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…
Land Hermit Crab Breeding Land Hermit Crabs CAN breed in captivity but raising them from egg to air-breathing land hermit crabs is a difficult process It was always thought that hermit crabs would not breed in captivity. Now, some land hermit crab owners have successfully bred with suitable conditions. Hermit crabs that are given enough…
A Abrahams, Peter – University of Toronto. RESEARCH TITLE: Community Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology and Theory Abrams, Peter , J. P. 1993 Desportes Review of Assessments and Decisions: A Study of Information Gathering by Hermit Crabs, by R. W. Animal Behaviour Vol. 46, No. 3, September 1993 http://www.idealibrary.com/links/doi/10.1006/anbe.1993.1235 B Barnes, D. K. Barnes DK. Resource availability: Ancient…
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…
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…
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…
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…