maroun.c
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For the first time in years, i observed to day a hermit crab get out of its shell not to exchange it for a bigger one but just to wonder all day without a shell in the tank.
The tankhes in has no fish but 4 other crabs.
he kept hiding in the rocks then moving from one hiding place to another for around 5-6 hours and now when I checked him out i noticed he had lost some of his legs as well as the front ones with the claws. Don't know if the other hermits attacked him?
I tried placing some shells in front of him but he didn't go in so now I have him in a tank of his own with a few shells with him.
Any one had this happen in their tank? do you think he will recover the lost limbs or is he a gonner? anything I should do to help?
The tankhes in has no fish but 4 other crabs.
he kept hiding in the rocks then moving from one hiding place to another for around 5-6 hours and now when I checked him out i noticed he had lost some of his legs as well as the front ones with the claws. Don't know if the other hermits attacked him?
I tried placing some shells in front of him but he didn't go in so now I have him in a tank of his own with a few shells with him.
Any one had this happen in their tank? do you think he will recover the lost limbs or is he a gonner? anything I should do to help?