Hi! Welcome to the blog. If you would like to learn more about hermit crabs, check out the links below!
My Personal Recommendations (for info/community, products, Small Businesses/Etsy Sellers, etc.)
Info/community
Facebook groups and pages:
Land Hermit Crab Owners Society (Tons of helpful information and a friendly community)
Care and Keeping of Hermit Crabs (has tons of step-by-step infographics and a friendly community)
Crabcon Facebook Page!! (Check out the page for more info, fyi it will be online this year, but you’ll still need to buy tickets)
Mary Aker’s Facebook Page (she is one of the few that has successfully captive-bred hermit crabs!)
Websites
Hermit Crab Association (forums: guides, information, great community)
The Crab Street Journal (I met the lady who runs this at a reptile show, she’s super sweet! Her website has a bunch of info, guides, and tutorials)
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Products
Reptilebasic’s Ultratherms
You can safely insulate these heating pads, unlike Reptitherms from the pet store. You can also remove and reuse them
They also have heat tape, which I will be trying soon, since their ultratherms are hard to come by right now
UPDATE 4/6/22: The heat tape is working great! If you go this route, just be sure to use a thermostat to avoid a fire risk. To the best of my knowledge, the probe goes in between the heat tape and the outside of the glass. If you put it inside the tank, the crabs may pick at the wiring. Because the probe is not inside the tank, you’ll need to mess around with the temperature you set the thermostat in order to get the inside of the tank to the appropriate temperature. For example, mine are set at 98-100 degrees F in order to get the middle of the tank on the inside at around 78 degrees. Like I said, you’ll have to mess with it.
Hamster wheel
I don’t have a favorite brand, just make sure whatever you buy has no metal on it (metal can rust and cause harm to your crabs).
Seachem Prime
Instant Ocean brand salt
…Will add more as I think of them
