Hermit crabs are one of the popular marine pets because they are best suited in household aquariums. They act as aquarium scavengers and eat algae and debris that accumulate in the hermit crab habitat.
There are a lot of places where to buy hermit crabs. These crabs can be bought in your local pet stores. Since hermit crabs are fast becoming staple aquarium pets, most pet stores carry them around.
No matter what their name says, hermit crabs are very sociable animals and it is best to consider that you buy more than one exotic pet when you visit the pet store. Buying only one crab will make it very lonely without one or two crabs in its crabitat. Their social patterns will emerge if you have more than six crabs. In their natural habitat, hermit crabs love to come in big groups with hundreds of crabs a group. That's how very sociable hermit crabs are!
Once you have selected the pet store where you will buy your hermit crabs, you need to select the hermit crabs that you will buy as your pet. Do not buy hermit crabs that aren't lively and playful. Hermit crabs are very playful animals and if they are lethargic, it can only mean that they are sick or dying.
Do not also buy crabs that do not come out of their crab shell. Hermit crabs take some time to come out from their shell, so you have to be patient. And if you have been patient and the crab still hasn't come out of its hermit crab shell, find another pet hermit crab to buy. Do not also buy crabs that never retreat into its shell. A crab that isn't scared and retreats back to its shell can only mean that it is sick or dying.
Another place on where to buy hermit crabs is through the Internet and the various online pet stores and web sites dedicated to hermit crabs. These online stores carry a wide selection of hermit crab species and supplies for you to choose from. Hermit crabs' size ranges from small penny-sized crabs to large baseball-sized crabs. These online stories carry these size range of hermit crabs and most of the popular species like the Coconut crab, blue-legged hermit crab, Halloween hermit crab, Strawberry land hermit crab, Purple Pincher, Blueberry hermit crab, Caribbean hermit crab, Calico hermit crab, Ecuadorian hermit crab, and Viola hermit crab.
Before buying in these online stores, determine first the size and species of crabs you want to purchase. This is will help you in narrowing your search from the plethora of pet hermit crabs available for sale online. If you want a Strawberry land hermit crab, type in the search bar "Strawberry land hermit crabs for sale" to narrow down your search to the specific crab you want.
Look for pictures of the crabs you want to purchase. Make sure they are free of white or brown grainy spots. These are crab mites that make crabs unhealthy. When your crab arrives, observe them for the first few days to see if you got healthy and playful crabs.