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Temperature no lower than 72°F. Consistent low temperatures can kill a hermit crab. Don't allow them to bake in a window, either. If they get too hot they will die. Signs of overheating are a musty smell and discharge of brown liquid.
Put a small sea sponge in there, and tell her to keep it soaked with water.
I'd recommend getting another hermit crab as well. They're sociable animals; don't like to be alone. Also, you need an extra shell in the cage/aquarium for each crab...hermit crabs don't stay in the same shells their whole life.
Make sure she removes the chlorine and other harmful chemicals from water.
She also needs to bathe the crab once a week. Dechlorinate the water, put it in some kind of bowl. Then put the crab in upside down, so when he comes out, the water will rush into his shell. If he doesn't come out, leave him in for 3 minutes, then take him out.
There's a lot of work that goes into any animal...for a gift, I'd recommend sticking to something like sea monkeys.
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