HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Calm down, all crabbers make mistakes and as long as we take care of them its ok. Keep an eye out to see it she comes out of her shell and see how she looks. If she looks fine she should be fine after a couple days. Most of us don’t handle our crabs and it may be very nerve racking for her now but ...

One of my crabbies has been down for about 3 mos I’ve moved the other 3 into a larger tank but Adam is still in the old tank. I still add fresh food and water I’ve been doing that this whole time. It doesn’t smell either. I feel like I should look for him but I’m waiting it out a little longer . It’...

I went through that and I just moved one at a time when I saw them out and about . I felt bad to put one by itself but it was only for a day then quickly 2 more emerged and before you know it they were all happily hanging out together lol or so it seemed [emoji886]KimberlyS Sent from my iPhone using...

Hi! Welcome newbie crab owner! Are you feeling overwhelmed yet? Lol I understand I’ve had mine since February and with the help of this site and especially Motorcrab on here my crabbies are thriving! One thing I didn’t remember reading and if I missed it I apologize but what are your temperatures fo...

That’s a great idea thanks!


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Ok wow ok well I will just be patient and until it smells like dead crab I won’t do anything . I like it much better when they are up and active lol I miss them when they go down


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Thank you curlysister I will continue to wait it out


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Thank you! So do you think my crab that came back up after 2 weeks was molting? Any suggestions abt the one that’s been down for over 2 mos?


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Hi crab lovers! I’ve had 2 crabbies down for 2 weeks, Sebastian & Shelby. Yesterday I saw Sebastian roaming around. He’s been my most active. I was up super early and I sat by the tat and watched him change shells. He’s done that twice where he changes shells but goes right back into the one he’s be...

Hi this is Kimberly formerly KimzKrabs I have been a member for about a month now I guess and due to some computer glitch I had to register all over again so I just wanted to say I’m not completely new lol but for those of you like Motorcrab I just wanted you to know that I’m on here as Kimberly but...