HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I was watching my largest hermot crab and noticed that he was standing over something that looked like a piece of white plastic. It was not! It is poop. He pooped two poops that are as white as snow. I thought they were worms at first but they are definitely poop. Is this color normal or is it a sign of something bad?

Probably calcium

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Menders wrote:I was watching my largest hermot crab and noticed that he was standing over something that looked like a piece of white plastic. It was not! It is poop. He pooped two poops that are as white as snow. I thought they were worms at first but they are definitely poop. Is this color normal or is it a sign of something bad?

Hermie poop can come in all the colors of the rainbow. It just depends on what they ate last.

My Dora, who would eat only crushed oyster shells and apples if it were up to her often poops greyish white. I just quit filling the calcium dishes every day.

I, on the other hand, have yet to find any poop.... is that normal??

LadyJinglyJones wrote:I, on the other hand, have yet to find any poop.... is that normal??

Yep.

Mine has pooped orange due to carrots.

LadyJinglyJones wrote:I, on the other hand, have yet to find any poop.... is that normal??

Sometimes they keep it in their shells and empty it out at random times. Especially in the water or on the food dish. Mine do it on top of the things they climb on.

PinchersAndShells wrote:Mine has pooped orange due to carrots.

LadyJinglyJones wrote:I, on the other hand, have yet to find any poop.... is that normal??

Sometimes they keep it in their shells and empty it out at random times. Especially in the water or on the food dish. Mine do it on top of the things they climb on.

Haha - charming. :roll:

I can't believe I've fallen in love with an animal that hoards it's own poop.