CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How to keep hermit crabs? What do they eat?

Abstract: [ How to raise hermit crabs? What do they eat? ]

Hermit crabs, also known as "white houses" and "dry houses", mainly live in snail shells. The largest snail body can reach a maximum diameter of more than 15 cm. Hermit crabs often live in the shells of dead mollusks to protect their soft abdomens, hence the name hermit crabs. Hermit crabs often live in the shells of dead mollusks to protect their soft abdomens. Some hermit crabs no longer live in carapaces, but have developed hard shells similar to crabs, also called hard-shell hermit crabs. The famous coconut crab belongs to this category. So how do you raise hermit crabs? Let me introduce the breeding method below.

Tank: Make sure you have an appropriately sized tank. A fish tank or reptile enclosure works great, or you can clean out an old, leaky fish tank in your attic or storage room and reuse it.

Humidity in the enclosure: Make sure the enclosure is maintained at the correct humidity. You should purchase a hygrometer and thermometer to help you monitor and maintain the ideal temperature (22 to 29 degrees Celsius) and relative humidity (75 to 85%).

Prepare the bottom sand: The bottom sand is a layer of material spread on the bottom of the breeding tank. You can use sand the size of sugar grains. Dirty bottom sand is harmful to hermit crabs. Replace the bottom sand every 6 months.

Prepare toys: Hermit crabs like to crawl. In the wild, hermit crabs will climb large rocks exposed at low tide to find food.

Provide water: All species of hermit crabs need both fresh and salt water. If you have one large and one small hermit crab, place some small rocks or small natural sponges in the basin so that the water is deep enough for the large hermit crab's shell to stay submerged, but the small hermit crab will not be trapped and drown.

What Do Hermit Crabs Eat?

Hermit crabs are scavengers and are not picky about food. They usually eat fruits such as apples, dragon fruits, coconut meat, bananas, pears, vegetables such as white radish, tomatoes, cabbage, spinach, potatoes, fish, shrimp, cooked sausages, chicken, snails and clams, as well as leftovers. Hermit crabs have a very diverse diet and are omnivorous animals. They are called scavengers on the seashore. Hermit crabs eat everything from algae, food residues to parasites. Putting one or two hermit crabs in the aquarium will act as cleaners.