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| Say NO to Crabinacup sold at Walmart! Such humiliation and animal cruelty against hermit crabs must not be tolerated. |
| Say NO to the painted shells sold in many pet stores! Hermit crabs are not toys, nor are their shells. |
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| All hermit crabs will undergo periods of dormancy that are triggered by unavoidable causes in their life time. Such periods of dormancy are normal and are expected even from healthy hermit crabs; therefore we recommend that owners refrain from disturbing them, unless they are moving them to an isolation tank. Owners should never try to force hermit crabs to respond by dipping or spraying them with water or breathing warm air at them, as this worsens the amount of stress that they are already dealing with. |
| Below are examples of such unavoidable triggers. |
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PPS: Most hermit crabs suffer from stress due to being handled without care upon being captured from the wild. They do not recover fully from this stress unless they are provided with a properly set up home; however, recovery is often a gradual process that takes time. |
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Moving homes: Transfering hermit crabs to a different tank can cause them to become dormant. This includes the transition from the pet store tank to your own one. |
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Pre-moult: This is one of the most common triggers of dormancy and is expected in most hermit crabs. |
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Mid-moult: A hermit crab that is in the process of shedding its exoskeleton has very little muscle control, so they will be unable to move from one place to another. |
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Post-moult: A hermit crab that has finished hardening and eaten its shed exoskeleton may continue to be dormant for a few days. |
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