HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I cannot be happier. I had a long talk with the 10 year old, and told him that if he wanted the crab back, he would have to deal with me checking constantly on the crab's well being, and forcing him to take better care of him. I told him that my grandson would take him to add to his crabitat, and he...

HE LIVES!!! I was out all day yesterday, and didn't get home until late last evening. I was telling hubs that I thought I might have seen signs of life, and walked over to the habitat. There he was! In all of his glory, burrowed in to a space between the wall and the fresh water container! I haven't...

I think there might be some signs of life! I was studying the habitat and thought that my daily spritzing with a spray might not be maintaining an adequate amount of humidity. So I took some water, and started pouring it carefully around in the habitat. This morning there's an area, directly under t...

Just signing in to give y'all an update. Nothing is happening! LOL. I continue to change fresh water daily. I spritz the indoor of the tote and the sand daily. I keep the warming lamp on 24/7. But I haven't seen hide nor hair of the little guy for two weeks. I still don't see any sign of an air hole...

The plot thickens! The tote I am using for this guy is a clear sided tote with the a fold in lid that hinges on both side. Since I started using the heat lamp to keep him warm I can't close the lid. I pick him up every day and check to make sure he's still moving, he was alive last night. This morni...

I picked up this guy on Friday. He hasn't been out of his shell for the past two days. I'm about to re-configure his environment. I got a $30 heater thinking this would be big enough to heat up the tote I put him in. I read the small print when I got home, and it turns out that you should never use ...

Y'all are great! Thanks for the responses! He doesn't seem to have eaten since I've had him. I diced up pieces of fish and apple without peels, but he doesn't seemed to have touched them. Since all he ever had to eat with his last owner was "Hermit Crab Chow" I'm thinking maybe I should buy some and...

So if I use the Rubbermaid tote, will he have enough air flow/ oxygen even with the lid on? I have play sand because I use it to dry up the wet spots on the ground under my rabbit cages. Some other questions... are Hermit crabs nocturnal? He was moving last night, but hasn't moved out of his spot to...

Hi. I have been helping someone move. Yesterday, I found one of those screen enclosures that kids get crabs in at the beach. There was a crab in there, but the 10 year old owner told me it's been ignored for the past two weeks. He had a sponge in there but it was totally dry. The gravel, and everyth...