HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Yeah I did search the group for green tea and read what was posted. Just didn't find anything specific really about it. I think I am just going to stick with camomile and hibiscus and things like that.

So I bought some Carrington Tea. Green Tea all natural 100% tea leaves and fed it to my crabs. Ingredients say green tea leaves. no artificial colors or additives. One kinda went a little crazy for it. And now someone is saying I should ONLY give decaf teas. So now I am super worried because I had 4...

Crabinski wrote:Are those the shells they arrived in? If so, you really got a nice deal: beautiful, healthy crabs and really nice shells!

There are just 2 crabs in all of the pictures. The top picture.. crab on the left changed into that shell within like 10-15 minutes.

They are super active and so cute! I did get 2 from Reptile City. I placed my order this past Saturday so 5 days from when I received them. They did only come with dry newspaper I suggested he maybe ship them with some damp moss and by his reply he didn't like my idea at all. http://i.imgur.com/TEMC...

Thanks! That wa very helpful!

Is there any other way I can tell if they have mites rather than a bath? I have absolutely no experience with this just read about it.

If they don't have mites then I shouldn't need to give them a bath right?

I did order from Reptile City.

Hi, I just ordered 2 strawberry crabs yesterday and want to be certain I am prepared for their arrival in the next week or 2. I have a 40 gallon breeder with sand and ee mix. I have a UVB light also. Currently only 9 inches of sub but I can add more if needed slowly as I do have 1 crab down right no...

Still not a single sign of him. It's been I believe 2 months and 8 days. I tried searching the forum for "missing big pinchers" to try and get a rough estimate on how long he'll be down or just to read similar stories and didn't really find much.. I swear in the past I've seen threads on it but neve...

this is my favorite picture that i have.

YYWW wrote:Update me on how it goes! Its what i leave in the molters' tank when they get left behind through an upgrade..


Crabbers unite!!!

I will definitely post once I see him! And pictures if I can get any decent ones without bothering him.

And I just love his colors!!

YYWW wrote:If you mix honey with peanut butter in a rinsed and dried eggshell half, you can leave it right next to the heater and itll last for at least a week [emoji6] you'd be offering carb, protein and calcium all at once!


Crabbers unite!!!

Thanks gonna go do this right now!

Thanks for the quick reply.

I do have worm castings and calcium powder. I do have honey also but I'd probably wait on that till I see him up. I'll have to look into the freeze dried insects!

Still no sign of him coming up yet. In need of suggestions on what to be feeding him? All I really have is various powdered type food from the hermit crab patch. It's what my other crabs seem to like best. But it really goes bad after 24 hours and I have wasted a lot in the ISO tank waiting on this ...

Don't have a dehydrator but have been looking into buying one.

I just boiled it plain and froze it into little pancakes. They don't really seem to like it cooked/frozen.

They did seem to like it raw though. Made a huge mess of it and had it all over the place.