Kyle Sandilands proudly admits he’s ‘obsessed’ with his new pet crabs

Kyle Sandilands proudly admits he’s ‘obsessed’ with his new pet crabs and spent ‘three house just watching them at home’

He has repeatedly made it known he’s an animal lover.

But nothing appeared to have delighted Kyle Sandilands more than his new pet hermit crabs.

On Tuesday’s instalment of his KIIS FM radio show with Jackie ‘O Henderson, the 49-year-old gushed about the new additions to his family, saying: ‘Yesterday, I was mesmerised. I sat home watching these crabs for three hours’.

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Kyle’s got crabs! He has repeatedly made it known he’s an animal lover. But nothing appeared to have delighted Kyle Sandilands more than his new pet hermit crabs

Kyle began the conversation by announcing: ‘I am the new dad of some hermit crabs!’

Jackie lamented: ‘He’s got an obsession with hermit crabs’.

Kyle had brought his new pet with him into the studio for Jackie to see.

On Tuesday's instalment of his KIIS FM radio show with Jackie 'O Henderson, the 49-year-old gushed about the new additions to his family, saying: 'Yesterday, I was mesmerised. I sat home watching these crabs for three hours'

On Tuesday’s instalment of his KIIS FM radio show with Jackie ‘O Henderson, the 49-year-old gushed about the new additions to his family, saying: ‘Yesterday, I was mesmerised. I sat home watching these crabs for three hours’

Pet dad: He then continued to show off his hermit crabs which were situated in an enclosure. This is a stock photo

Pet dad: He then continued to show off his hermit crabs which were situated in an enclosure. This is a stock photo

When Jackie appeared to be less than pleased, he said: ‘You said your child loved hermit crabs!

Jackie replied: ‘They live on the bathroom counter… you’re not sure which one is a shell and which has a crab inside.’

She added: ‘You’ve got an obsession with the crabs thing. Like, I know you love pets, but you don’t talk about them like you do these crabs’.  

When Jackie appeared to be less than pleased, he said: 'You said your child loved hermit crabs! Jackie replied: 'They live on the bathroom counter... you're not sure which one is a shell and which has a crab inside'

When Jackie appeared to be less than pleased, he said: ‘You said your child loved hermit crabs! Jackie replied: ‘They live on the bathroom counter… you’re not sure which one is a shell and which has a crab inside’

Kyle agreed, saying: ‘Yesterday, I was mesmerised. I sat home watching these crabs for three hours!’

He then continued to show off his hermit crabs which were situated in an enclosure.

Kyle said that the enclosure came with an app, a thermometer and various other essentials for hermit crabs to thrive in.

Jackie added about Kyle: 'You've got an obsession with the crabs thing. Like, I know you love pets, but you don't talk about them like you do these crabs'

Jackie added about Kyle: ‘You’ve got an obsession with the crabs thing. Like, I know you love pets, but you don’t talk about them like you do these crabs’