HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I was planning on adopting another one and then he went under to molt. As soon as he's up and about, I will definitely be adopting one or two more! He needs some friends.

Thank you for your help!

Thank you, moonbeam. That makes me feel a lot better. As someone who never had any contact with hermit crabs before I found my little guy a few months ago, the whole molting process just amazes me! When he re-emerges, I will give him some different shell options and hope he'll finally find one he li...

It's hard for me to tell how big my hermit crab was before going underground to molt, so I'm having trouble judging whether he is still molting or whether something has gone wrong. When I found him abandoned outside my apartment building, he was in a painted shell--presumably he was bought at a pet ...

Pumpkin, oats, raw hulled sunflower seeds, dried coconut flakes, and tuna

I'm a new hermit crab foster caregiver (yesterday evening I found a pet hermit crab dumped outside my condo). Last night I gave him store bought food and some banana. I won't be giving him store bought food again, but he loved the banana. Tonight I gave him carrots, dried shredded coconut, and tuna....