HCA: Hermit Crab Association

He is eating and moving around normally, so I'm taking that as a good sign. I think you're right about him thinking of going back down soon... he has been quite the little piggy lately

Hi everyone, I just wanted to share with you pictures of one of my PPs who just recently came up from a molt. Something apparently went wrong/disturbed him, because as you can see his big pincher is deformed. It does not seem to be bothering him and he seems to get along well as it is, so I am not t...

My college allowed "nothing but fish" but I brought my hermies anyway Nobody ever noticed since they were technically in a fish tank. At that point I had four small ones in a 10g, not ideal but they did okay. I always just picked up the tank and transported them in there because inevitably someone w...

Of course, just freeze dried fruits, crickets, mealworms, and veggies

I don't feed commercial hermit crab food, I usually feed a mix of freeze dried bloodworms, freeze dried shrimp, and freeze dried fruits, as well as fresh fruits and veggies and the occasional treat. I just found this new thing that I have been feeding them and they LOVE it, literally run to the food...

Unfortunately they already have their own brochures/care guides, which are filled with misinformation. A few good points, but it's mostly wrong. I never hand them out and tell people their best bet for a care guide is hermit-crabs.com, and I also never let a crabbie go without all of the essentials....

I work at PetSmart and every time somebody asks me a question about hermit crabs or buys a hermit crab, I always refer them to this website, hermit-crabs.com and naplesseashellcompany.com. I was just wondering if anyone had taken my advice and joined the forums! If so, hello and thanks for taking my...

I inherited 5 of them and I'm looking to eventually rehome them.. I will be moving soon and can only take so many tanks with me, so unfortunately I have to downsize my "herd". I'm located in North East CT but am frequently in the Manchester and Mansfield area. PM me if you could (or you know someone...

This is great!! Cities would be dead during the day, becasue everyone would be sleeping They would gang up on pet store owners It would be okay to say you had crabs to take care of, because they'd be talking about their kids!

Has anyone read the ingredients on this stuff? I picked it up at a pet store the other day..I usually feed their Land hermit crab treat becasue basically it's dried fruit(ingredients are "papaya, coconut,pineapple, sea salt, banana chips, apples, mangos, rolled oats, and wheat germ") nothing unsafe ...

My cute little E! I feel so bad. He didn't have to die, it was all because of me. I had taken a log decoration out of the tank because I wanted to take the lid off for a night so the fruit flies would be able to get into the trap I set for them. He must have been hiding in a little crevice that I co...

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I think we all agree, this site is pretty much amazing

February 9th

I never said goodbye to him on here, and I think he deserves that. He died a couple months ago from a molting complication. One of his legs was twisted back and I think it was becoming uncomfortable for him to stay in his shell, and he passed on a couple of days after he came up from this molt. RIP ...