HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Thank you for the info. I will check out PG, etc.
Gilligan is still underground. Hoping he'll emerge soon, we miss him!

Aww... I wish I were an expert, sadly not yet. Maybe he's surface molting? From what I've read, I say just let him be. Leave him in ISO with adequate heat, humidity, food & water. He will either do something eventually or will start to smell and sadly have departed. I think you would know if he pass...

UPDATE: Gilligan is still buried. I purchased some shells online from Joann Fabrics and am waiting for them to arrive, fingers X'd! Hopefully once they arrive I will be able to add more housing options for him. As far as a friend for Gilligan, my "local" Craigslist seems to have one person dominatin...

What a helpful list! I have some of those dried foods on hand, but need to add others to my crab pantry!
DK- I want to see Gilligan DEVOUR a meal too!

Thank you all so much for your great advice! I'm definitely going to take care of his food/water as you suggested. Also, the tips on shells are terrific and a big relief lol, especially once Gilligan has a friend. I will search CL and the like to see if there are any soon to be homeless crabbies aro...

Hi everyone! I've really found so much helpful information here since joining several weeks ago, thank you. My son bought a poor NC beach shop hermie in August. Apparently he was with many, many other crabs in a bowl and they were all hiding in their shells. That just broke my heart. I've fallen in ...