HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I just had my jumbo PP, Gary, come up from molting 2 days ago!! It took him about 2 months, and he had made a hole under the water dish about 4" down. I worried and worried about him....but he came through and is absolutely beautiful! He was up yesterday eating everything he could get his claw on, f...

I bought one of those stainless screen scoopers from PetSmart, they are for reptile tanks...and you can kinda shake the dirt out in sections, and then just throw away the poop

*Kathy* wrote:Angela.....I use Ecco Earth on one side of the tat, and playsand on the other. I really want to add beach sand, but I am so fearful that some organism might kill my babies.

Thanks *Kathy*!!!

I bet you have a time scooping out their poo!

I absolutely LOVE E's! They are so dramatic! When they see me, they hit reverse like crazy!

Always running from anything that moves! And they are brave! They will walk up to any crab triple their size and try to steal food from the food bowl!

BEAUTIFUL!

Simply amazing

*Kathy*, this has probably been asked a million times, but what kind of substrate are you using???

Can someone answer this for her, if they already know??

Thankx!

I believe Kathy is adopting a Nascar this summer...at least long enough for me to get my hot little hands on some of that hibiscus ;) kathy..do you give them seagrape leaves? Im glad someone else feeds jalepenos....mine love them, especially my pps :) I am glad to know this now...so I can feed them...

Yep ... I was reading the archived threads and saw the one about smelts. I noticed that the silverslides are intact ... head/tail/eyes. That sort of grosses me out. Although the recommendation was to buy the whole smelts ... I chickened out and bought the cleaned ones. But seeing how the crabs run ...

I will have to give the silverslides a try. My guys love anything fishy. The stinkier the better. Right now I am using smelts. They are so stinky I need to double bag them in the freezer. I was wondering if anyone was going to bring up smelt. I have used them, and they seriously STINK. But my crabb...

Yes, they do pick at me. lol And every one in the store does, too. I find it funny when a clerk sees that I'm being pinched and asks if it hurts. :roll: No... It feels fabulous... :roll: lol Like, OF COURSE it hurts. lol I've got my flesh stuck in the claw of a CRAB. lol I'm just used to it by now,...

:cry: ~*hugs*~ I really like your avatar Raen....it reminds me of all my little E's....do they pick at your finger nails and cuticles? Mine do, and every time I pick up an E at a pet store, they start picking at my skin an eating it...very cute...and their little eyes and antennas are always high e...

I just can't get over this guy passing....I really thought he had made it! And the support from yall was/is awesome. Just too hard to believe....I hope I don't have to go through this again.... If his shell wouldn't have been stolen in the first place, I think he would have made it....I think the wh...

:crabcry: Well, I went down there this morning to check on this little guy.....he had passed away sometime last night. I guess it just wasn't meant to be, and it was all too much for him :( He did try, and he tried hard. It brought tears to my eyes this morning. I don't know what went wrong, I just ...

:comfort: .... Be strong little guy [smilie=barbells.gif] I little group song to put out good vibes and good recovery. :happy10: :headbang: :smt035 :smt034 That is very sweet :wink: It was just so hard to hold that little guy last night, and those 2 big eye stalks looking up at me in such need....a...

Well movement of the mouth parts is a very good sign! I've got lots of hope and well wishes heading your way. Keep us posted. Very small movement...but some. And that was exciting! I just hope he keeps being as strong as he can, to somehow, pull through this... Thanks for the encouraging replies!

Could it be that you didn't manage to remove all the exo from the inner mandibles? I'd try the baby food if I were you. I hope that if that is the case, that he molts again and rights himself. Good luck. I am not sure about his mouth and mandible area....he is acting very funny about the shell he w...