You can now order “Crabnapped! A Land Hermit Crab Story” – a hardcover colour children’s book written by Vanessa Pike-Russell with the assistance of Geoff Pike, lovingly illustrated by Anastasia Obrucicova
I understand that it is difficult to ignore hermit crabs in bad conditions. By buying them from pet stores you are are saving some from the bad conditions, however unless they stop selling hermit crabs altogether it is feeding the cycle. Store adds new crabs to tank Crabber takes pity on crabs and buys them…
IN THE WILD The life cycle of the land hermit crab is unique. In the wild, it starts by the release of eggs into an ocean tide pool, where the zoea go through a series of moults and development stages. A baby hermit crab zoea will be a part of plankton until it grows and starts to resemble hermit crab…
Land Hermit Crabs have adapted to live on land and can drown if submerged in water. The abdomen of a hermit crab is very soft and vulnerable; unlike ‘true’ crabs, hermit crabs do not have a hard shell to protect themselves. To survive, they must tuck their abdomens within the abandoned shell of a marine…
What is Autotomy? Comes from the latin words autos for “self” and tomos for “cut Autotomy can be described as self-cutting, Websters dictionary describes autotomy as a “reflex separation of a part (as an appendage) from the body: division of the body into two or more pieces.” Hermit Crabs can autotomize (drop) and regenerate…
So what is moulting? Moulting is when an animal sheds its old skin and then grows a new skin. You might have experienced the wonder and surprise at seeing a snake shed his skin. The shed skin looks like a duplicate of the snake, but it is only the cast off skin that didn’t grow…
Look closely at the hermit crab environment and ask questions about the food, bedding, housing and temperature needs for your new pets. If you have never owned hermit crabs before a book on caring for hermit crabs is a wonderful resource. There is a list of hermit crab guides listed under Books to the left. Make sure…
ARE YOU READY FOR A LAND HERMIT CRAB? Australian Land Hermit Crab Care Guide THE BIG PICTURE Caring for a land hermit crab is more than just food and salt. The initial set up for a land hermit crab can include much more than you previously thought. The good news is that there…
ARE YOU READY FOR A LAND HERMIT CRAB? Australian Land Hermit Crab Care Guide THE BIG PICTURE As you would have already guessed, caring for a land hermit crab is more than just food and salt. The initial set up for a land hermit crab can include much more than you previously thought. The good…
VANESSA PIKE-RUSSELL LAND HERMIT CRAB OWNERS SOCIETY AND CRABSTREET JOURNAL FOUNDER HI! My name is Vanessa Pike-Russell. I am an Australian hermit crab owner from Brisbane, Queensland Australia, originally from Wollongong, south of Sydney New South Wales, Australia. I started caring for land hermit crabs whilst studying towards my Bachelor of Education at the…