HCA: Hermit Crab Association

https://image.ibb.co/hbX9dv/20170320_000155.jpg https://image.ibb.co/eBh9dv/20170320_000636.jpg After looking at him, he's missing both claws and two legs. It's possible an eye is missing. I don't know if his tail just decomposed, was eaten, had one heck of a trip when the other crab dug him up. I ...

https://image.ibb.co/bzYAka/20170319_215122_1.jpg upload an album This was what he looked like when I found him. It's under where I keep a moss pit, so I don't often see it. I'm honestly too scared to touch him again. I don't want to squish him :( Or stress him any more than I have. It seems like h...

Thank you so much for your quick reply. I dug him out, and he appears to be halfway through molting. Possibly? But I couldn't find his shell or a tunnel, so I don't know if it collapsed or got filled in when the other one dug around. I placed the top of a 2 liter soda bottle about an inch deep, set ...

I have two PPs, one plum purple male who I presumed molting as of January 20th or so, and one red / lavender female I last saw this morning. The female digs in one spot more than others, and in a fresh pile of sand is one dark purple leg sticking out upside down. He looks solid, not unusually faded ...

I currently have 50lbs of sand in a 10 gallon mixed with salt water. I spot clean daily for food and once a week for droppings or anything not ideal, but I've had the tank for a little over 4 months and I'm still not sure what deep cleaning entails. Do I have to completely trash all of the sand and ...

I adopted a medium PP from my roommate's brother after he drunkenly brought two home from the shore. One died, and the remaining one, Adaar, only has his claws and front legs, which are also missing the toes, leaving him dragging his shell, hanging out when picked up, and unable to climb. He's curre...