My RF and Hermit Crab :0)

[Jessicap]

I think these two are becoming good buddies. Yesterday I found them standing next to each other just sitting there and today they shared a meal together.

 

[terryo]

That is one of the funniest things I've ever seen here. Wow!

 

[Angi]

Does the hermit crab have a personality? Do they stink? Tell me about him. I don't know anything about them.

 

[coreyc]

Thats great do you feed they any thing else our do they eat what the torts eat I bought two a few weeks ago an one passed last week the other one stays buried in the substrate I do not see it that much

 

[Jessicap]

Does the hermit crab have a personality? Do they stink? Tell me about him. I don't know anything about them.

I love watching him. He cruises around, digs, switches shells and eats. The shell he is wearing in the pic is is "fat" shell. it is a new one that I put in and is pretty big for him yet but he seems to love it. He always wears it to eat ... lol then the one behind the tort he wears for cruising since it is smaller and he can navigate it around better. He eats the same thing as the tort, needs the same humidity and heat levels. (the main reason I went with a RF) I just put a little extra forrest earth under the water area so he has a place to dig down deep when he molts. They will dig and disappear for a couple weeks and then re immerge. I have 2 but one is still in the old tank because he was dug down.

 

[heyprettyrave]

i have two hermit crabs in with my red foot as well, and the one hermit crab Eugene sleeps next to Ophelia (he basically has run of the place)
but question for you! how did you get your hermit crabs to switch shells? i have a shell in there, but neither will switch, how many shells do you have in your enclosure?

 

[Jessicap]

i have two hermit crabs in with my red foot as well, and the one hermit crab Eugene sleeps next to Ophelia (he basically has run of the place)
but question for you! how did you get your hermit crabs to switch shells? i have a shell in there, but neither will switch, how many shells do you have in your enclosure?

right now I only have 2 so he has one to switch into. They like the ones that have the rounded opening and are smooth inside. I try to keep a couple each for them. They are always growing so try to have one a bit bigger too. He really likes the brown one. Hard to find good large shells. Came across this one at Petsmart when I was in looking around for tort supplies.

 

[abra]

Ohhh, I didn't know you could keep hermit crabs with torts, interesting...maybe I'll get one haha

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My little sister has one whos shell is a sheep

 

[Marty333]

you can get them pretty cheap. I want this one
http://www.petsolutions.com/storefr...-bee-hermit-crab/prodBumbleBeeHermitCrab.html

 

[abra]

I wanna get a hermit crab and just make all his shells for him I would enjoy that hahahahah

 

[coreyc]

you can get them pretty cheap. I want this one
http://www.petsolutions.com/storefr...-bee-hermit-crab/prodBumbleBeeHermitCrab.html

Hi Marty those hermits live in saltwater I have a bunch of them in my tank

 

[cdmay]

I'm waiting for Madkins007 to chime in.
He has a lot of experience with having the crabs.

 

[Marty333]

you can get them pretty cheap. I want this one
http://www.petsolutions.com/storefr...-bee-hermit-crab/prodBumbleBeeHermitCrab.html

Hi Marty those hermits live in saltwater I have a bunch of them in my tank

Lol yeah I just realized that

 

[coreyc]

you can get them pretty cheap. I want this one
http://www.petsolutions.com/storefr...-bee-hermit-crab/prodBumbleBeeHermitCrab.html

Hi Marty those hermits live in saltwater I have a bunch of them in my tank

Lol yeah I just realized that

If you ever get a saltwater tank get some of them their cool to watch

 

[Yvonne G]

I'm waiting for Madkins007 to chime in.
He has a lot of experience with having the crabs.

Do tell...

 

[Shelli]

that is adorable!!
So the ones I see at the beach here are they the salt water ones? They don't seem to go 'in' the ocean they just are all over the shore... they don't have a round shell more a pointy one...

 

[Kristina]

I actually wrote a care sheet on hermits years and years ago...

http://tortnet.darchorizons.com/hermit.html

Just a tip - keeping a single hermit is not advised. They are very social, and in the wild live in groups of 5 to 5,000. They make a lot of social movements and sounds. Typical captive lifespan is 1-4 years, but they can live to be 15 or more if cared for properly, up to 35 years.

All hermit crabs are wild caught, as they are impossible to breed in captivity. Neat critters - I have 4.

 

[terryo]

I'm waiting for Madkins007 to chime in.
He has a lot of experience with having the crabs.

Only you would think of that!!!!

 

[Shelli]

That is a great CareSheet Kyryah! I did a little research and it was nothing like as good as that... they sound soo cute <3
I feel bad now I'm sure I probably have trodden on one at the beach there are literally thousands of them the ground just moves.. :/ In the pebbly parts..

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Ooo I have a Good Question Where do the shells come from, so if you have to supply them with a larger shell where do the shells come from originally? Yes obviously older ones die so then they have a shell to take but where do the original shells come from?

 

[abra]

I actually wrote a care sheet on hermits years and years ago...

http://tortnet.darchorizons.com/hermit.html

Just a tip - keeping a single hermit is not advised. They are very social, and in the wild live in groups of 5 to 5,000. They make a lot of social movements and sounds. Typical captive lifespan is 1-4 years, but they can live to be 15 or more if cared for properly, up to 35 years.

All hermit crabs are wild caught, as they are impossible to breed in captivity. Neat critters - I have 4.

Well I guess my little sister needs more I'll have to tell my dad that!