Setting up a natural enclosure helps hermit crabs stay healthy, active, and stress-free. With a few thoughtful additions and proper care, you can create the perfect environment for your hermit crabs.

Before You Get a Hermit Crab It’s important that you have all the supplies to safely welcome home your new hermit crab. The most important elements are a secure, heated enclosure and food.

Mating and reproduction Hermit crabs vary in their mating habits. The Caribbean hermit crab, for example, lives in wetlands, but when it’s time to mate, will head for the seashore in huge masses.

When Tim Jerman was a child, he couldn’t decide whether to become a marine biologist or an artist. So he became an artist who created intricate glass sculptures of aquatic life. For “ Hermit Crab ” ...

Boardwalk shops have "no idea what hermit crabs need to survive," she emphasized. "They send you home with a few lines of some very basic needs." Feeding is as simple as food and water. But the ...