Hi Daisy,
I think hermit crabs are boring too. We have three currently. Maybe its because they are in an aquarium environment rather than a wire cage. We give them lots of things to climb and chew on, and they come out of their shells, but as soon as they hear us come in the room, you can hear them jump back in. Ours live in our kitchen and I talk with them every day, but rarely see them.
We do try and bathe them weekly, and they usually wake up pretty good. But we had one that pinched me real bad one time and I haven't wanted to hold a big one since then. We have two really large ones and one small one.
I think if we took them out to play more often, they would probably do better, but with two dogs, two cats, two hamsters, there never seems to be a good time to do that.
They stay in the aquarium and have a light on them at all times to keep the temperature up. It is embedded in the lid on the aquarium. They are supposed to have an extremely long life cycle. I've heard of people having them up to 15 years. Ours have been here about a year now.
I don't think I would do it again if I were you. Unless you want ours! I'm teasing.
Maybe if you want a small pet, a guinea pig or hamster would be good. But I have to be careful with them too as there are many critters in this house that would like to wrap their jaws around the hamsters. I do love them.
That's my two cents worth.
Logan