HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I have a crab who seems to wandering all over during the day and not sleeping like he used to. He is acting strange. Never going back to the moss pit he used to sleep in daily. Wandering around in the substrate or hanging off cholla wood that is almost vertical - for hours. This has been about 3 day...

I just wanted to update to say that it has gone so well this summer. I will be sad once the Fall comes and I have to move them indoors. They get the natural light and humidity. On the dry days, I just spray a little more and put a wet towel over the mesh top. If the temp goes down too far at night, ...

Thank you. I decided to just keep an eye on them and all was good. He actually changed into bigger shell (I think he picked too big of a shell personally) and then went to the fresh water and did his own bath. At one point he came almost completely out of his shell in the water and I got a little ne...

Hi everyone, I am so excited because I just had a successful molt. :banana: We purchased 4 crabs in early June and less than one week, one went down in the substrate. It was nerve wracking but this morning (35 days later) he is up and moving all around in the cage. He looks darker and I see hair on ...

Thanks everyone. So far we have had no ants or bugs in the tank with minimal vaseline and the temp/humidity is very easy to maintain.

I obviously meant vaseline. I promise not to set the crabs on fire.

Hello all, Brand new here and I have been on this site for a few days and working on our hermit crab home. We have learned so much about these little guys and really appreciate the site. My kids were each allowed to get two of them when we were at the beach last weekend. I had an old 15 gallon tank ...