HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Gotcha, thank you both again! I think I'll go with Ultratherm, it is a little more pricey but as stated it does come wired for you which is a time saver. Getting aluminum tape for it isn't a huge deal either.

Thank you all for your insight! I will definitely be looking into an ultratherm heat pad when I can. We don't have central heating in our house so we may still need heat bulbs occasional, but I'd like to not have to use them as they do dry out the substrate more even with the lid wrapped up. I shall...

I recently joined a Facebook hermit group, and everyone there is telling me I should never use any sort of heat bulb, they are bad even with a thermostat, and I should ONLY use heat mat/pads on the side of the tank. While I'm pretty sure this is inaccurate as I know plenty of crabbers who use heat b...

It isn't painted, it's a natural turbo shell I believe Thank you so much for your help!

Hello! I am very new to the hermit crab world, I have one Purple Pincher crab sexed as male that is a rescue adopted out to me by Snake Discovery. I've never had a hermit crab before and I'm a little lost on shells. I know I should offer him 3 - 5 shells to choose from, but how many would be the sam...