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Question
Hello, I am a new owner and I have done my reserch on how to look after 2 hermit crabs and I've just gone and bought two but 1 Of them has a broken shell and I am very worried that he might die :S plz this is very ergent because I am so ever worried :(

Answer
Dear Isabella,
thank you for your question.
A broken shell is not such a big problem when you have enough other shells that the crab can change into. It will do so when it feels uncomfortable in the broken shell.
You may have come across these websites before, I always recommend them to crab owners though, they have excellent info on crab care:
www.the crabbagepatch.com
www.landhermitcrabs.com
www.hermitcrabassociation.com
www.crabstreetjournal.com

I hope I was of some help to you
Jennifer