HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I'm probably going to insulate the front, too, at least under the substrate line. To see if that helps

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Oh, I'm very excited about the goose and deer feces. My hermits look herbivore droppings! What types of areas are these collected from?

I have cardboard wrapped in aluminum foil, with it covering my uth on the back, the sides, and the lid of my tank.Very helpful. Front of the tank drops to 75* when the room is in the 60's. I've heard of people doing a double layer, too. I believe the lowest we should have it is 72*F, so getting it b...

Thanks for all the reassurance everyone!

I love looking on the safe food list and finding different things already at home to feed. Such as nuts, oats, rice, olive/coconut oil, quinoi, tea (if all safe ingerdients, I break open the tea bag), honey, dried fruit (if nothing added. And from the fridge, like you said fruit, veggies, and meat o...

Always love hearing favorite foods and realizing mine have never tried certain things, like butternut squash! Mine love all forms of corn and coconut (even coconut oil!), a mineral powder blend, and moss. How do you do chicken bones marrow and buy it from? I recently bought dog chew/treats of differ...

55 gallon

Glass or Plexi glass can be placed over a mesh lid or used instead. You can also cover the mesh lid with syran wrap or packaging tape (sticky side up to prevent crabs getting stuck to it). I use a light over the packaging tape I have. Not sure if a light, like aquarium light flush against it would b...

Thats fine, thanks for the info! Still trying to decide if its worth it to have big water pools, and what will fit in the tank... https://beanfarm.com/products/ultratherm-heat-pads-11-x-48-in Does this look like a decent heat mat for a 75? I want something that won't be too hot to the touch, and th...

Rosie, I love that! So glad I saw this. I'll be on the lookout for your thread redoing, if you end up posting it. Being a visual person, that will really help! Thanks for sharing. Love how this creates levels in a different way, but also creates climbing area underneath. My crabs are also climbing b...

I just adopted two new hermies, and my second of my two residents just went down a couple days prior to molt. Neither of my two new ones have dug under (to my knowledge), however, I feel there is enough room with 8 inches of substrate in my 55 gallon tank I was not worried. IMO, as long as there is ...

Few more. Having fun looking at small animal chew toys and treats. thanks for any info you have on whether these are safe or not for hermies!

Dianthus Leaf
lotus leaf
willow/ratten
water hyacinth
Komphrey
kava kava root
Skullcap
Valarinian

I think everything else in here is okay, but not seeing Hawthorn berries on any safe/unsafe lists. Are hawthorn berries safe?

https://www.amazon.com/Small-Pet-Select ... =8-30&th=1

Found these flower chew sticks.

https://smile.amazon.com/Hitkmi-Natural ... =1-90&th=1

One of the flowers is forget-me-nots. Are those safe?