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Im so sad

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Question
hello

I'm so sad because i had a trip for school on Monday,Tuesday, and Wednesday. I came back today and my dad told me the bad news. It was that my favorite hermit crab Salt went out of his shell again. My mom found him today still out and said that he wasn't moving. Does that mean he is dead.My dad has him in a little bag should i throw him out. Why did he come out. he mean in the bag for a day.


Answer
Im sorry about your crab. There can be a few reasons why. There might have been something in the shell that was bothering him. The temperature or humididty might not be suitable for him. He may have been stressed. Sometimes it's just for an unkown reason as we do not know everything there is about land hermit crabs yet.

I can provide you with some hermit crab care sites. Please check them out as they will have much more information, caresheets etc on there for you to read.
www.crabstreetjournal.com
www.hermitcrabaddiction.net/forum

take care,
Vicki