HCA: Hermit Crab Association

OK, it's been about a month now and he finally came out last night and ate something! The food was moved, sand in the water and the moss was all over the place. Now he's back under. Has not come out during the day yet. Did he molt? How do I know if he molted or was just stressed. If he did molt, I a...

OK, going on 2 weeks without coming out of his hole at all. Should I assume he's molting? I'm holding off on getting another crab until I know whats going on with this one.

OK, I'll try Joanne's fro shells. I use the Reptisafe water condtioner, thats all they had at Petsmart when I went. It says it can be used for hemit crabs and removes chlorine and ammonia. I also purchased the premixed salt water, comes in a plastic bottle and there's a hermit crab on the front of i...

Thanks for the responses, all good info. Ok, so if he is destressing or molting, is it a good time to introduce a new crab? Are there precautions I should take with the new crab? I heard you should wash him first. I don't have 6" of substrate yet, will have that asap. I have about 3.5 inches. Should...

Hi, just bought my first hermit crab, was for the kids, but now apparently its mine. (they lost all interest) So I purchased him while on vacation, had him in the little round cage that they come in when you fist buy them from the store. He was in this for about 3 days before I put in a new shell, a...