Hermit crabs and reptiles in same cage??

Question

ok, so i have 5 hermit crabs and they like in a HUGE fish tank. i really want a lizard or something like that. i know that lizards need a heat lamp or an electic heating rock. but hermit crabs need to be moist. is there anyway for them to be in the same tank??? and if not is there any other small animal that i can get that WILL b able to live with them? please help me! <=(

Answer 1

No, I don&#039;t think any other animal and hermit crab will work out. You will have to get a new setup if you want another reptile.

Answer 2

frogs and crabs. works excellent!

Answer 3

frogs are way too delicate to be kept with hermit crabs what are u talking about

anyway u should never mix species here&#039;s why

common problems inculde

eating each other (its suprising what will at least try to eat what)

Attacking/ killing each other (2 animals that dont normally live together will sometimes fight.

stress (makes for ill reptiles just being near even a species from the same geological range can be stressful to these animals)

Incompatible toxins bacteria and illnesses (especially with phibs but is common with others 2 just cause one species can handle one type of bacteria/doesn&#039;t mean they all can these animals evolved in totally different ways meaning there resistant to different things, as for toxins many phibs and invert have these as defense mechanisms and can easily kill or make the others ill)

just because 2 animals require similar set-up and temps doesnt mean there suitable

Answer 4

I dont think that you can mix them. What happens if the crabs pinch the poor guy? :( you have to think about their natural habitat. Do they live together in the wild?? no!! if they are from different climates they need to have what they are designed for.

Why dont you buy another tank for a lizard? if you look on classifieds you can get them really cheap.

Good luck!