily and you will most likely not be able to find them.
   
   Every time you take a small crab out and place it on the floor, it will disappear, as if by magic, the second you turn away.
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   Step 2: You can also make a "rock pile" for your hermit to explore

   You can add some other toys, such as small balls, building blocks, etc , If they happen to be sick or hurt, place them back into their habitat and keep the habitat crab friendly so he or she can recover. ,, Let them walk around.
   
   Don't use a hamster ball.
   
   This is because their legs can get stuck in the holes and break off. , Every time it almost goes over the edge of your hand, move your other hand to the side he/she is walking towards.
   
   It's a great way to exercise your hermit crab, and have fun too. , If you force them to do a lot, they will want to go back into their cage or worse, become stressed out. , Tap water can be fatal to your hermit crab, because of chlorine in the water.
   
   Just set him down on the floor or in his cage, and he will let go. , If it's just them alone, they will get lonely. , Do not treat them this way.
   
   They will hate you and never want to be handled by you. , They would rather die than be forced out, and a lot of the time they do die when made to move. , If a hermit crab falls out of its shell and doesn't smell, it is molting.
   
   The thing that fell out of the shell is just an exoskeleton.
   
   Some people suggest removing the non-molters and placing them somewhere special while the molter molts, but it is probably not necessary.
   
   Keep the tank extra humid, and leave the exoskeleton inside.
   
   The crab will eat the exoskeleton when it is done molting.
   
   For more information on molting, see Hermit Crabs for Dummies. , This can be a climbing frame and a hut for your crab.
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   Step 3: but don't use the rocks as the substrate because you can break their legs that way

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   Step 4: instead use a bed of sand or cocoa fiber.

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   Step 5: Take them out of their tank and set them down on a clean smooth surface so they can get used to their new playground

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   Step 6: make sure you supervise them at first to make sure nothing is wrong and that all is well.

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   Step 7: Think of games for your hermit

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   Step 8: such as hiding its favorite food and encouraging them to find it; this will encourage your hermits to explore more as they are natural scavengers..

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   Step 9: Hermit crabs are active.

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    Step 10: Try holding your hermit crab in the palm of your hand and keep it flat.

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    Step 11: Don't force them to do anything

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    Step 12: just let them take it in their own stride.

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    Step 13: If your hermit crab does pinch you

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    Step 14: do not run him/her under water

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    Step 15: it really bothers him/her

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    Step 16: because of the chlorine

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    Step 17: chloramines and metals.

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    Step 18: Hermit crabs do best in pairs.

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    Step 19: Some hermit crabs die because they get thrown around and played with too roughly or too much.

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    Step 20: Never try to force a hermit crab to come out of its shell.

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    Step 21: When a hermit crab is dead

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    Step 22: it falls out of its shell and smells like fish.

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    Step 23: When making a playground you can get two square pieces of cardboard and put rubber bands across them and then glue the two pieces together.

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