HCA: Hermit Crab Association

That's awesome :) it definatly does help. Sometimes my crabs will go in the pools and other times my step children will put them in and they will come out of their shells and chill in the water for a few minutes and then climb out. I read that putting them in a pool pf warm salt water calms them dow...

I do use both fresh and salt water, I just didn't know that hermit crabs actually drank the salt water as well. I use some kind of salt from the pet store, I can't remember what it's called. Thank you though

Awww that's so cute! I want a crab that likes to be held and hand fed. B.J. likes to be held for a minute and then he will go scrambling off but the others are not comfortable yet. I just got them comfortable coming out around people. I would say you're doing something right if they are that active....

Lol yeah I find that mine throw parties at night too when everything is knocked over and moved around That would be awesome to set up a webcam, you should try it!

Yeah same here. Good, I thought it was just mine that only liked to play at night

Lol half the time they do act extra hermitty and stay buried for a couple days and then I have days where I get up in the morning and there they are, crawling around and soaking in their crab spa! If you give them a few minutes will they come out of their shell?

I believe that I have had them for about four or five months now. I was about to give up hope that they would ever be comfortable enough to come out of their shell around people.

I'm super excited because finally my first two crabs (who were were very timid and shy and would never come out around people) finally started coming out and walking around with the others and are not even afraid when you make movement around them. This is very exciting for me because I know now tha...