HCA: Hermit Crab Association

No. The shell holds shell water to keep their abdomen and gills moist. Without it to protect then and keep them moist they will dry out and die.

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I fill them all the time. Often laughing maniacally. Lol

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Yes. He looks like a boy. I think our colonies may balance out themselves genderwise. Most of my crabs were male and then they started growing gonopores. Lol

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All over. That is called an African turbo and I bought it online from user mygann on ebay. I have bought from mggann, naples and etsy online. A few others on ebay as well.

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charbeenie wrote:Too cute! She is excited about having new shells!

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It feels good to see her so at peace.

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hprmom wrote:Sweet. Congrats! Our Hermie had been stuck in a painted shell forever when we got him, and now he is a total shopaholic, LOL. Your new girl must think she's in shell heaven!

She has changed several more times.

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These are the most beautiful pools I have ever seen. How difficult is it to keep them clean?

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My biggest E started out male. By his second molt he had a gonopore and after his third he has 2. I still call him a he though. Lol

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My Es seem to change every other molt. It really freaks me out.

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Congrats! How do you adopt hermit crabs? Where do you get them from? Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk Different places. I have had mine 3 different ways. Through the HCA (this last one came from here), Craigslist and then from friends and family who have come across people with them that want t...

He is a purple pincher just differently colored. They come in all shades and color schemes really and yours just has more of the grayish purple color to hm. I have one like that too. :) I can't see hair or anything in the pic so he may be getting close to time to molt. That would effect how his exo ...

I have fly paper in a few places in the warmer months because those things just don't give up!

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She is adorable.

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Why were her eyes removed? I know you said she was blind at birth but that alone doesn't seem to be a reason for surgery so I was curious as to why. Infection?

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I was disappointed because I bought the large sample pack. I still offer it now and again.

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