Will Hermit Crabs Eat Snails?
Crabs Are All Opportunistic Feeders. They Will Eat Snails, but More Likely They Will Kill Them for a New Home. Your Lfs Should Be Able to Give You a Handfull...
Crabs are all opportunistic feeders. They will eat snails, but more likely they will kill them for a new home. Your LFS should be able to give you a handfull of emty shells for them to take over once they outgrow the ones that they are in. Blue leg hermits tend to be more aggressive than the Red legs.
Can snails live with hermit crabs?
Snails and hermit crabs can live together as long as your hermits have plenty of food and a selection of shells. ... There have been instances where hermit crabs eat snails and kill them for their shells, so you must provide a suitable environment for both creatures to live harmoniously.
Do hermit crabs steal shells from snails?
Hermit crabs can't grow their own shells, and they rely on snails going belly up so they can steal their homes. (Unless humans steal them first.)
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