Name Alfie's First Pets....

Choosing a pet for children is always a tough choice, and knowing that Alfie won't be ready to help out with the cleaning and feeding duties for a good few years yet so whatever we decided on needed to be easy to manage! ... so out went the rabbit (...Sorry Beth!)and we decided against birds (... for a while!)

So here they are ... three hermit crabs! They are pretty easy to look after, change the water every day, give them a few sprays of water and some dried shrimp and they're happy! We managed to most of the set up cheap, the tank was free from Freecycle and the sand taken from Alfie's sand pit. Other bits and bobs were picked up cheap from various places. The other things in the tank are to keep them busy as well as a selection of potential new homes for them to move into! The shell doesn't grow with them, they swap it for a larger one as they grow!



Alfie seems quite taken by them and watches them scuttle along.



We got three in various sizes: big, medium and small. Any likeness to their owners is purely coincidental! ;0)

Crab A...

Crab B...

Crab C...


In Blue Peter style it's now up to you to come up with three suitable names before next Monday.... leave your suggestions as comments! Sorry no prizes just the satisfaction in knowing that you named a Hermit Crab which could be with us for the next thirty years!