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Happy Hermie Adoption Terms & Conditions

1. Liability

  • The Happy Hermie Rescue will not be held liable if your new adoptee should pass away while in your care. We give them a loving home and monitor them for 4 weeks before they are sent to you. However, depending on what conditions they have come from, we cannot guarantee that they are not already too far gone in their health.
     

2. Adoption

  • By adopting one of our rescues, you are agreeing to feed them a high-quality balanced diet from one of the following "Aussie Hermit Crabs Association" Trusted Sellers - The Happy Hermie, Cathy's Creations, The Crab Lab, or Deebees Hermies.

  • If you should find yourself in a position where you can no longer keep your hermit crabs, please return them to your closest rescue for them to be rehomed.

  • Please note that we do not ship live hermit crabs. All adoptions must take place in person.
     

3. Payment

  • Payment for our adoptees is cash or bank transfer only and must be paid upon arrival of picking up your new hermit crabs. All funds go straight back into the rescue.
     

4. Home Approval

  • Just because you have applied for one of our rescues, does not mean that you will be approved. We check out every single application and if we have more questions, we will be in contact with you. Please check your emails or junk mail as our point of contact will be via email.

  • If your application has been rejected, you will receive an email with the reasons for rejection. You are welcome to reapply for adoption once you have rectified the reasons for the initial rejection ex. tank conditions etc.

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5. Adoption Requirements

  • Tanks must be set up and running to the correct standards before submitting your adoption application.

    *MINIMUM TANK STANDARDS FOR ADOPTION*
    - An enclosed glass tank with a lid and no air holes with 38 litres of space PER hermit crab. A tank that is 76L will only house two hermit crabs safely.
    - 6" (15cm) deep substrate made up of an 8:1 ratio of play sand and damp coir meat, mixed together at a sandcastle consistency.
    - 1 x deep marine saltwater pool (treated with water conditioner)
    - 1 x deep freshwater pool (treated with water conditioner)
    - Enrichment items such as hides, greenery, toys, wheels etc.
    - Suitable heat and humidity consistently sitting between 27-32.c degrees and 70-85% humidity.
    - An appropriate heat source that sits outside the tank.
    - A high-quality balanced diet.
    - 6 x spare appropriately sized shells PER hermit crab. Proof of XL/jumbo shells if you're adopting a jumbo hermit crab.
    - An LED light source - 12 hours on, 12 hours off.

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