93: How to Care for a Hermit Crab | Crab Central Station

Darcy Madsen operates the YouTube Channel, Crab Central Station along with her daughters. Crab Central Station is focused on promoting ethical keeping and captive breeding of land hermit crabs. Hermit crabs are easily one of the most abused animals in the specialty pet industry.  In the episode, Darcy explains how they are mistreated, how to care for them properly and she also details their incredible experience attempting the impossible, producing captive-bred hermit crabs! SHOW NOTES: https://www.animalsathomenetwork.com/93-crab-central-station/ 0:00 Coming Up 1:22 Guest Introduction 4:00 Housekeeping 5:10 Welcome Darcy 5:57 What got you started keeping crabs? 9:16 When Did you realize something was wrong? 10:58 How Are Crabs Abused? 24:50 Finding the Proper Info 27:45 Amazing Enclosure & Basic Care! 44:03 What do hermit crabs eat? 45:23 Maintaining Temps & Molting 46:49 How do Hermit Crabs Change their Shells? 52:18 How do Hermit Crabs have Babies? 1:25:15 Why Start Crab Central Station 1:31:55 Closing Thoughts 1:34:33 Outro