HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Oh yeah no that will block his air sadly. Also, one thing I had to teach myself my first year or two of crabbing is to temper this instinct to "react and then ask" NOT a dig at you genuinely. A lot of the time when we are starting out, our instincts with hermit first aid does more harm than good, s...

wait so was it sub or decor that you recovered him with? it came across to me as if you laid the decor back down without it actually touching him? Maybe both?? When I moved the branch I immediately saw his body. Then the panic began and I very carefully put the branch back and covered the outsides ...

When crabs are underground molting, they make a little cave so they are safe and can breathe. If you re-bury a crab, they have no cave and can suffocate. You need to very gently dig him up again, and very carefully put him and his exo into a small container like an empty margarine container to isol...

I happened to do that because I was worried because I ruined his little cave that the others would find him easier and try eating his Exo or him! So I very carefully took him out and his Exo and put them into a separate plastic tank I had on hand, I put some substrate in there and soaked some Sphagn...

Hello! Can anyone please help me? I accidentally uncovered one of my molting hermit crabs! I didn’t know what to do so I recovered him out of panic. Please help I would really appreciate what I can do to help him have a safe rest of his molt. When I uncovered him his Exo was right beside him and his...

1. Mix of EE, and Playsand for kids.it is about 5inch deep (i have a 10 Gallon Tank) 2. I have a digital Humidity and Temp Gauge, Temp reads: 80 and Humidity reads: 86 3. I have a hermit crab Heater pad on the back of the tank 4. They have Fresh and Salt water available to drink (Instant Ocean Sea w...