HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Hi Everyone, I stay in the triangle area of North Carolina but I'm also around Greensboro for school. I have one hermit crab(Terry) that is in need of a friend or two in a 10 gallon tank. The substrate is a mix of coconut fiber and sand, which Terry enjoys very much. He has salt water and spring wa...

Thank you for your response and all the suggestions. Unfortunately, our sick crab has died and so now we are maintaining only 1 habitat. It is a plastic tote with a lid and not glass. We are using people heating pads that we had here for the heat, not ultratherms. We removed the one under the tote, ...

After reading on how to reshell a crab, I put him in a shell. I have him near food and water. I will keep him in isolation until he either recovers or dies. I thank you for your responses. They have been helpful.


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Oh, no. He was a large crab stuck in a small shell for a long time before we got him. I put him in water, as suggested, and he perked up a bit. I have bigger shells available but he shows no interest. I’ve also offered food, but also no interest. If he needs to be respelled, I can try that but don’t...

I appreciate your replies. I want to do what is right for him.


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I think he might be molting.


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I didn’t use Tapatalk and was told that some couldn’t see posts not using that format so I’ll put it through again from my phone. It might have been my fault that he is on his back and I did try to turn him because he seemed to be struggling. Now he is on his side and I’m concerned that I, again, ma...

He left his shell and had been walking around shell=less. When I moved him to the isolation tank, I used a small scoop to move him. He slid off the scoop onto his back. I don't know if it was good, but we did try to flip him and now he is on his side. I am so worried now that, in trying to "make thi...

We just "inherited" 3 crabs. Three days ago the huge one left his shell. After reading your web pages, we made an isolation are for him. He, I believe is molting. When I moved him, he was on his back and has stayed on his back with his legs in the air. Is this what is supposed to happen? I apprecia...

We just "inherited" 3 crabs. Three days ago the huge one left his shell. After reading your web pages, we made an isolation are for him. He, I believe is molting. When I moved him, he was on his back and has stayed on his back with his legs in the air. Is this what is supposed to happen? I appreciat...