HCA: Hermit Crab Association

The bowl just has some food for him to get if he got hungry the first day I have since removed it. Now that he is eating what I drop in for him. I was more worried about him trying to eat the coconut fiber and having digestive issues. I think I will work on getting a filter to try to filter out the ...

My wife fell in love with a little Yellow Bellied Slider over the weekend so it became her Mother’s Day gift. We are currently using rather large river rocks as a substrate but I’m wondering if anyone has used leftover substrate from their crabs. I only want to add a half inch or so to the bottom to...

A update on the little guy. He must have been stressed. I quarantined him under a 2 liter with some eggshell. This morning went to put some more eggshell in with him and when I lifted the bottle he took off and some of his color is back. By the time I left for work he was purched on a cork chunk for...

Thanks for the reply. I will get him isolated as soon as I get home, and update this with the progress. Hopefully the little guy can get this done without any issues.

My wife and I picked up 3 little guys Sunday for my son. I noticed one had some grey patches on him when we got home and figured he was getting ready to molt. He was active the first day but has been hidden in a coconut hut since Monday afternoon. Since he has been in that hut one of the other crabs...