Will my hermit crab survive if i go on vacation?

Question

i am going on vacation for 5 days will it survive or should i get some one to look after it?

Answer 1

I have found that with 2 water dishes and a nice medium sized clam shell full of food I still have to have someone come and refill the water and change out the food every two to three days.

The reason is the water will evaporate (and I am using water dishes made for a bit larger lizard or turtle with a sponge in it for safety) and the sponge will dry out.

Also if the humidity in the tank is correct then the food will go moldy before you get home. So, I think it is best for someone to look in on them like on day three of your vacation.

You can buy vacation food which is a small cake of food but, I just fill my clam shell with different foods...so, I will put some blood worms, baby shrimp some spirulina flakes and some dried coconut all in the dish so they can pick what they want to eat.

Answer 2

he should stay alive  just make sure you give it enough food and water  

Answer 3

as long as it has plenty of food and water in its cage thing it will b ok so have funa on vacation and dont worry about a thing

Answer 4

He probably will survive. But you want to make sure the tank is humid enough for him to stay hydrated and that he has enough food. So if you can find someone, I would ask them if they could maybe check in on them once or twice while you are gone.

Answer 5

it will most def survive. once, we had 2 hermit crabs and my sis fed them and everything well, all of a sudden, one of them died and my sis thought the other one did too so we just left them in the tank and then months later, turns out one of them didn't die and was just crawling around the tank. it was weird.

anyway point of the story, your hc will survive. just make sure he has enough food, and you're set.  

Answer 6

Yes if you put enough food, i went on vacation for 2 weeks it lived