HCA: Hermit Crab Association

LOVE THE COLORING!

Okay thanks guys!

Lovely! Love your crab names. I names a bunch of mine after LOTR as well. Ahahaha. Real brilliant set up you have there, very nice! Has anyone verified, if plants and flowers from the dollar store is safe in a crabitat? If I do get my upgrade for my birthday, it would be SO much easier on me if I co...

4 years, never seen a mite. I have had pillbugs in there (purposefully of course) A few fruit flies but never mites. THANK THE GOD OF CRABBING.

Awww he is so cute!
Great name.

Congratz! So cool!

Drakezilla wrote: Oh my gosh! That's so cute!! Do you ever hand feed them?

Occasionally. Only when I give them bits of honey and sometimes shrimp. They just... like to be handled, lol idk. I haven't been pinched for a good year or so, so im not really afraid of that...

Lovely! Congratulations on a successful molt!

Cute! My crabs always liked Apple Murex's...

kadynadair16 wrote:
How did you get all of them to be out and about??

I have no clue what so ever. I only have 1-3 down at a tome, so I usually have ATLEAST 12 up at a time. I have mostly mediums, so... I don't know.

I also stray away fom handling crabs because of that claw! Some people say they're crabs are always eager to come out and play. I own 10 crabs and I've never seen any of my crabs "wanting" to leave they're crabitat to be in my palm. Interesting! My crabs will crawl right onto my hand if I put it on...

I used to let my crabs on my lego sets! I also (since im homeschooled) Used to take out Snickers, or Tiger and let them run around in a KK with a bunch of climbing things while I did my school work. XD Kinda difficult now though, all 18 are usually up so... yea. Once a month or so, I will take all o...

Both E's, btw, yea is that... the habitat?

:crabbigsmile: I don't do mine much anymore, but I used to let them outside in the grass in the summer (Making sure it was fine heat and humidity) but atm, I let them be. Mine have become very friendly and crawl all over my arms n such when I do, but they say its stressful so I only do it once a wee...

Makes mine look like... like... yea. Love it!