HCA: Hermit Crab Association

And now I have a new-new crabbie to keep this guy company! Yesterday I met up with a member from here who was looking to re-home their single crab, who is another PP, so it seemed like a good match! When we got home I dipped new-new crab (Ginny) in some fresh water from the crabitat and dropped her ...

That's normal for a crab to explore then hide. I know from my experiences with rescues they seem to be in shock once they get into a proper habitat, I guess it is a bit overwhelming when they can dig, climb, swim, and do all sorts of things they haven't done in a long time. just give him time and h...

Wow! He's impressive! Like curlysister said the care sheets page is great reading and full of lots of great information to get started. As she already stated once they dig to molt you can't disturb them. If he is a Jumbo and goes down to molt in August he may be down the entire school year, possibl...

Wow! If he really is that old, that's awesome Thanks! lol, it actually did occur to me though that at some point over the last 20yrs that the "original" Spooky had died and some parents told a "it's the same goldfish, I swear" type of lie to their kid! And as I've said, I realize this setup isn't p...

Here's the link to sizing. https://www.hermitcrabassociation.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=92541 Thanks for that! Based on this he's between "medium" and "large." So since I've put him in the new 10g he was at first super active with lots of climbing, now he's just been hanging out in the hidey ca...

I don't know how large your hands are but if this crab is a jumbo, it really needs a tank that is 18" wide so that it can move around freely with plenty of space. I think 75g are the smallest at that width. I'm surprised this guy has survived for so long in such small enclosures, but every once in ...

Hello everyone! My name is Mary, and despite keeping many other species of large inverts this is my first Hermit Crab. He (I don't know it's a he, but that's what they've been calling him so that's what I've been calling him) was given to me by one of my student's parents last week, his story is tha...