HCA: Hermit Crab Association

After seeing that picture that JennyBecca posted......I can say without a doubt that I will NOT be buying moose poop to feed my little critters.....yuck

I have nothing to add to this since I'm pretty new to crabbing, but I just wanted to say that this is all really great information. I'm glad I read the thread

I'm like a new parent wondering why their child won't eat....lol I remember those days, and the doctor telling me he will eat when he's hungry. I'm sure that is all that is going on. There is always food there so I am sure when they are hungry they will find it. I moved some stuff around and put the...

Thanks for the responses....my humidity is right....so my gauge says. The heat is not so great, so I just got back from getting another UTH, so hopefully now it will be nice and warm in there for them. I moved the leaf to check on my half under big guy, and he moved so he's not dead. I'm not sure if...

Hi everyone....I'm a worried crab mommy. I've been very very ill the past few days. So I have been in bed and sort of not tending to my crabs (bad mommy)! Today I have been feeling better and came down to see what is going on with them. Well they have not eaten for days. The food is in nice neat lit...

oh my.....lol

It's actually made to put in your eavestroughs. To stop leaves and stuff getting in them. I got it at the dollar store. A huge roll for $1. Seriously huge roll. I just cut off the length I need and stick it up with suction cups. It's probably about 6 inches wide. The love climbing on it. It's pretty...

Whew !!! Glad it's nothing to be concerned about.

Oh and don't mind my husband's giant belch in the background of the video....lol

Thanks for looking Bridgitmac, he had this shell when I got him at the pet store.
Hasn't changed yet.
I had no idea what he was doing. I did keep seeing him put his little legs under his body and out the front as well.
It was all very strange

OK, here is the video of Crabcakes stretching out of his shell. He was behind a net thing in the tat so it was hard to see him, but if you look closely you can see how far he comes out of the shell and his little shell legs doing stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFZRqVimdhQ

Oh no....he was not wedged. There was so much slack in the netting, and he eventually came down. He just really loves climbing that stuff.

It just amazes me....sometimes I catch him sitting right on top of the plastic net stuff, balancing on the top......just a little hold with his pincher....they are so amusing.

Ok I will post the video....and give you the link when it's done....it always takes forever.

I didn't know that they did that to clean out their shell....good to know.
He might be hot, he's been laying by the heater ALL day.

For the last 10 minutes or so, one of my crabs has been stretching out of his shell.....almost all the way sometimes, and his little legs inside his shell are feeling around, is that normal? Do they sometimes just stretch out?

I got it on video encase it was something more.

Crabcakes has been in this position ALL day. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8454/8016772479_07f96edfde.jpg IMG_0183 by Crystal Dez Gould , on Flickr That black net like stuff is plastic and it goes across the whole back of my tank. He loves to climb on it. So right now he is on the other side of it, ...