hi, i cant believe u got ur crabs from pets at home 2 for a fiver, ours has them 2 for 20 or 12 quid each. was it recently?

Iv got one from there it seem's ok just one stumpy leg :P And one leg stronger than the other XD Probably sort it's self out after the next molt.
The prices in my PAH £3 each or £5 for two small-med or £6 each or £11 for a pair of big sized one's

Make sure they have a moist crabitat with alot of diff sized shell's And if you see any mother of pearl shell's get some of them cos there more attracted to them cos it feel's comfy on there soft abdomen.

Apart from that im sure you have the heatmat,dish's,food,sponges,shell's,de-clor (for the water).

Oh and it's best to have sand not gravel or gritty sand cos it hurt's there abdomen!

hiya, yep i got them at the start of this week (28/1/08). I couldn't believe the price aswell, at the local koi and reptile shop they had them for £9.99 each!!!! i got all 4 of mine for that price. Nothing wrong with them, healthy, and very active.
They said they are getting more in every week as they are soo popular.
Does anyone know which type of wood if any they like best? ive noticed bogwood in the shops but its too expensive. (£16 for a small piece).
Also is there anything that the crabs shouldn't eat? it says on the internet that they eat mostly anything, but thats not very helpful. Is cheese good, coz of the calcium? Sweet foods? Salty foods?

when i got mine they told me to get crushed coral so i forked out for that, should i change it to sand then????

crushed coral is good too as long as it is quite fine so they can burrow in it easily. does it absorb water ok?

yeah the coral seems ok, and they can burrow. they seem pretty happy anyway(well as far as i can tell)

well now i have 2 small crabs and 3 medium/large crabs.
today i got 2 of the medium ones and i was watching them and one of them actually swapped shells whilst i was watching it, it was very weird, cool and kinda gross all in one. it dragged the new shell to the waTER DISH, TURNED IT AROUND SEVERAL TIMES IN THE WATER looked like it cleaned out the shell and then in about 3 seconds it lifted itself into its new shell and was wll at home.
i will try to get some pics of the new ones when they have settled in a bit.
Anyone got any of these cool new pets yet??
they really are facinaing to watch esp when they change shells and feed.

did you order them over the internet or from a pet shop ?

i bought mine from pet shops

hey there we have 16 land hermit crabs, of various sizes.
visit landhermitcrabsuk i only started it today so only couple of pics of my baby crabs. will sort more pics and vids out soon. i will gladly offer advise and some great websites you could go on. to buy food and toys i go on Welcome to UKPetSupplies.com - The One-Stop Shop for Pet Supplies & Accessories! but i know websites with recipes on. just let me know what you want to know.

vix and ben x