Leg Hermit
Leg Hermit
What I can tell the difference between a "land" or "marine" hermit crab? And what are their different needs?
We brought home a hermit crab from the beach, we live in TX Gulf Coast. Apparently there are two types of hermit crabs and one has to live underwater? Anyway, this little has been with us for three days and now appears to be well in a 10 gallon aquarium w / rocks and a bowl of salt water and a plate of fresh water, however, my sister said it was a 'sea' hermit crab from the legs were "hairy" and that the boy would die if not carry back to the bay. I do not want my daughter wakes up and finds Mr. Crabby Patty is no longer in the land of the living ….. so what should I do? What is the difference between the crabs?
Under the http://hermit-crabs.com/care.html website, "The species perlatus Coenobita or" strawberry hermit crab "no can survive without access to a plate full of salt water into his crabitat at all times. Depriving these beautiful salt water crabs is sentenced to a slow and painful death, as no can regulate the level of salt in your body without it. "This species resembles this: 20perlatus http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=Coenobita% & Sa = N & tab = wi & um = 1 That may be what your sister was referring to when he said 'sea' hermit crab. There is a page Identification of the species here: http://hermit-crabs.com/species.html addition, your crab needs at least 70% humidity and a temperature of not less than 72 degrees Fahrenheit. He can not live on the rocks, but rather requires a special substrate that can be buried and wet. coconut fiber bedding or sand are special Forest a good choice of bedding for your crab. There are many things you need to know about caring for hermit crabs. You should read this web page http://hermit-crabs.com/care.html The first thing to do is find out what species you have. Some species are only capable of staying alive by the experts, but if you have one of the most easy it may be possible for you to keep the crab as a pet if you do enough research and provide a suitable home for it.