HCA: Hermit Crab Association

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!!!!!!!!!!

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

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

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

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.

WOW!!!!!! thts alot! wut are all of their names?

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

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.