The Triplets

About a month ago, I stopped into Petsmart to get a new water dish for my crabitat, and just because I was passing by, I had no choice but to stop a take a look at the hermit crabs :)

I took a peek and soon enough the aquatics worker came over and was asking if I needed help with anything. I asked if I could take a look at the crabs, and she removed the wood hut so I could take a look at them. Right away I noticed three hermit crabs grouped together. Now these werent just any three hermit crabs: They all had the same apple murex shells, and they were all fairly small. They all began parting their way, and were all very activing, exploring the crabitat. They all looked healthy. I told the woman that I was going to purchase just one. So i began trying to decide which one I would choose. I took a good look at all of them individually. The whole time I was trying to keep myself from buying all three, but I couldnt help myself. How could I break up these three little hermies. They were inseperable. Then I thought to myself, they could be triplets! I had the woman package them up. Before I knew it, I was riding home with the triplets.

Now, I realize that these three hermit crab will of course change shells over time, but either way, I couldnt have brung myself to break up this trio.

Here is just 2/3 of the triplets. Theyre pretty cute, hey? The other 1/3 is hiding somewhere. I have not come up with a name for this adorable trio yet. If you have any suggestions please leave them in the comments below. I have had a few ideas, but none have really jumped out at me :)

Pre-made Food

I dont always have time to make my hermies fresh food, so it is always nice to have food that I can throw right in the food dish and be ready for the crabs to devour. However, most commercial foods at petstores have ethoxyquin, a harmful preservative that is NOT safe for hermit crabs. So what pre-made food can I feed my hermit crabs that will not be harmful to them?

There are some alternatives to commercial food that is pre-made, and not toxic to your crab. Here are a few options:

1.) You may order pre-made food mixes on the internet. There are many websites that sell hermit crab food mixes. One example of this is The Hermit Crab Patch. I have had a wonderful expierience with this website; good customer service, fast shipping, and very fair prices. There are also many choices for specific species, mineral supplements, and really fun mixes. I own quite a few of these, and my hermies always clean the food dish of them. There are many other shops online that sell hermit crab mixes such as Crabotanicals on Etsy, and the Hermit Crab Addiction Store.

2.) You can make your own Pre-made hermit crab mixes. Food dehydrators are not too expensive, and eventually pay for themselves by drying out your own food and storing them in ziploc baggies to give to your crabs for a meal. It is fun to make your own custom creation to give to your crabs. You can really have fun with it :) Make sure that before you dehydrate a certain food item and put it into your own custom mix that that item is safe for hermit crabs. One informative blog for this is Hermit Crab Cuisine. It is the website that I use to make sure that what I am feeding to the colony is safe to eat.

Hopefully you can figure out which one of these options is right for you and can be on your way to safe and delicious meals for your hermit crab family.

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