HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Hey thanks for the reply! He's been down for about 2 weeks now - last movement shown on May 19. I do tend to keep track because I have a motion activated camera on him. I can ask for the crabitat to be left alone and be put on the last classroom to be update - I think admin would be OK with that. I ...

Hello, and welcome to the HCA! :) That's great! I am glad he successfully molted, that's a relief! I think you should be fine with moving it, that'd be harder with a molter. I hope so. I haven't actually seen him, though. If I wasn't clear, there are two, each now in individual 10g tanks. One at ho...

This was my first experience with a crab going under for a long period of time. Short backstory: I adopted 2 hermies from someone who was giving them and their crabitat away. Since I"m a teacher, I thought they'd make good classroom pets. Well, one went under presumably to molt before I could take t...

Thanks to everyone that suggested the Wyze cam! I now have the 'crabcam' set up at school so I can prove to the kiddos that there's actually a hermie in there, LOL. They love it.

Hi! Welcome to the HCA! :) I wouldn't. Wait until they are up. By moving the tank you can collapse the tunnels or molting cave causing suffocation. Whenever crabs are down, whatever you do, don't dig (unless it is a dire emergency). :) Thank you! I found such great information here, especially the ...

Don't know the age of the kids in your class or how tech savy you guys are, but one fun thing some of us have done is to take videos of the crabs at night. Since they're nocturnal, often the most activity is done at night (eating, running on the hamster wheel, shell changing and climbing, getting i...

So...I was going to bring them into the classroom today to let them get settled, but for the past two days I haven't seen one of them. He was out and about on Friday night, but didn't see him at all yesterday or today. Should I risk moving them? It is also very cold today, and that might be why they...

Hello! Brand new crab owner here. I acquired 2 pp Hermit Crabs from a parent seeking to rehome them. (Her child wanted a more interactive pet.) I had been looking for a class pet (I'm a new teacher) and thought this was a good opportunity and said I'd take them if no other interested parties stepped...