HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Make sure the leaves are as dry as you can get them before you put them in the oven. Use parchment paper to line baking sheets so the leaves don't stick. Remove the stems or large veins from the leaves when possible. They don't dry very well. Spread out the leaves as much as possible on the sheet, ...

How do you dehydrate leaves? Just bake in oven? How long and at what temperature?

I have 2 crabs, one I have had for 7-8 years and the other is new. About a week after I got the new one it went to moult and two weeks later my big one went down. Six weeks passed and the little guy came up but biggie is still down. In the meantime I got a new 20 gallon tank to rehouse them. Should ...

Until I found this site I had not heard of feeding these things. I have lots of maple trees in my yard. How do you prepare the leaves and sticks? Do they need to be washed and dried out or just feed straight from the tree?

Thanks for the reassurance. The noises continued all day but I haven’t heard it since nor has anyone surfaced. I was hoping at least to see one of them up the next morning. The wait continues

I purchased a new small crab and after about one week he went under and has been for five weeks now. Another large crab went under about two weeks ago. Today I hear what sounds like chirping coming from under the substrate. I have never heard this before. I worried the first molter is finished and m...

Thanks I will do the water thing and try them together tomorrow so I can keep an eye on them.

I have had a single crab for 7-8 years and he is quite large. I got him a friend today who is very tiny. I have the new one in a small plastic tank right now. Crabbie is in a 10 gallon tank. Can I put them together? I never thought about the size difference before I purchased the new one today. Now ...