HCA: Hermit Crab Association

When I got him he seemed pretty shy but other than that he was fine. He did start to get more active as days went on and then all of a sudden this happened. I was wondering whether or not the existing crab was the issue because had a tank mate for about a year when I first got him and had no issues....

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Okay, thank you for the help!

I want to buy a pie pumpkin to give to my hermit crab but I had a few questions about preparing it for him. One should I boil the chucks before I give it to him or is it okay to just give it to him raw? Two can I freeze the chucks so I could give it to him later? Three can I give him the seed and if...

The tank's temperature is 80 degrees and my room is around 75 degrees. I got my UTH from a site called Bean Farm and they have a chart for what size UTH you should use for different crabitat sizes. Mine is a 6x23.

I recently upgraded my hermit crabs tank from a 20 long to a 29 gallon tank. I use to use a heat lamp to help with the heat in the tank during the winter time but I am not able to use my heat lamp now due to the size of the tank and where I have it. I currently have a ultratherm heating pad that onl...

Thank you all for your help but sadly he has passed on. I tripled checked everything I could before burying in the ground everything that I read pointed to him being dead. I did try to re shell him but he died the next morning. I had him for about a year and a half I got him from a county fair were ...

I did not see your replay after refreshing a bunch of times so I looked somethings up and I saw something that said he might just be molting so I was just going to leave him. Thank you for the reply I will do as told.

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I don’t have a second tank or any thing that I can use to heat a second tank so should I just leave him as he is or move him some where around the tank. I have a fresh water dish and salt water dish should I add smaller ones and I will be adding some calcium rich food. Also sorry took so long to res...

Yes he did have a little cave dug out for him self and when I put him back i did put him back in his little cave and throw away the parts that that fell off. I will also definitely look at the nutritional chart.


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I was putting in a new hammock in my crabs tank and was about to to clean the water dishes when I picked up the drinking water dish. There I found one of my two crabs with several limbs around him and he him self looked very gray. Photo attached. I have never had a crab molt before and I’ve had them...

I have a 20g long tank with a food, fresh and salt water bowls a coconut hut, a half log that reptiles would use, a cholla wood stick, and a shell yard. The half log is used big my bigger crab Reginald and the cholla stick lean up against the log and my to crabs like to climb up on to the top of the...

Ok thank I never seen this happen to my food bowl before and last thing is this toxic to hermit crabs do you know?


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