2006-07-08 08:29:28 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
depending on size they run anywhere from 4-12 bucks
2006-07-08 08:35:13 · answer #1 · answered by snake_girl85 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all depends on the size, shell and species and the individual store. I have seen them anywhere from $2.00 each, 3 for $10 and $5 each, $7 each, $10, each and $12. each.. Please get more than one as they do live in large colonies in the wild and will thrive with at least a friend if not they will not live long.
The actual cost is not the hermit crab it's self BUT the proper set up. As mentioned above a $12 starter kit set-up will be exactly what you are paying for a piece of CRAP! Starter kits are not good nor recommended because out of 10 pet stores 9 if not ALL have no clue about the proper care and keeping of them.. I have yet to find a pet store that knows what they are talking about when speaking on Land Hermit Crabs.
You must have a glass aquarium with a solid lid or standard aquarium hood with lights.... not wire mesh, not plastic mesh.. not a plastic container be-it a kritter Keeper or Hermit Crab Cove..
You need both a temperature guage AND humidity guage...
3 deep dishes/reptile dishes (the bigger the better), 2 for water and 1 for food.
You must have at least 3 extra shells per crab of the correct type, size, weight etc.
DO not buy Hermit Crab food if you want them to live for any amount of time.
Get marine or oceanic salt mix for salt water aquariums since they must have a dish of salt water.
Buy a piece of cork bark and cholla wood if you can, as well as a hidy which can be a fish tank decoration that they can hide in. Get a brick of coco-fiber bedding like ecoearth.
Next is sand.. BUT do not buy it in the pet store.. go to wal-mart or home depot and get play sand.. 50 lbs for $2.25 or so. While at wal mart get bottled water since you can not use tap and treating water is a waste of money. Also go to the craft area and get some netting by the shells.. then hardware for shower caddies and suction cups with hooks which are the best thing for crab owners.
Hit their pet dept. and get a container of blood worms, krill, tubifex worms and high color fish flakes... last.. hit the produce dept and get grapes, apples, bananas, romaine lettuce, kale, tomatoes, carrots, melon or simple fruit mix that is pre cut, strawberries, cukes... then you can also buy a piece of fresh salmon, some shrimps with skins on, a clam or two, a piece of chicken and a piece of beef....
All of that food will last you a long time. At home you can also give them eggs with egg shells, unsalted nuts, rolled oats (non-instant) Plain cheerios, total flakes or Kashi cereal.
But you could also listen to the pet store people, and others who have no clue... and then have your crabs only live a few months to a year OR LESS. We have 15 and 10 year old crabs that we have had since they were tiny micro size... we have had 26 successful molts this year alone at a 100% success rate. We have 48 Land Hermits on site right now and have placed countless numbers into their forever homes elsewhere.
We have tanks with sustained ideal tank contitions as mini tropical ecosystems, we have spent many years researching their proper care and keeping. They are not novelty or throw away pets but live exotic creatures.. and also.. they are not pet pets and do not like to be handled that much .. if you do take them out they will stress and die.. if you are looking for a pet to play with then Land hermit are not the pet for you.
2006-07-08 15:22:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow its expensive where they live, im in ny worked at a pet shop a few months ago we have a full hermit crab set up for 12$'s
1-4$'s for the crab itself then 3$ for food, 2$'s for wter sponge 1$ for spray bottle and 4 for a small plastic tank, if you are in the ny area contact me and i can recoment the exact pet store!
2006-07-08 08:57:36 · answer #3 · answered by tskstorm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They usually are $10 for the crab itself...then whatever you want to pay for the cage depending on size. They are usually cheap and you can find them inside malls and at almost every pet store nowadays.
2006-07-08 08:36:17 · answer #4 · answered by az_cutie_pi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
about 5-12 dollars dependind on size, dont get a baby.
2006-07-08 14:14:28 · answer #5 · answered by Carley V 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too much, especially if you can go to a beach or river and there are litterally thousands of them, for free!
2006-07-14 19:43:39 · answer #6 · answered by creeklops 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
y buy 1 just go to the bech
2006-07-08 12:09:36 · answer #7 · answered by love_thebeach 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋