My daughters hermit crab died already

I was wondering that. Before I buy my daughter another hermit crab I have to boil the cage and sponge and everything to make sure if it was sick the next crab won't catch it.

@shaggin That's a good idea. :)

We aren't sure it can happen from mites or from its body getting to dry. I think it was too dry so in my sons cage along with the sponge we put a dish of water as a pet store owner told us to do.

@shaggin it seems there's something called 'post-purchase stress' among hermit crabs

@hereandthere That is what my daughter said she read.

She's 12 and only had it a few days so I think I felt worse for her then she actually felt. She's okay we will get her another one soon.

They sell them near the oceans here all the time but you can buy them in pet stores as well.

She only had it a few days so she wasn't terribly attached to it but I do feel bad for her as she was taking good care of it.

Thank you. I will get her another one soon.

Pet stores around here cannot sell turtles until their shells are larger then a quarter to reduce the salmonella risk. I just put it in a big hole that a woodchuck had made that I keep filling in. Then I poured dirt and ashes from the firepit on top. Saved me from digging a hole. Yesterday she asked where its shell was and I told her how I buried it. She wanted to dissect it so she wasn't happy with me. I told her I was sorry but it smelled bad and I had no idea she would want to examine it.

We bought these at an amusement park but when it comes down to it the probably would rather be in their natural habitat then in a cage :-(