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What?

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Question
Hi, i am strongly thinking about getting a hermit crab, and i have done my research, but can you just tell me everything about them, i want to get some info. on hermits but on personal experiance, can you tell me everything, like what they like to eat, what disease's they can get, and if you can pick them up and pet them? Also Do they smell if you only have one?

Answer
You are asking for enough information to fill a book!

www.crabstreetjournal.com/xoops has all the info you will need in the form of articles.

They don't smell. There aren't really any diseases that they can get aside from an infection after an injury.