bathing

bennynlewie · Post by **bennynlewie** » 01 Mar 2005, 07:35

how do u properly bathe a hermit crab? i have little ones and im not sure how deep the water should be. I heard that u should put water in their shell and dump it out ....so how do you actually bathe them?

Post by **Wai** » 01 Mar 2005, 17:27

I don't hand bathe my crabs anymore, since they seem to absolutely hate it. I leave a pond in there for them to bathe themselves. Make sure the water is dechlorinated, and don't make the water level too deep. I keep many rocks and stones in there for them to climb on, are something to grab onto if they slip. I used salt water (aquarium salt, not table salt) for the pond, with a drop of StressCoat.

ayianna · Post by **ayianna** » 01 Mar 2005, 19:13

My crabs really like to be bathed. Weird huh? They'll crawl into the dish if I offer them the dish and my arm to climb up, so they must not mind. If you wish to do this, you'll turn them over so that water goes into their shells, pick them up, swish to get out poo and sand (usually it won't be a big deal unless they've dug alot that time around) and drain. Then set out to dry. Heh! Pretty simple!

bennynlewie · Post by **bennynlewie** » 02 Mar 2005, 01:27

k maybe ill try the pond thing i havent tried them letting the bathe themselves thanks

happibunni42 · Post by **happibunni42** » 08 Nov 2005, 10:06

Bathing causes stress. Letting them bathe themselves does not cause additinal stress.

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