HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Only two months ago I was in the position you were in.
You're doing great. As long as you get the stuff you need you're going to be fine.

* ONLY IF HER CONDITION GETS BAD ENOUGH TO WHERE YOU THINK IT COULD BE FATAL* Gently place her in a shell that is her size and leave her.
She might or might not keep it but if you've done the cup method and she's still not buying it THATS all I can suggest.

A little late, and I don't know too much, but I saw you said you were considering freezing them? That brings up a red flag for me. Because morally, you shouldn't do that, and legally, unless they are critically injured or in irreversible pain, you can't do that. Freezing ANY TYPE of unharmed animal ...

Our grass is not fertilized with anything. I'll make her a boiled egg tonight. And I know, but I want her strong and ready to return to her tank. Her tankmate likes to rough house with her. Not hurt her, but they push each other around sometimes! Lol! :D they don't know who has the pants of the rela...

She has some hazelnut and some dried grass to snack on. Something that won't rot so I won't have to bother her, but something she can regain her strength upon. I'll give her until about Saturday before I give her a good checkup and then I'll return her to the other crabs'

Oh my glob she's finished and is eating her Exo. That was a scary expirience. :0

Ok remember my post about declining conditions?! She is surface molting! I isolated her in a 2.5 gallon with 4 inches of sand and it's well humid and 80 degrees in there with shells and everything she needs including A LARGE saltwater dish for her to recover in after the molt. BUT Idk what to do for...

Ok thank god I have something to go on!

Red is female. So she does not have much hair, but a little bit. She doesnt have black tips. She has solid red legs. And I'm
Going to get some meat for her soon. Thank you for being understanding.

Alright. Thank you. I'll do my best to help her but things are just getting worse and worse.

We're heading on a month on saturday! She is a brightly colored crab, so she's not about to molt. She's also not dug a bit. She has BIGGGGG trouble climbing though she's missing no legs¿ has some issues moving around, trembles and her body vibrates when she's trying to move. She's quickly becoming w...

Alright! Gladly. Here goes! Housing.: 10 gallon aquarium. Humidity: 70% Temperature:79 degrees Hidey houses?: coconut hut Climbing equip: cholla wood and and some thick wood I purchased at petsmart. Substrate?: Cocoa fiber and play sand, 5 inches. How many hermies?: 2 medium. Water?: fresh and salt....

Hi. So my hermit crab, red, has started to slow down. She's not in pre molt, because she has bright red legs and a purple claw. and solid black eyes. But she has started to shake, (very shaky movements) when she moves her legs and move VERY shakily and VERY slowly. She WILL NOT EAT. I've tried every...

Thank you guys so much. I got them at a wings in the obx in a wire cage. And I did my research, and the conditions they were in made me sick I changed everything right away. They're my babies and my pets now and all I want is to make them happy. I'm trying tooth and nail to get the best everything, ...

I'm not being offensive in any way but I completely changed their setup over the past few days from a 5 gallon critter keeper to a 10 gallon aquarium and got dechlpronater, 10 pounds of play sand, cocoa fiber, salt water conditioner, fresh and salt water dishes and climbing equipments shells, ORGANI...