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TylerFerretLord too bad you missed the shell changing, its amazing to see. Mites are a big problem and very hard to get rid of, new hermits should be bathed to get rid of mites, but once mites are in the crabitat there not easy to get rid of, backing your sand substrate, and bathing your...

rosepetalbed i know what you mean, but i'd sooner they don't sell them if they can't look after them and don't give the right information on how to keep them. Our main large pet shop has also stopped selling them, if i wanted any more now i would have to order them off line. TylerFerretLord...

Awww handsome looking hermies you have there. Yes they defo need salt water as well as drinking water, it help with their molting as well as their general well being. everything else sounds fine, they will rest most of the day but be active at night, we use a blue light at night to watch them by.

And you guys have had them much longer then us in the UK, and still your pet shops are no better, we have just the same problem here but hope to educate them. It must feel like your hitting your head against a brick wall. TylerFerretLord can i ask how long you have had your hermies? its not...

You in the US? we found the same, i've had mine just over a year and the information given by the pet shop was all wrong, so had to do lots of reading on the net.

Hiya rosepetalbed, welcome to the forum, a handsome looking hermie you have there, how long have you kept hermits for?

What i do is keep all the shells in one place in the tank, you need shells the size of the hermits you have got plus some bigger one for when they grow, boil them for 5 mins leave to cool then wash in the salt water you use for your hermies and place in your tank, they should love hugging them...

Great news on your new hermies. Corleone if you check my side out we have an online shop now, we sell heatmats and lots of foods for hermies etc. Ab-Crab sore

Hiya Corleone my hermie site might give you an idea. Ab-Crab uk Like Gill i use 2 gerbil tanks, because they have shelves and a mesh lid to stop the hermits escaping. Your tank size is fine. cholla /choya wood is loved by hermits and they love to eat it too. Hiding huts reptile ones work a...

My land hermit forum has made a deal with livefoodsbypost, for all posting members a 10% discount on all Land Hermit Crabs ordered from them. So if you want or need any hermits thats the place to be.http://www.baywood-pets.co.uk/absolutely-c...lous/portal.php

yes they do, you can use reptile heat pads under the tank, they work really well for me.

I gave them a bath when we first had them, just to make sure they didn't have mites, if mite free, then i don't bath them again, they have a fresh water and a sea water bath in the tank, there quite deep and they bath if and when they like, its less stressful for them and more like it is in the...

Great pics Gill, they look like their Rugs, not the more common Purple pincers? did they tell you what species they were when you bought them? All mine are Purple pincers.

Try ordering off line, maybe a little cheaper for you Esfa. I'll have to go look at your photos. They are very addictive i have to say, 26 of them and i'd get more given half a chance lol If i want any more i'll have to get them off the net, theres nowhere near me now that sells them. going...