HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Thank you! I did. I only had to find the 2 new ones because the other one was eating and sleeping by the food dish this morning! I fixed their home up correctly and they seem very happy now! One took a bath and then they have been climbing all around and exploring! ❤️ Thank you so much for the repli...

Thank you for the replies! I just worried so much and since I had only had two of them for a day and the other not many days prior to that I bought some clean all purpose sand at Lowe’s. Lastnight before going to bed I checked in on them and one was eating!! This morning that one just seemed to get ...

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I’m sorry, I meant *substrate not sulfate.
Ok.... I’ll just keep watching and adding new food and water daily and continue misting.

I posted earlier and anxiously waiting for a reply but in the meantime, I should also mention that petsmart did not tell me to wet down the sulfate. They said do not use sand and when we asked about the brick of coconut substrate they led us to the bag of loose fiber. Not a word about getting it wet...

I’m sorry! I am new to this forum also. I see now that there are specific places for me to post these things but I don’t know how or if I’m allowed to move my post!

Hello, I’m new to this new adventure and really could use some help/ advice. I bought a hermit crab from petsmart and they told me to only use the coconut fiber substrate because sand was really bad for them. So I got that. I bought the heater that goes on the side and a couple of new shells. I have...