Hermit Crab Care and Feeding

Food Hermit crabs are omnivores — they eat meat, vegetables, fruit, nuts, just about anything they can get their little claws on. You can buy hermit crab food at the pet store, but you can also feed them just about anything you eat! Hermit crabs do require calcium, carotene, and antioxidants in their diets — just like people. Offer your crab a variety of foods. Fresh fruit and vegetables, dried fruit, leaves and grass that have been washed, shellfish (yes, they are carnivores), meats (without spices or sauces), nuts, even dairy foods are okay once in a while. Jack and … Continue reading

Hermit Crab Habitats

My junior year of college, I was leaving the local mall and saw a strange little cage in the parking lot. It was a wire mesh cylinder, with plastic at the top and bottom. Inside? Two little hermit crabs! Someone must have put the cage down while loading the car and forgot their new hermies! I brought them home to the dorm and named them Sebastian (for the crab in The Little Mermaid, of course!) and Jack (for Jack Nicholson, the crabbiest actor I could think of.) Jack and Sebastian lived with me for the better part of two years. … Continue reading

Impulse Pets

It could happen on vacation. It could happen on a trip to the shore, or at the county fair. Any place, any time, you could become the owner of an impulse pet. What’s an impulse pet, you say? That lazy little goldfish the kids won at the school carnival. The sleek little lizard you picked up at the fair. That hermit crab you bought on your last visit down the shore. No matter how you found your new family pet, there are advantages and disadvantages to impulse pets like these. The Good Stuff All of these impulse pets (or prize … Continue reading