HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Awesome!

Yay! It's always exciting when they come up from a molt!

I've had 2 E's for a year that are still in their original (too small) shells. Tobias' shell is especially too small - just like what you're describing for your crab. I have all types of different shells in my tank, wash them periodically, have tried the olive oil trick, but nothing. It's a good sig...

Lucky, indeed! That's sweet that the other one was sharing his exo.

I think the E's are cuter, but mine are a mixed batch when it comes to being friendlier. One of mine is not shy at all, one is very nocturnal and I hardly see him, and one is scared to death of me (and I've had him for a whole year)! My PP's are a mixed group when it comes to being friendly too.

So cute!!

I like your idea of having a fresh dish and a dry dish. I feed my crabs and change out their food at least every other day, sometimes every day, depending on how much of it they ate and whether or not they trashed their food dish. How many crabs do you have? That looks like a lot more food than I pu...

Cute sound!

Glad you found us at HCA! As you've already found out, people here are very nice and eager to help with questions.

Welcome!

That's awesome!!

That's great! Congrats!

Llama

Yes, and I've seen the workers in pet stores do this to get the crabs to come out.

My crabs seem to go through phases in their personalities. It used to be that Tobias and Luna were always out and about and it didn't bother them when I looked in the tank. But now they both hide most of the day and if they see me, they run like I'm attacking them. As far as I know, nothing much has...

Yay!! So happy for you!