HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Thank you for the responses. This puts my mind at ease. I will post with any updates.Jeremy and Brandee

We have 2 PP crabs that we purchased in mid September. 1 week after purchasing they went down to molt. A stressful experience for my girlfriend and I since these are our first hermies. (Our posts; http://landhermitcrabs.com/eve...1101988/m/9374071538) Well they both survived after our daily attempt ...

The legs were clearly hollow.

Thanks for the quick response. The previous message was edited a few times that's why so many reposts. I checked #1's legs, and came across a pincer. (1st image close up) It looks meaty. Now I'm worried. We will begin grinding his food going forward. Yes he is by himself in the original 5gal tank. C...

Well hermie #2 has been very active since resurfacing 1 week ago. Hermie#1 still seems to be in the process. He's surfaced once but goes back to the hole he dug under the clamshell. There are signs of his legs coming off around the hole. (This is in the ISO tank set up temporarily in a very short pe...

Update!After 1 month on monday we had activity from the 2nd molter. We heard a clicking noise coming form the cage and the crabby was tossing around under the oyster shell we placed over the hole he dug. We were nearly giving up hope, but he came out for a bit and ate some fresh banana and shrimps. ...

We took the advice from our pet store to not purchase 1 earlier last week when both crabs were non molting, and our thermometer was reading 70-80 degrees & 70 to 80% humidity. Keeping the humidity in range in the five gallon has been challenging. (We have a glass cover, which we need either crack op...

Update. The non molting crab buried himself in the ISO tank. It's a smaller critter cage with only coconut fiber. Just wait it out now?

No answer in the time I needed, so I checked on a facebook forum. Decisions decisions, so I chose to leave the molting crab alone and put the non-molting crab in the ISO tank. [/IMG]

We too are new. Jeremy & Brandee. We set up our crabitat 1 week ago and 1 of our 2 crabs buried himself about 4 inches deep in the back of our 5 gallon. The other crab is relaxing on the log (see pic). We thought the other escaped but weren't sure, so we discovered him buried....I didn't dig him up....