Our Hermit Crabs! :)

[puppyduck]

Got our hermit crabs today.

Bruce is a little camera shy, but here are some pics of Kermit-Frabb.

There is their housey.

There's little Kermit-Frabb

And here he is again.

Does anyone else keep land hermit crabs?

 

[~T~]

Oooh very cool, my girlfriends getting me one off ebay.I have the same setup for it to live in too!!!Can you give me some tips(feeding etc).

 

[dizzied]

I've always thought about getting some, but the more I read about sand-cleaning, molting, and such, the less I wanted to keep them.

BTW, is that one of Exo-Terra terrariums you're keeping them in?

 

[puppyduck]

Yep its an exo-terrarium.

Just need a heatmat, sponges (natural), some food bowls and sand.

We're not sure about feeding yet. You can buy pellets for hermit crabs and apparantly they also eat some veggies like cucumber but ours have turned their nose up at the pellets. Wil have to check when I get home if they've eaten any.

They seem to love climbing though. Bruce gets right up to the summit of that log thing and looks like a little mountaineer.

Plus despite what certain websites say, ours are very friendly when handled and dont pinch at all.

 

[Tommo]

Just out of interest, do they swim or go in water much?

 

[puppyduck]

No.

They prefer humidity but they only drink through a sponge and can drown in water. We've got little steps on our water bowl so they can get out if they need to. Its so weird that you get hermit crabs living in marine tanks and then get these guys who dislike water quite a bit and prefer nice warm dry sand and humidity.