HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Is it okay if I have lit a candle in my room? Its not directly near my hermit crabs, but I do remember reading something about them being sensitive to smells. Will they be okay?

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Not yet, but im planning on getting some

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I don't know if I'm writing this in the right forum but ever since I put the my new crab Skids in the tank with Puddles, I think theyve become best friends. I caught them stacking on top of eachother the other day and I thought it was bad but apparently they do it out in the wild? They also climb on...

Im so sorry for your loss buddy! I know what it feels like.

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Thank you for letting me know! I got worried that she might over-eat because of poor treatment at the pet store. And a side note, I caught Puddles and Skids "cuddling" this morning its adorable.

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So I did a thing today and got a new hermit crab so Puddles would have a friend... This ones name is Skids. I got her (Will just refer to skids as a female for now) at petco today (poor baby :( ) and she is eating EXTREMELY. Shes just a small hermit crab, and the poor thing was probably starving. I ...

One for now, but im getting another one soon. A 2 leveled idea would be cool but I have no idea how i'd do it

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This is how big the hole is, and I only have a small 15 gallon tank (for now :) ) I think its so big because I had small cavein while she was molting but i digged it back out with a paint brush. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190118/916bcc7d662b510f892fec8a0c519c13.jpg Sent from my LM-X212(G) us...

I made a post earlier today worried that something was wrong with puddles because she had finished molting but she wasnt coming out... but HAHA! Just kidding! Guess who came out today! My nephew noticed a bit of movement in the tank and guess who was there! Puddles! She is bigger and she switched fr...

I can see puddles under my tank, but she still has yet to come out? I know shes not coming out to eat or drink because I smoothed the sand on top to see if I could see her tracks... She's in her shell underground just chilling and there is no longer any exoskeleton for her to eat... Im kind of worri...

Update on Puddles: I checked on her today and I actually saw her moving and eating a little piece of her exoskeleton! It was so cool!

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No problem! Sadly my other crab bubbles passed away. So as soon as puddles is done molting and is strengthed enough I will get her some friends, which brings me to a question. Are hermit crabs territorial? Will I have to worry about Puddles attacking new crabs I put in there? Sent from my LM-X212(G)...

Underground! The only reason I can see her is because she dug ALL the way down so I can see her under my tank. This was her a few days ago... I haven't gotten any recent pics because I dont wanna have the flash on and disturb her https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190103/f3e69815b3da5a4ab8cc1ad36a69...

I checked on puddles this morning, and it turns out what she was doing was pre molt and as soon as I made the tank darker she "shedded" her exoskeleton! Shes already made progress on eating it and I cant wait for her to come out!

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Thank you for letting me know, about a week ago the tank started to smell a little bit so I took a small paintbrush to make sure she was okay and she moved a little, I stuck a little food out and it looks like it has been eaten off of a little bit so she might be finished and is recovering? I guess....