HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I would not recommend ever using sticky traps. If a mouse or other animal gets on it, it's very very terrible. I've seen this first hand with a snake, a mouse, and a bird. None of them made it and it was truly horrid.

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I have some blue death feigning beetles that have been living with me for over two years. I want the best care possible for them, but I haven't found any consistent information for their care. Does anyone here have suggestions?

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SYRACUSE, NY • Location (nearest large city, state, country): Syracuse NY • How Far Can You Travel? : 2-3 hours • Size of Tanks, Number of Crabs, and Species: 30 gallon (will be setting up an additional 30g*) 4 purple pinchers, 1 indo* • How Long Have You Been Crabbing?: 25+ years! • What You Are A...

Gonna add this as well: Animals that have been kept in captivity should not be released into the wild, in part because they could now harbor unsafe bacteria and diseases. When I worked with reptiles we couldn't do it without a rigorous screening process. Here's a great article on it :crabbigsmile: h...

Hello! I moved from AZ to OR to NY with my 7 hermits. They all made it! I put them into an opaque storage bin with a few holes in it for air. For "substrate" I used moist dye free paper towels. Each night I made sure to keep them somewhere warm in the hotel room. Not sure if this is the best way to ...

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DinkDonk wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 14, 2019 1:11 am

I have ask the question like this on one of my Forum post, and I have fantastic answers such as using single ingredient pet food, such as purebites.

Sounds awesome, do you have a link to your post handy?

I tried freeze-dried fish before (a type of minnow, I think?), but they wouldn't even touch them! XD

That's fantastic, thanks for keeping us updated!

RiNiKy506 wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 23, 2019 9:28 am

Glad to see you and your crabby friends made it safely, I also live in New York. [emoji4]

I'm waaay upstate in a cornfield, haha.

I have a fairly small living space without consistent access to a fridge, and I'm often snowed in during the winter, so I can't often go out for fresh produce. I'm considering freeze dried foods to offer my hermies. How much calcium should I mix in? What would work for protein? (So far I know my li...

I just did a drive from Oregon to New York over for days with my little guys. I'll admit, I had no idea what I was doing. I placed the bigger guys in one plastic sweater box (the boxes were roughly 14"x9"x6", I think?), and the smaller guys into another. I added some moist coconut fiber, and added s...

I must admit, I'm curious too.

These look mostly like supplements, are there any staples I should consider?

I'll have to give them a try! I've got 6 hungry little buggers that need variety.

Thanks!