| 1. | If relevant, identify the escape route out of the tank and seal it so that no more hermit crabs can escape the tank. |
| 2. | Inform other people in the household that a hermit crab is on the loose and to watch where they step in case they crush your hermit crab. |
| 3. | Close all windows and doors so that your hermit crab cannot escape the house. Once your hermit crab escapes out of the house, it is literally gone forever. |
| 4. | Look carefully around the tank and under the furniture, including the curtains. Hermit crabs tend to dart for dark and humid places such as the kitchen. |
| 5. | Cover the floors with newspaper or aluminium foil and then listen for sounds. |
| 6. | Place a giant dish of salt water on the floor and a dish of stinky food such as raw fish. |
| 7. | Set up a fan and position it to blow at the salt water dish and food. |
| 8. | If you have to go to bed, find a glass container or small tank and put the salt water and food inside. Set up a UTH underneath if the room is cold. Place a ruler or a branch from the floor to the top edge of the tank. This way, the hermit can climb into the container, but cannot climb out once it falls inside. |
| 9. | Wake up and hope your hermit crab is inside the container. If not, set up multiple dishes of salt water and food around the house. Check if there are wet trails on the newspaper. Do not give up until you find your hermit crab. |
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