Hermit Crab

Have you ever seen a Hermit Crab? They are those little snail things in the shell, right? Wrong. Hermit crabs are little crustaceans that live in deserted sea snail shells on the coast. Uninteresting, right? Wrong again. They are , I mean REALLY fun to play with & straightforward to take care of. I am going to teach you how to keep a happy, healthy, Hermit Crab.

First you require to buy supplies. You'll require a cage, rocks or sand to go at the bottom, special Hermit Crab Food, a dish to put the food in (Snapple bottle caps do fine), additional shells for when they get huge for their current, & (IMPORTANT!) DISTILLED WATER. This is important because they can not have tap water. You also require a sea shell (or something!) to put the water in. & you can make it simpler for them to drink by putting a sea sponge in their water.

Then you require to set up their home. Pour the rocks or sand in to the cage. Then arrange the water, food, & shells. Hermit crabs also like plenty of stuff to play on, like huge rocks & huge sticks. I keep the food out the cage, . It is simpler to access.

Now that you are prepared, I'll teach you how to take care of your Hermit Crab on a every day basis. About every other day, you require to give your Hermit Crab food & water. To give them food, put or "pellets" in the food dish. All though, it is a REALLY nice idea to check the instructions first, because some kinds of Hermit Crab food are different than others, & you would not require to overfeed or underfeed your Hermit Crab. They also require water. All you require to do is pour a little distilled water in to the water dish or shell. You ought to check to see if it's water.

Have you noticed that I have been saying "them" in lieu of "it"? That is because Hermit Crabs, in the wild, travel in groups of several thousand. So it is always a nice suggestion to have over, so they don't get lonely.

One time a month, you ought to give your Hermit Crab a bath. Put a little miniscule little miniscule bit of warm, not hot, water-tap is all right-into a bowl. Make positive you don't put in much, or your Hermit Crab might drown! The water level should not be above the tip of their shell. Then put the Hermit Crab in the water & take them out again. They ought to be squeaky neat!