Can someone please explain safe insulation to me? I have a 10 gallon "nursery" with 4 lil tikes and a 40 gallon (i think) bow front "playground" with 3 rambunctious big kids. The nursery has a UTH on the side that covers the non-substrate area pretty much, and the playground has two big UTH's, one o...
Resist the urge to handle them for a few months. They get stressed easily. Temp 83°F humidity 83% RH. Lots of spare shells. Enjoy watching them. They are like a tv sometimes.
Several weeks ago I purchased a little tiny hermit crab, about the size of the last joint of my thumb, who was sad and sick and mostly limbless (great job, petsmart). His "home" at the store was lightly dusted with coco fiber, and the tank (probably 5 gallon) had 15 or so crabs in it, as well as 2 b...
Assuming all hermit crabs suffer PPS to some extent, has there ever been a study done on the survival rate? I mean I love these little guys, but if having them as pets means we are killing a large percentage of the captured crabsm arent we the bad guys?
If his little cave is exposed on the bottom glass you might want to put a postit note over it. Think of it like a shower curtain to give him some privacy. It will help him destress better.