QuestionHello,
One of my hermit crabs just died yesterday and it smelled very fishy so i went back to the store and they gave me one for free because it had died the day after and i had waited a few days to make sure. i cleaned out a new cage {one of the kiosk cages because i am in San Diego and i don't have an aquarium at the moment i am leaving for home tomorrow} and now one of my crabs {the old one not the new one} has dug under the new sand i put down {i used the sand from the beach...is that ok?} and she hasn't come up for a little while {around 2 hours} there is an odd smell but i don't know if she is dead or not. There isn't allot of sand, maybe 2 inches because of the small cage. I don't want to bother her just in case but i did put some sand on top of her so she was in the dark just incase she was molting. Please help me before its too late! thank you!
AnswerHello, Sand fresh from the beach is a bad idea it can contain tiny parrisites that will kill your crabs, You can sue beach sand If you put it in a baking tray in the oven for 15/30 minutes on 350 this will kill any parrisites. Some hermit crabs arrive in great condtion to the pet stores others nearly dead so it depends...I'd leave her alone for a few dyas if she starts to stink well shes dead but I notice crabs go all the way under the sand(if its deep enough) to moult.
