Caring for your Hermit Crabs

They are a Tropical animal so they like humid warm environment with-in a temperature of 21-30 Celsius.  They do not breed in captivity.

• Hermit crabs cannot swim, be careful they don’t drown
• Freshly cleaned carpets can make them sick
• They can loose a limb, but they grow back after moulting
• After moult once a year they will require a bigger shell
• Do not remove the old shell as they will eat it as is provides them with nutrients needed to grow a new shell
• Fresh de-chlorinated water must always be available along with a salt water for bathing in
• Make sure un-eaten food is removed daily

• Hermit crabs Best kept in Glass or plastic tank with a lid, and they enjoy

Ornament, rocks and sticks for climbing on

• They require a nutrionally balance diet of Hermit crab food and also fresh fruit, vegetable
• They require Dry gravel bedding. If bedding gets wet they could develop a cold and die. Ensure bedding is always dry