Before you buy new hermit crabs, you have to make sure you have their habitat ready and adjusted to their needs. They don’t need much and the maintenance is simple and straightforward. Temperature and humidity play a key role in crab health, so it is important everything is set up when your new pets arrive. Crabs are stressed because of the journey most of the time and prepared tank will help them to convalesce from it.
To have the habitat ready could take up to few weeks because the adjustment of humidity and temperature needs some time. Put some salt and fresh water inside. Don’t forget to get some lamps.
Buying hermit crab
You can buy hermit crabs at different places, pet stores or kiosk at the mall. Crabs can be bought even online. However, these crabs are often stolen from their natural habitat and not treated right. Such a crab can not leave long, so be sure you get a right treated crab.
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My advice is to buy crabs from craigslist. I personally bought few of them from this community and always got healthy crabs. Whenever you will post there that you are looking for new hermit crabs, you will get a response from someone near you. Even though, it can take some time.
Once your crab family will start to grow, you can start selling crabs by your own. You can do that by using craigslist mentioned above, or some other online service such as Ebay.
Hermit Crabs As Pets