hermit crabs?????

[Zippy]

Anyone on here have Hermit crabs?
i was wondering because i see them all the time at petco and my friend had 2 for a while.

[Danegirl2208]

i dont have any but i know some people with a few..they make great pets!!

[lute]

a hermit crab was my first pet. i was 6. they are real easy to care for. they can get a lil smelly though. mine ran away...yes, he ran away. :o i got him out to play with him. i got up to do something and when i came back he was gone.

[Roxyluvsme13]

I was thinking of getting a hermit crab.. o_O but my mom says nooo.

[Argranade]

My sister is selling her 2 hermet crabs because she says there boring and they dont do anything but crawl and only at night time only.

[flamepony12]

I used to have hermit crabs. I got the little ones with the painted shells from the mall kiosk. They were cute and fun to have while they lasted, but within a few months to a year they all died off. If you get hermit crabs, make sure you pick the active ones. My friend chose one that wasn't so active and told me it was like having a pet shell.

[Zippy]

oh no i don't want to get any i was just wondering if anyone had them on here because i have never heard anyone on PT saying they have hermit crabs

[zoomer]

I love Hermits! They're good pets for young people and can be entertaining. I had 4 Hermies at one time, but Spider and Whitey died in about 3 months, and then Marble died in about 6 months, and then Desperex (my favorite) died in about a year. RIP Hermies :( . They have quite a range of life span.

[Horse Lover]

Yep :D I have 2 hermit crabs, They are pretty social little ones and if you ever get one get 2! They are social animals and wouldnt be happy by itself ;) If you ever need info on them pm me :D Here is one of my hermits http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h139/Horse_Lover_2006/IMG_1172.jpg

[cloverfdx]

Just curious for those who had hermies that died after a couple of months, did you supply them with a heat lamp?

[lute]

Just curious for those who had hermies that died after a couple of months, did you supply them with a heat lamp?
i did with mine. i'm not sure how long mine would have lived. like i said i lost him. :o

[zoomer]

Just curious for those who had hermies that died after a couple of months, did you supply them with a heat lamp?

Yep, I did. But they just...died :o

[Jessika]

All too often when I worked at PetCo people would return their hermit crabs because they forgot to mist them multiple times a day. Hermit crabs require a VERY high humidity level in order to survive. Keep that in mind.

Also, the warmer they are and more humid it is, the more active they are!!

[Horse Lover]

I dont think they require a heat lamp I went to many sites and they all recommened Under Tank Heaters(UTH) and 70% humidity, I just keep that high with a spray bottle, Anyway at my petsmart the hermit crabs are treated terrible, they do the opposite you are supposed to they have a red hot heat lamp I beleive the ones made for uromastyx (sp?) and hard shalllow wood chip so no molting could be done and a tiny bowl for like 15-20 hermits in there and I even saw one dead in there! :mad:

[Horse Lover]

oh no i don't want to get any i was just wondering if anyone had them on here because i have never heard anyone on PT saying they have hermit crabs
I have some :D And a while ago I had a thread on them

[zoey]

We played with them at the beach, as kids. We were tempted to take them home a few times, but always left them, but enjoyed having them for pets for the afternoon.
:D Sometimes big crabs too!