Tay Canuel

Riley and I have been hermit crab enthusiasts since 2018. We first became interested in them when we saw this little guy in our local pet store. He wasn’t for sale - he had recently been rescued from someone’s home. The store was waiting to find someone to adopt it. My husband showed particular interest in this guy, so we went home to do our research. We quickly realized that his pet store enclosure was NOT sufficient, and he was likely suffering. We went back to the pet store and offered to...

There are lots of websites and facebook pages out there with information on hermit crab care. I encourage you to take a look and come here if you ever need more information. These are people I trust with my crabs, and you can too. Crab Street Journal - https://crabstreetjournal.org/ Land Hermit Crab Owners Society (website) - https://lhcos.org/ Land Hermit Crab Owners Society (facebook) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/landhermitcrabowners/ Coenobita Species - https://coenobitaspecies.com/...

Whether you bought a hermit crab or two from a coastal boardwalk or you picked one up from your local pet store, it’s important they have a properly set up enclosure so they can live long and happy lives. The information most of these stores have about hermit crabs is widely outdated. The small plastic or wire cages and gravel they send you home with are not acceptable living conditions. We understand, we’ve all been there at some point. We can’t blame the stores, they simply don’t have the...