HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Hi! Hermit crabs often like to molt near water bowls. It sounds like he might be trying to molt but not having enough strength yet to successfully do so? Has there been any change in his environment or diet? I’ve had crabs behave like this before they were able to get the strength to mold. He might ...

My crabs love homemade leaf litter!! The list curlysister gave above is very helpful to us too, thank you so much!! I will definitely be expanding the menu this year

Hey! How big are your water bowls? Are they pools? Because when I go away, mine are big enough so that the water will not dry out during the time I’m away (although I’ve only been away for a week before). Or are you more concerned about the water being dirty from not being changed for so long? Havin...

Hi! I’m so sorry I never responded, unfortunately it started to smell and he did pass away. I’m very sad about it. Thank you for the help!

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Sat Apr 22, 2023 8:19 pm

(This has been resolved within the server but for anyone looking for the answer - it can be skinned of course but does not need to be. The person is skinning it as an extra precaution, and anyone else looking to feed it can follow suit or choose to find as is)

Thank you!!

He is one of two crabs in the tank and I cannot see the top of his shell

sooo I’m not currently looking for another crab but I live 45 mins from Philly and I might need another bc of a potentially dead molting crab who’s been under forever. can u keep us updated pls? because if you still have them in a month or so I will probably be interested!!

Hi!! My hermit crab has been *presumably* molting right beneath the surface (not even below an inch of sand. just a tiny bit) for a while. Since the middle of April, like 2 and half ish months, and he is medium sized so shouldn’t he have come up by now? his shell opening is one inch. I’m so worried ...

Hi!! I’m fairly new too (I’ve had my crabs for almost a year) but I would probably say that just a heater is good enough, as long as the temp stays above 77- 80 degrees. Do you have climbing toys or places for them to hide? Also, plants (fake are good, but some real ones can be better too. I would l...

That sounds great!!

Yeah, it’s a bit of a maze: https://www.hermitcrabassociation.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=92457 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Hi! Thanks, as I said, I’m not an expert lol. I usually get food off of Etsy or other crab stores because if I order a complete meal it’s much easier to make sure they ar...

Thank you so much! There was a good amount of water that spilled onto her but I think she’s okay!

There’s a few brands on Etsy… some are happy crab, crabitude (I think), south of the ocean, and there’s a bunch more! I usually look up “hermit crab meal” or something. They also have great shell selections there!! Could you please tell me the name of the brand you found on Amazon? Bc Etsy has ridic...

Also my crabs fought at first (I know you said yours didn’t fight but still) but they are much more social with eachother now so maybe yours will become closer with time

Hi! That behavior sounds pretty normal to me!! Different crabs have different personalities, so the one probably is just less social. I have a crab like that! Also, I see that you’ve gotten a response about the branch falling thing, but I wanted to say that it probably won’t hurt your crabs at all. ...