HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Minding my own business, checking the temp in the 55, and I see this:



I don't know who it is (I can only reliably ID like..7 crabs) but he didn't even flinch when I stuck my phone in his face for a pic. He's probably wondering why I didn't feed him. I hate when they stare at me, haha!

Remember that picture you posted a while back about your crabbies planning world domination? I'm telling you, you need to evacuate the house immediately

Lol I can relate. I have one of my tanks beside my couch so I can admire them, sometimes I look over from watching tv and I see those black beady eyes staring me down. Sometimes it's a group of those eyes which is worse. Though I'm usually the one creeping on them

AutumnHermie wrote:Remember that picture you posted a while back about your crabbies planning world domination? I'm telling you, you need to evacuate the house immediately

Ahh why would you remind me about that?!

rainbow_crab wrote:Lol I can relate. I have one of my tanks beside my couch so I can admire them, sometimes I look over from watching tv and I see those black beady eyes staring me down. Sometimes it's a group of those eyes which is worse. Though I'm usually the one creeping on them

Both of my tanks are in the living room so I can see them, and usually there's at least one set of eyes staring at me. Or it's a crab loudly trying to climb the glass for the 20th night in a row (not naming names, but dang it, Biggie!) or there's random chirping for no reason that I can tell.

Whoever it is they look adorable! Such soft, pretty coloring. I like the puppy dog eyes they have. How can critters with eyestalks, no eyebrows or face to speak for expression, manage such clearly darling puppy dog eyes? Never fails to amaze me.

@landlubberhaha it's amazing isn't it? I have often wondered the same thing.


The random chirping is the worst! I always rush to the tank to see if I can spot a fight and I can never see anything! I hate it when I hear the clank in the middle of the night, the one when you think your crab broke the glass because it was so amazingly loud.

If you hear a chirp and there is no crab around to make it, was there really a chirp?

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That's really too deep for me even think about, Kelly.

landlubber wrote:Whoever it is they look adorable! Such soft, pretty coloring. I like the puppy dog eyes they have. How can critters with eyestalks, no eyebrows or face to speak for expression, manage such clearly darling puppy dog eyes? Never fails to amaze me.

Thanks! They do have the cutest eyes. Of course, I would love to own a species with different shaped eyes but the PPs are cute enough. They totally express plenty of emotions with their wildly waving antenna.

rainbow_crab wrote:Lol I can relate. I have one of my tanks beside my couch so I can admire them, sometimes I look over from watching tv and I see those black beady eyes staring me down. Sometimes it's a group of those eyes which is worse. Though I'm usually the one creeping on them

So do mine. Lol

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