Age is measured by counting the otoliths, or growth rings, at the base of the antennae post-mortem. Size is hard to calculate, as hermit crabs will grow and moult depending on environment, diet, exercise, species and other random factors. However, you can observe the change in the size of Carol of Crab Works’ hermit crabs…
What Do Hermit Crabs Eat? In order to keep your hermit crab healthy your crabs will need a balanced diet. Just like we need our meat and vegetables, so do hermit crabs. A hermit crab’s diet is balanced with some seafood, meat, calcium supplements, protein supplements, fresh foods such as fruit, nuts, seeds; and…
Photo supplied by Carol Ormes If you have heard it, you would think that it sounds like something between a frog croak’s, a chicken’s clucking and something else thrown in for good measure. In case you haven’t heard it before, there is now a site dedicated to the sound files of Carol of CrabWorks’s hermit crab croaking .…
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…
Aggressive Behaviour Land hermit crabs are territorial animals, and as such they will often act aggressively towards one another to establish a ‘pecking’ order among their colony. Sometimes this can be in the form of ‘feeler’ or antennae fights, others in violent pushing or flicking fellow tank mates out of the way. Usually this…
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’S CRABITAT Australian Land Hermit Crab Care Hermit crabs are advertised as cheap and easy to maintain, which is not necessarily true. You are trying to offer everything a tropical land hermit crab needs while in captivity, the essentials they cannot live without. Please read my article “Are You Ready for a Land Hermit Crab”…