Not
only can you hold them and watch them climb, but after some quality
time with your pet they will actually come when you call them.
Each time you handle them give them a little bit of food and talk
softly to them, in a soothing manner. If you have young children,
ask them to sit down when handling them, ideally on a spare bedsheet
spread out on the loungeroom or bedroom floor, and help them to
understand that gentleness earns trust.
Exercise
is very important to hermit crab health, as they often wander
a mile or so in the wild during their nightly escapades. Not only
is it fun to watch them clamber about, climb and explore, but
you will find that active hermit crabs eat more and are usually
much healtheir for it.
Exercise
Balls / Exerspheres
Exercise
balls are lots of fun and very safe for your hermit crabs
to romp around the loungeroom or bedroom floor. "Give your pet
the freedom to roam and enjoy some freedom from the boring cage
life! Just put your little friend inside the well ventilated
ball and watch him go. The mini size is ideal for dwarf
hamsters, mice, hermit crabs, and other similar tiny animals.
Ideal for use when cleaning the cage and for providing hours of
interactive fun during playtime. Well ventilated, locking
lids for worry-free play. Made of shatter-resistant plastic.
Available in transparent, glow in the dark, or colored models.
Each ball is approximately 4-1/2" in diameter. " (PetDiscounters
Review)
Hermie
Race
All
you need to do is to take a hoola hoop and lower it onto a clean
surface (I use a clean bedsheet because I have carpet) and then
place your hermies in the center of it.
Sit
back and watch them scamper to the hoola hoop finish line. Your
have your own hermit crab race!
Hermie
Climb
Another
good hermie game is to make a little tower out of plastic mesh
or gutter guard, driftwood tree or piece of grapevine. Make sure
it is not too high up because you don't want your hermies to get
hurt if they fall. To make sure they are safe you could have pillows
about the base. You could make something like a cat's scratching
post, with a vertical piece of wood covered in material such as
astroturf or synthetic grass; ZooMed ReptiCarpet; fleece or other
material as long as you can unpin or take it off for washing if
it needs it.
Put
your two hermies on the top and watch them climb down. Or they
could start at the base and watch them climb up. They are experts
at climbing and so fun to watch them hanging upside down or teetering
on the edge.
Note:
it is important to wash your hands before and after playing with
your land hermit crabs
