Snail Art Pets by Lucky Hermits

Wanted a pet but do not have a lot of home space? Looking for an unusual type of pet your family would drool over? You may want to try the ‘lucky hermits,’ ordinary snails which shells were painted with colorful and fun designs which are sure to attract children and adults alike.

These little water creatures are sure attention getters because of their pretty shells and through a friend’s suggestion, we call these cuties ‘snail art.’ Lucky hermits store has different branches and this one in the photo is found at SM Megamall near Comic Quest and the Food Court.

The store offer packages for the snails so you can have a set of painted hermit crabs with a home fully setup with stones and stuff which you can replace eventually with a bigger aquarium glass if you wanted to expand your collection or beautify your snail pet’s home.

The snail art collection is also sold in bulk as giveaways or souvenir for events. Interested to own a hermit? Read some of these reminders from the store’s website:

Instructions:
- Give the crab a nice new home! Based on the number of hermit crabs you’re bringing into the family, find an aquarium of appropriate size–10 gallons for one crab is a good place to start. Oh, and they do like friends; back home on the beach, your pet crab strolled with hordes of other little “hermits.”
- Line the bottom of the aquarium with about 2 to 3 inches of sand. You can buy hermit crab-friendly sand from a pet or hardware store. In the latter case, use playground sand.
- Maintain a wet area in the aquarium–a hermit crab swimming pool! A large overturned shell does the trick, while also providing the crab with much-needed calcium. Or try a shallow dish sunk into the sand. The crab will be able to drink from the pool and stay moist–even far from his old ocean-side home.
- Place a small natural sponge–about the size of a fist–into the water to aid in evaporation. This will keep the air in the tank humid, just how your hermit likes it!
-Feed your new friend a pinch of pet store hermit crab food once a day—perhaps in an overturned seashell. Fruit, vegetables or cereal can be a nice supplement to the crabby diet.
- Provide your new hermit crab with room to grow. Perhaps the most important step for long-term care, offering your pet crab a wide range of spiral shells, similar to but larger than his own, will allow him to choose a series of new homes as his body outgrows its current shell.

Tips and Warnings:
- Our land hermits prefer a to be in a environment that is warm, but not too warm; so aim for temperatures between 24 and 28 degrees Celsius. Though they can survive in slightly warmer temperatures, it is not recommended to expose them to this; so please don’t leave them under the sun for too long.
- Choose a pool shallow enough that the crab can get out. Place small rocks, sticks or shells inside the pool to serve as stepping stones.
Keep the crab’s pool full of fresh, filtered water. If possible, dechlorinate the water using special drops from a pet food store.
- Clean the sponge every week or two to prevent bacteria by rinsing it in hot water; or, when dry, give the sponge a quick one- or two-minute blast in the microwave.
- Provide a dozen or more shells per crab to make sure each finds the right fit when he molts. Hermit crabs can be picky about their new homes!
- Don’t mistake a molting crab for a dead pet! As she grows, your hermit will molt–shed her exoskeleton–and leave the old armor behind. She’s probably hiding out, tucked deep inside a shell.

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