new hermie!!!!!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 8:38 pm

i just got a new hermie a couple of days ago when i went to pensacola beach wit my best friend. shes in a hello kitty shell and she is really sweet so i named her Kitty (i know...its kind a of wierd for a hermie ) but i really dont care. lol well hermies are really great pets and awsome animals. i love them
ix3hermies!!!!!!!!!!

annopia · Post by **annopia** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 8:57 pm

I think Kitty is a good name for a crab (I like it better for a crab than as an obvious name for a cat). Painted shells aren't very good for crabbies, however, so I hope you have some proper-sized natural shells for her to change into. Youre definatly right, hermies are great pets!

Caroline

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:29 am

yea,i have some natual shells for kitty.
but how are painted shells bad for little crabbies?
and wow u have alot of hermies!!!!!!! is hard to have that much?
well thanx for the advice!
plz write bac,
ix3hermies

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:56 am

there's people here who have so many more!! lol!

Welcome! Kitty is actually such a cute name!
Here's a few things you might wnat for your crabbie:

*a friend (if you don't already)
*humditu gauge (ranges 70-80%)
*temperature gauge (72-80F)
*lots of plants and wood
*sand
*at least a 10 gal tank with lid
*non chlorine water and non chlorine salt water

Here's a good food list: http://www.epicureanhermit.com/index.ph ... 4&Itemid=9

Pianted shells are bad becuase the paint peels and makes a mess and the crab can ea it and that's not very good for them. They also can get stuck in these shells because they often time paint the inside. Here's a sad artical: http://crabstreetjournal.com/articles/l ... iccalo.htm
and another: http://crabstreetjournal.com/articles/l ... shells.htm

Willow · Post by **Willow** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 6:11 pm

Hehe, it's funny if you think 5 crabs is a lot. I personally have 25 hermies, and there are members on this forum that have a lot more than that!! Hermit crabs are social animals, in the wild they'll live in groups of 100 or more, so they definitely need friends. If you have a 10 gallon tank (that's really the smallest you should have, anyway, anything smaller is hard to keep in the right conditions), you can have about 4 small-to-medium sized hermies.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:49 pm

WOW!!!!!!

thts alot! wut are all of their names?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:50 pm

thanks,
kitty is a cute name acually!!!!!!!!!!

Willow · Post by **Willow** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:31 pm

I don't name my hermies. I'm bad with names, and they won't come when I call, anyway

. But there are some on this forum that have 50+ hermies, all with names! I don't know how they keep track.

But you should definitely get at least one more crab. Hermies are very social and sometimes will die of loneliness if they don't have a friend.