I found a hermit crab in front of my house the other day, so I adopted it. When I put it on a scale, it weighed 6 grams. Then I read stuffs about hermit crab and found out it needs shell with size variety so I got some for it and I put the lightest one, 4 gram, after it changed shell, I weighed it again and the scale showed 7 grams. So conclusion is this hermit crab without shell only weighs 3 grams. (it has decimals but it was .06 or smth so i rounded it)
I put more shells in the crabitat with various size and weight. 6-10 grams, and I just weighed the hermit crab with its shells, it weighs 12.36 (crab+shell), if it still weighs the same as before at 3 grams (more or less 2 weeks has passed after the day I found it, it hasn't do any molt yet), then the shell it's carrying now is 9.36 grams.
My question is, is a shell with 3 times its weight alright for a hermit crab ? Because I can't carry something 3 times my body weight lol.
What is the limit ? Just curious.
Body weight and shell weight.
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curlysister
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Re: Body weight and shell weight.
In my 13+ years of having my crabs I have never weighed them or their shells!
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