HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Well after a few days in the same plastic container he managed to get out again. I just said screw it and went to work. I came back excepting the worst but they were just sitting behind the wood decoration casually touching feelers. I guess that sorted it out. peace has returned to the tank. maybe i...

im so angry right now!! I got this crab i had for a few years and he has had 2 other tank mates and BOTH are dead because he ate them while molting. Tt was my fault because the dirt was not deep enough but now i decided to do this one last time. I just put the new tank mate in their and they are abo...

well something happened! they did interact but not like I hoped they would. I looked in the tank and I saw the new guy flipped over Gumbo(the one that was underground) and was sitting on him. the new one was just in his typical spot when this happened so it looks like Gumbo was the one that went ove...

well he came up yesterday and now he is hiding under some wood. he wont even interact with the new one. and the new one is just in the corner De-stressing for several days.

during the winter months. i cant remember the month exactly. He is kinda big so its strange that he would do it again in such a short period of time.

So my purple pincher hermit crab has buried himself for almost a month now and I dont know what he is doing. He cant be molting because he already did not long ago. I got a new crab because he has been alone for a very long time and he needs to see his new friend. how do I know if he is dead or not?...

He did have one but her ate him when he was surface molting because back then I half did the tank back then. but I learned my lesson and soon he will have a friend.

well she is dead now. fourth crab in a row. Gumbo is doing fine anyway. Its like hes a new crab after the molt he is constantly bouncing around everywhere. she looked sick and weak anyway and I knew she was not going to make it. She looked like she was putting off her molt for a long time judging by...

1) I use coconut fiber substrate and its 4 inches deep. 2)yes I have one the measures the heat and humidity at the same time and its at the top right of the tank. the humidity stays at 80 no matter what. and the heat is between 70 and 80 when im in the room with the heater on but when im not there i...

Dip them both in the fw pool. It will make them smell neutral and it could help. Are they wearing similar sized shells? Yea they are similar seized but Gumbo is a little bit bigger. I dont know if I even can dip Snow White in fresh water because she wont come out of the shell and she is already str...

Looks Like I spoke to soon. I herd some shuffling noise from the tank and I looked and Gumbo flipped Snow white over again. Gumbo ran off when he saw me but now snow white is deep in her shell again and is back into defensive mode. why does he keep doing this?

If you could cut/paste and fill this form out and post it here, it could help with figuring out why your crabs keep dying. Unfortunately most of the care info we receive from pet stores or retailers is outdated or outright dangerous for the crabs http://www.hermitcrabassociation.com/phpBB/viewtopic...

Ok so I have been posting here about how I had a long string of new crabs die on me until one female crab who I named snow white because she is so pale managed to live. she wont eat and only picked at some frosted mini wheat's once. she spent days and says behind a rock in her shell and I would come...

Shes still alive. She is just in her shell for most of the day but moves around for a little bit. a few hours ago she was cleaning her eye stocks before going back in the shell. she wont eat anything though. the other one is still molting underground. I wonder what he is doing to make all of that no...

well he is still alive. or should I say SHE because I just saw those things that female crabs have on her. I guess calling her snow white yesterday was appropriate. I saw them when she was climbing the coconut wall and she was hanging off of it by the side and scrapping the glass with her legs. at l...