HCA: Hermit Crab Association

One of the hermits I've had the longest, Chobby, is a very strange white-orange-yellow color, and she always has been. She's gotten a bit more white over the years, I guess, but not drastically. I always assumed she was a purple pincher, but I suppose I could be wrong. But if she is, this is a very ...

Whoah that's so cool! We must have went at the time of year when all of the crabs go into the forest because there weren't any on the beaches. Maybe next time!


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Hey guys, I just wanted to share some pictures I took of wild purple pinchers when I went to Mexico last spring. It's made me very much dislike the hermit crab pet trade to see them so free like that. Anyways here they are: https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170204/4035b48536f9019959b1ec614a14166d.j...

It looks great! And your guys are so cute! Just be careful that the heat lamp doesn't dry out the substrate


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Yesterday evening I got a new crab. She's pretty big, and now the biggest of my 7 in my 49g tank. This morning I took her out to get a good look at her and make sure she's healthy and such, then I put her back in. She came face to face with another one of my crabs and they waved their antennae at ea...

My crab is on a plastic leaf mostly in the water. She isn't moving and has left her shell on the bottom of the saltwater tank/bowl. Do I try to reshell her? She recently had a surface molt and lost her big claw. I have no idea what to do and I am really scared for her.

REPORT THIS NOW!!! i, for one, get very concerned when the neighbors spray their birds untill they huddle in ths corner, when they keep their rabbit outside, and dont clean the dog poop in the yard where the dog spends most of his time. To me this is a LIVING NIGHTMARE! A little part of me died inside

I wish I was there!!! So jealous!
Also, if you did take one home, it would actactually be less cruel than adopting from a pet store. Those crabs are picked up from the wild and then shipped in sometimes terrible conditions. Just thought I'd point that out.

I am so sorry for your loss

I forgot to mention, her big claw was detached when I moved her
She hasn't moved at all, just stayed in her shell.

How I are they doing now???? has the little one gone back in her shell?

thanks for the advice. I moved her to an iso with her exo
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My friendliest crab just molted. She is the one I've had the longest and she is just the sweetest thing. She has problem molted before (at least I think it was her),but not like this. Since I was moving all the crabs to the new tank, I uncovered all the hides and stuff and there she was, freshly mol...