GOT CRABS?
We recently got a hermit crab from Texas and we do not know what it eats and where we should have it Tara Brooks < Go to ZooMed.com and get their new book on hermit crabs. They even have a couple of hermit crab kits with everything you need including a beginners book to get you started. In the meantime, hermit crabs are tropical and require a heating device to keep their terrarium between 78 and 83 degrees. The Zoomed ReptiTherm UTH works well as a heating device. They do require a relative humidity of 70%+, so a water dish with a sponge in it is really needed. For lighting the daylight blue and nighttime red bulbs really show them off. Hermit crabs are very active at night and the red bulb allows you to observe the crabs without really frightening them. The bottom of the terrarium should have some clean fine sand and a branch or two for them to crawl on. They do best on a commercial hermit crab food. The big problem with these crabs is that they dry out and need to be misted often. -C
