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jenne03 · 07-01-2008, 07:39 AM

HI everyone. We were on vacation in North Carolina and my 11 year old daughter bought two hermit crabs with her birthday money. She has been doing well with them and bought a book about them also. We are trying to learn as much as we can to keep the little guys happy and healthy.

Her two crabbies are Drake and Josh. Josh is kind of shy we have noticed. He spooks easier than Drake. Drake is completely outgoing and crawls all over the place.

We are confused with some of the info we have been getting. We didn't know about salt water until I found this forum! So we are going to get instant ocean from the pet store. We also see that we probably need a bigger water holder. She is using a shell that came with the kit. The crabbies can get into it..but it doesn't hold alot. IS a shell fine to put the salt water in?

we have also seen conflicting info regarding misting and bathing. The book my daughter got says she can bath her crabbies everyday or every other day and mist them on the off days. But then I read that bathing them everyday is too much and it should only be a couple times a week?

I have a lot of questions...I guess I am in the wrong forum to keep asking! My daughter and I are very excited to learn more. !!

07-01-2008, 07:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
jenne03 Hi, I'm New Here! Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 12	Hi! New to crabbies..! HI everyone. We were on vacation in North Carolina and my 11 year old daughter bought two hermit crabs with her birthday money. She has been doing well with them and bought a book about them also. We are trying to learn as much as we can to keep the little guys happy and healthy. Her two crabbies are Drake and Josh. Josh is kind of shy we have noticed. He spooks easier than Drake. Drake is completely outgoing and crawls all over the place. We are confused with some of the info we have been getting. We didn't know about salt water until I found this forum! So we are going to get instant ocean from the pet store. We also see that we probably need a bigger water holder. She is using a shell that came with the kit. The crabbies can get into it..but it doesn't hold alot. IS a shell fine to put the salt water in? we have also seen conflicting info regarding misting and bathing. The book my daughter got says she can bath her crabbies everyday or every other day and mist them on the off days. But then I read that bathing them everyday is too much and it should only be a couple times a week? I have a lot of questions...I guess I am in the wrong forum to keep asking! My daughter and I are very excited to learn more. !!