HCA: Hermit Crab Association

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In Nov I moved 9 crabbies from TX to PA. I wasn't sure if anyone was molting or not, but I had no choice. They rode in the back seat of my car in their 20L and 10G tanks wrapped in blankies and spent 3 nights in hotels with their heaters plugged in. Everyone did great! No one seemed stressed when we...

I have found that my larger crabs always look hairy, but more so AFTER a molt. I think it may be harder to tell if they're getting ready to molt because mine are hairy all the time. My last purchase was a jumbo who looked freshly molted except he had lost ends of some limbs. He had one limb growing ...

I'm so glad to hear that because I thought I must be imagining things when one of my tiny crabs came up so much bigger after his molt. The other one who was the same size premolt definitely grew, but not as much as Tiny Dancer.

Tonight they had seaweed special, cooked baby carrots, sesame seeds, eggshells, roasted red and green peppers and blood worms. Oh, and popcorn treat. Of course Brutus spent half the day chewing on his oak branch.

Thanks, Kathy. Someone said that they might get aggressive premolt and he was definitely aggressive with my much smaller crab last night when I tried to combine tanks. I ISO'd him again. Guess it's wait and see time. The eating and drinking have slowed down a lot and he has spent more time sleeping ...

Wow; tough call. I'm pretty new at this, but I would agree with the previous advice. I wouldn't want to disturb him, but I wouldn't want to ignore him if that were a cry of distress, either. Good luck and please let us know how it turns out.

Sometimes we get so wrapped up in the moment that we forget everything else. There are so many things I wished I'd photographed after the fact. Those are usually the vivid, precious moments I refer to as "heart pictures" because I will always have them in my heart, but I can never show them to anyon...

Wow, you guys are really on top of things! Saving one for emergencies is also a very good idea. How did you end up with an extra, though? Did someone not eat theirs? If that happens, what do you do?

Good idea, Dodgydutch! I think I'll start doing that.

Thanks! I'll just keep him well-fed and try to stop worrying.

I noticed that my large, Herman, had some hair before he molted, but had more afterwards. Yesterday my hubby surprised me with a jumbo PP and he is VERY hairy, but has no black toenails. He has eaten nonstop since about 30 minutes after he entered the tank (he changed shells and took a long saltwate...

All I found from my guys was a very small piece of the BP and a few tiny pieces of exo. They ate the rest. That is a cool idea, tho, if they don't eat them but from what I've read on this site I think most of the guys eat theirs.

Thanks for the support. It was a heart-wrenching experience and I pray I don't have another incident like it for a very long time.

Yes, it was him. Everyone else who molted (Bandit, Herman, Tiny Dancer and Bashful) are all doing great, though. Everyone decided to molt within a couple weeks except Spitz. I'll be glad when he does so I can exhale. He HAS to be long overdue because his shell is WAAAY too small and he is so sluggis...