HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Oh my gosh this just made my day. SOMEONE in my tank always drops one single crab turd on their food when I put it in there at night. I can never catch the culprit, but I'll put the food in, and look 10 minutes later, and there is a single poop sitting right on the top. Also, mine never have white o...

Aww poor kid :[ I would check...that seems really odd that he buried his entire self, but his feelers.

Oh my gosh thats so funny....Are you sure they are his feelers??? Are they moving?

I have never heard of that at all....Maybe he's acting like a submarine and spying on whats going on up on the surface, but is buried for cover because obviously crabs know what submarines are...

Tonight for dinner;
A little treat, tiny pieces of coconut mixed with a little organic PB and honey
Frozen Blood Worms
Plum
Freeze dried krill, soaked in hot water then mashed with a fork
Halved fresh blueberries

I have seven and I can tell each one apart by their coloring, eyes, shell, size and personality. Each crab acts a little different and if you really look at them you can definitely tell who is who. I have 2 small crabs, that look pretty much identical except for their personalities. One is super fri...

I believe they are trying to reach the ground or something firm. To me it looks like they are a little concerned about being suspended. It is a good sign however showing that they are at least not timid. Just let them sit in your hand. I do not believe they will allow themselves to fall.

That is a good possibility they did both just change into those shells and I had rinsed them.

Has anyone else ever had their crabs specifically put themselves on their backs (so their heads and legs face towards the ceiling) and just lay there? I have a few that purposefully just roll over, and go limp and let themselves hang out of their shells on their backs for minutes at a time, and when...

Well I got home and inspected and there does not appear to be anything at all on the leg. Don't really know what they were looking at but...

I isolated him anyway he came up out of the moss walked around rearranged his bed and dug down again. So we will see.

Daughter reports today that part of his exo is coming off one leg. Time for ISO I guess. He does not dig so I hope to make him a moss pit with food and water and cover him with some type of cave. Any other suggestions?

I would be closing my door when I went to bed for fear of being eaten over night.

Caught the little bugger up and around this morning at 4:30. When I got up half an hour later he was right back in his normal spot giving the impression he never moved. Very nocturnal is he.

Thanks Crabby I will let him be and see what happens.

Thank you so much you have been a great help!!

My rescue crab, Humphrey, spends all day every day in an elevated moss area. I have never seen him come down on his own in a week. He wakes up after dark and has been seen eating moss and occasionally some grape. But he never comes down for water unless he is doing it late at night without my knowin...