HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Hi, I am the owner of five hermit crabs, and one of them recently passed away. I came home and he was out of his shell and didn’t move for a week. Recently, my other hermit crab moved into that shell and then spent the last two days sitting all day in both water dishes. Today, we notice that he lost one claw and one leg in the water dish. He looked like he was looking at one of the shells this morning because his claw was in it, but then stopped and hasn’t moved in six hours. Even his antennas haven’t moved and he’s halfway out of his shell. We also haven’t touched him today. We have three others and two have been quite lethargic for about two weeks, but we’ve seen them move. Also, none of our hermit crabs are that active like we’ve given them toys and they haven’t touched them.

Please please we will take any advice!! We’ve had them for four months and haven’t had any problems until now. The only recent change was adopting two more and moving them into a bigger tank. Thank you in advance!

Could be PPS, it can have unseen symptoms and consequently delayed deaths. Have humidity and heat been stable, and diet as well?

Unfortunately this sort of thing is common in new crabs and hard to prevent. Usually they’re in the clear once they’ve molted in captivity but not always


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