Hermit Crabs

[lilyshamrock43]

Do hermit Crabs lose legs or shed JUST the leg skins?

 

[Fishy friend2]

they lose claws or legs when the air is too dry try misting the cage daily giving them baths weekly and during the next molting phase he will grow it back
hope i helped
don't worry

 

[raptorrex]

they lose claws or legs when the air is too dry try misting the cage daily giving them baths weekly and during the next molting phase he will grow it back
hope i helped
don't worry

surly you will have to wait for the crab to moult. legs/claws, dont "grow" back.

.as there should be water in the tank with the crab, i cant see lack of moisture, being a problem.


@OP can you let us know about the tank you keep it in:

size
filtration
ratio of land to water
salinity of the water
other tank mates.

 

[StandbySetting]

Are they aquatic or land Hermits?

 

[ProjectMayhem]

they lose claws or legs when the air is too dry try misting the cage daily giving them baths weekly and during the next molting phase he will grow it back
hope i helped
don't worry

Their limbs don't grow back.

 

[Fishy friend2]

sorry i dindnt know thats what i got from the internet (google)

 

[the_lock_man]

sorry i dindnt know thats what i got from the internet (google)

Fishy Friend, I'm sure you meant well, but if you don't know something from your own experience, please leave it to someone who does.

 

[raptorrex]

sorry i dindnt know thats what i got from the internet (google)

Fishy Friend, I'm sure you meant well, but if you don't know something from your own experience, please leave it to someone who does.

+1. good lesson for all here.

 

[Fishy friend2]

thanks actually from my experience when i found parts of my hermit crab it died soon never knew what actually happened to it just found it dead a couple of days later after i found the claws and the legs
sorry

 

[ProjectMayhem]

Back to topic Lily, I have read all three of your posts on this and still need more information, your recent post in Tropical Discussion says you found a "leg like thing", is one of your crabs actually missing a leg? Because if not it's probably just a husk from shedding.

 

[Fishy friend2]

hope the hermit crab gets better

 

[raptorrex]

Back to topic Lily, I have read all three of your posts on this and still need more information, your recent post in Tropical Discussion says you found a "leg like thing", is one of your crabs actually missing a leg? Because if not it's probably just a husk from shedding.

good point this!