Crab shaking their shell

MaryJane · Post by **MaryJane** » Tue May 25, 2021 6:59 pm

My hermit crab was climbing the corner of their tank, then fell back and started shaking their shell. Like quickly going in the shell and back out but not all the way. I watched some more and saw a small white bug ( I think a mite ) go into my crabs shell. My hermit crab was by the food. I looked at their gills and mouth area and didn’t see any bugs. Why is my hermit crab doing this movement? I took a video of my hermit crab doing this shaking movement bc it really freaked me out. If you could watch the video and help me out that’d be great. https://youtu.be/oS3uRYk1AtQ

jonathon1989 · Post by **jonathon1989** » Tue May 25, 2021 7:06 pm

It looks like your hermit crab is laying eggs. Check the area the crab did that at. The eggs will look like caviar. Here is a video of a land hermit crab laying eggs. https://youtu.be/C49NexWTIFM

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MaryJane · Post by **MaryJane** » Tue May 25, 2021 7:10 pm

jonathon1989 wrote:It looks like your hermit crab is laying eggs. Check the area the crab did that at. The eggs will look like caviar. Here is a video of a land hermit crab laying eggs. https://youtu.be/C49NexWTIFM

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Not seeing anything in the substrate where it happened. You think my hermit crabs okay?

jonathon1989 · Post by **jonathon1989** » Tue May 25, 2021 7:12 pm

MaryJane wrote: Not seeing anything in the substrate where it happened. You think my hermit crabs okay?

Watch him and see what hes doing. If he does anything thats concerning post it and somebody will get back to you.

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MaryJane · Post by **MaryJane** » Tue May 25, 2021 7:13 pm

jonathon1989 wrote: Watch him and see what hes doing. If he does anything thats concerning post it and somebody will get back to you.

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Okay

Post by **curlysister** » Tue May 25, 2021 10:54 pm

Looks to me like he/ she is cleaning out their shell. Or pooping!
Either way, don't think it looks like anything concerning.
I love how clean your tank is, and how well you can see your crab - he/ she is very cute!

MaryJane · Post by **MaryJane** » Tue May 25, 2021 10:57 pm

curlysister wrote:Looks to me like he/ she is cleaning out their shell. Or pooping!
Either way, don't think it looks like anything concerning.
I love how clean your tank is, and how well you can see your crab - he/ she is very cute!

Thank you! Reading that puts me at ease!

HCA: Hermit Crab Association