HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I work at Petco, and my coworkers know that if someone has questions about hermit crabs, they should come get me. Unfortunately we do sell crabs in painted shells and there's very little I can do personally to change that, but I always be sure to educate customers on the hazards of painted shells an...

Had to redecorate recently due to finding that their old vine had started to mold/disintegrate. 40 gallons, still a work in progress as I get the funds for it. They need more climbey things.

I just sexed all of my hermit crabs. I've had them for a year, and of all ten of them, you know who had the same gender that I thought they were? Two. So everyone I thought was male ended up being female, and everyone I thought was female was actually male. I'm not sure what to believe anymore - I'v...

Mom's making zucchini bread tonight, so the hermies are getting freshly shredded zucchini. Hope they like it better than they did my scrambled eggs.

We get the 17-year swarms around here, but there hasn't been one in my area that I can remember. (I may have been too young at the last time.) A few years back my aunt who lives in a different county had such an extreme swarm that she had to shovel off her driveway and porch with a snow shovel beca...

Ugh. Just the WORD cicada is enough to make me shudder.

Definitely let us know how your babies like it, though! Once the swarm comes back in a few years maybe I can use it as an excuse to try and conquer my phobia. "It's for the crabs!!"

A scrambled egg cooked in extra virgin olive oil, with a little bit of eggshell, mineral supplement, and HCP's Surf 'n Turf mixed in. Quite curious to see how it will be received.

August 8th!