HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Amazing. Unbelievable. Miracle. about 3 months ago, I built the 90 gallon tank I have now and transferred all the crabs over except one who was still molting. She had already been down about 1/2 a month. As the weeks passed by, and she failed to surface, I became more and more worried that she hadn't made it. About a month ago I deemed her dead. The entire time, the tank was being used for cricket breeding. This morning, I looked in the tank, still nothing. While talking on the phone, I glance in the tank, and lo and behold, there she is. She pulled off a 3 1/2 month stint underground. She's thin and missing her BP, but she's walking around normally, and she's been eating some raspberries in the tank. Right now she's in a little hideaway depression on the coco fiber side, and I'm going to provide more honey and peanut butter to help her out. There's fresh fruit and veggies, and mealworms and cuttlebone, and she has plenty of space and hides, as well as two large pools. My fingers are crossed for the best, and I think she'll make a recovery.

So, if ever you lose hope with a molting crab, just know that sometimes crabs can perform miracles

That's awesome! Congrats & good luck on her recovery!

That is so awesome.

Update: She buried down for about and hour to destress. Then she took a dip in the freshwater pool, and climbed a bunch. I also saw her eating too. She's been named Perseverance, Percy for short.

Perfect name! Congrats on her survival, glad she's doing well!

That is so amazing! That's why I love these guys!

Congratz! So cool!