HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Thanks you guys!! I was wondering what that was...

So I was feeding one of my hermit crabs (Herman) some honey off of a Q-Tip and he did this weird bouncing motion in and out of his shell, kind of like he was rocking back and forth in and out of his shell. What was he doing? What does it mean?

Sorry aldebaron I'm in northern Nevada. And I can't drive anywhere. But I already decided to ship them to KellyCrabbieLove in spring. Sorry:(

Oh that's what I thought it was but my dad said its Minnesota haha sorry

I need to find a home for my hermit crabs and I was wondering if it would be okay to ship them overnight with a few heat packs? I'm in Nevada and the person who wants the crabs is in Minnesota.

I actually have 3 Es that I'm trying to rehome and one of them is a medium. Where are you located? I'd be more than happy to ship him to you:)

Oh okay. That makes sense. So I definitely won't use that ever. I decided not to use it because I didn't read anything about it on here and I didn't want to take the risk. So I'm glad I didn't bathe them in it.

I definitely have crab mites. I see them crawling on the shell and legs of the crabs, and thank you for letting me know about the h miles mites!!

Also, should I completely redo my crabitat before putting the crabs back in after I get rid of the mites?

So I was at a local pet shop and I asked about how to treat mites on hermit crabs and they told me that dipping them in iodophor diluted in water would get rid of them. Is that true? Because I've been trying to get rid of mites for a wile and I don't know what else to do.

Mine really like coconut shavings!!:)

Okay so I probably shouldn't use it. I don't wanna risk it.


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My parents are in Carmel right now and they said they would bring back water straight from the ocean to put in one of the water dishes in my crabitat. But I was wondering if its safe to use ocean water or if it's best to stick with using dechlorinated water and marine salt.