HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I can provide orginals and in just about any resolution for most of my pictures if needed. PP vs Viola in a shell. http://www.fuzzykitten.net/photos/pets/Hermies51.jpg Small Viola http://www.fuzzykitten.net/photos/pets/Hermies58.jpg http://www.fuzzykitten.net/photos/pets/Hermies60.jpg http://www.fu...

I am completely new at this but I notice that Yoshi spends many days buried and then comes up at night. If the humidity is a little high he doesn't dig down, if it's a little low he definitely digs down, but mostly he just goes down during the day. Although since he got his new shell he spends more...

You should make a time lapse video of a molter buried near the glass. It'd be cool to see the process

I'm thinking molting is more likely than distressing for the little one, especially if it's a small crab. :) They molt every couple of months anyway, so when they finally get into a place where they can molt again they usually do right away. I wouldn't expect to see her again for another two weeks ...

Great! Where did you get that "for sale" sign? I love it!

Actually, most of the time crabs bury, they aren't even going to molt! Here are some reasons why they may bury: molting (you can cross that off the list), unfavorable tank conditions (humidity or temp is too low or too high), or destressing. All of which the crab will be buried down for atLEAST a da...

wolfnipplechips wrote:Yes, if no seasonings. Wild caught preferred.

*jealous* Yum. Halibut.

Haha, thanks We are having some fresh Halibut so I'll sneak some into their food bowl

wolfnipplechips wrote:Yes, if no seasonings. Organic and grass fed preferred, but I understand that's not a choice for everybody. Just don't know the consequences of all the added hormones and steroids of CAFO cows.

Thanks loads! Oh, is Halibut okay?

can they eat tenderloin?

Totally agree on giving baths before moving them to a new tank. That often helps to make everyone smell "neutral" and avoids any issues, especially if moving crabs from different tank. It's also good to do a bath when you first get a crab to check for mites, and again to make them smell "neutral" b...

Sounds like he's destressing. He's just been moved to a whole new environment. Sometimes it takes several weeks for them to finally relax and become more active.

As long as you have enough shells, it should be ok. Two of my PPs are the same size, and once they changed into each others shells. So for a day I was all excited that Sebastian was so active (he never comes out during the day)..but then I realized it was just Guda, who had changed into Sebastian's ...

Lasuna wrote:hehe I'd be surprised if you stuck with two, I was originally only going to have two of them..... three more crabs later. XD

I originally had one. Now I have two. Soon I'll have three...I'LL NEVER STOP!

I just realized yesterday that my newest PP might have once lost a limb and re-grown it. I noticed that he's mostly tan (despite his purple pincher), but the bottom half of one of his back legs, starting at the joint, is completely red. I'm just curious...could this have been a re-grown limb? I'd po...

Can anyone else HEAR their crab coming out of their shell? I recently rescued a new PP, and I can her it when he starts to come out of his shell. He has on the same shell that he had when I got him, even though I have several choices in there for him, so I'm thinking maybe it's the shell. I don't kn...