HCA: Hermit Crab Association

The "baby" isopods tend to be clear or pale in color until they get a little bigger. He or she looks pretty small, though it's hard to tell the exact size from the pic, and may just be young.

I use clear packaging tape. It holds well and is easy to get unstuck from the glass if for some reason you need to remove or reposition the heater.

My crabs will eat both popped and unpopped popcorn kernels but popped is by far their favorite. I have an oil popper so I just pop some up using high quality olive oil (it's a large batch though so I only do it when I want popcorn too), but you can pop small amounts in the microwave using brown pape...

Haha I only give him a tiny bit. Just enough to taste really.

I'll try it on their next treat day and post the results. My dog thinks that it's great stuff and he won't touch normal sauerkraut, because he doesn't like vinegar, so maybe that's a good sign that the crabs will like it lol

I eat cultured cabbage and I was wondering if it would be safe to feed to my hermit crabs on occasion as a treat. It just contains cabbage, sea salt and carraway seeds. It tastes similar to sauerkraut but has no vinegar since the sour taste comes from being cultured with beneficial bacteria. The cra...

I've been ordering from them for years, mostly for dog supplies and a few things for my fish. They do have good customer service. I recently ordered a prescription anti-inflammatory for my dog and they made the process so easy. Plus the c/s rep made sure to offer me the sale price from another recen...

Yeah they seem to be proficient jumpers and I read that they only breed once a year? So I agree that establishing a breeding colony is probably best.

I didn't even know that these were available, but the in formation that I can find seems to indicate that they don't burrow very far into the surface of the substrate (less than an inch). Not sure if anyone has tried these or not. They might end up being snacks pretty quickly lol.

They actually don't seem too small at all. Both crabs can pull their bodies fully into the shell and close off the opening with their BP and sheild leg (or at least almost in the top pic). I had a crab wait to switch shells until he couldn't even pull his eyes in anymore. It's good that you're going...

Ok, while I don't have one of the calipers myself I have reviewed the directions that they have on-line before. If I'm reading it right the crab in the top picture is in a 1" opening shell and the other crab is in a 3/4" opening shell. The types of shells that your crabs are currently wearing are no...

My crabs like the longer, loose terrerium moss rather than that kind of moss which is shorter and grows on dirt/substrate. They like to be able to bury down in the moss so when I tried the frog moss type they just "dug" it up, tore it into little tiny pieces and threw it around everywhere.

Maybe try calling the botany department of a nearby University. Or even a local botanical garden? They might be able to give you a better idea of what species of palm this is and whether or not it's known to be toxic.

I had a similar issue when I ordered from Deltona. Weirdly, I got bigger openings for the jade turbos where I should have gotten smaller shells and got a 1.5 inch for the shell that should have been a little bigger. However, their shells are cheap enough and I have enough crabs that are or maybe out...

It doesn't matter if we like their shells. What matters is that they like their shells. Remember they don't choose their shells like fashion accessories, but rather more like a comfortable pair of tennis shoes or sweat pants lol.