HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Finally, my little molter came up a few days ago and I finally actually saw her this morning! She was running all over and excited! So I got her out and gave her a bath and ended up placing her in the main tank! She is doing wonderful! I'm super happy I waited and asked all of you what to do! thank you for the advice! First molter, check!


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She looks good! As anxious as we crab parents get, we have to keep telling ourselves that the crabs know what they're doing: they'll go down when they're ready and come up when they're ready .

Crabinski wrote:She looks good! As anxious as we crab parents get, we have to keep telling ourselves that the crabs know what they're doing: they'll go down when they're ready and come up when they're ready .

That is beyond true! I was quite a bit worried. We brought her home on the 19th of last month! Never seen her since and then boom here she is! Doing pretty well! Thank you!


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Yay : ) It is so exciting when they finally appear after the first molt with us. I am a new crabber also, and mine did the same thing and I was nervous and anxious for them to be ok while they were molting, and they came up fine : ) Congrats and enjoy! She is adorable : )

Im currently playing the waiting game with one of my rescues so this is so reassuring!

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Just Jay wrote:Im currently playing the waiting game with one of my rescues so this is so reassuring!

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Oh yes! Just wait it out and offer food and water! I gave both salt and fresh I wasn't too sure If both were needed, but when I noticed the dirt it was in both! So she must have liked them! I was very worried, as well. It took her a little over a month to show me her, but a few days before a month to start showing signs of her being surfaced! So keep the faith!


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Ugh i dont think RoxSand has touched any food or water [ill add a salt one bc im not sure either honestly!]. Tho i had to clean the tank [i had the wrong sand in and had gotten some mold/bugs] and found her so she is now in an iso tuppy in the main tank. So i feel better knowing the others cant bother her and where she is. Them being gone for so long is just hard and worrying.

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Yay!!! Congrats!!! Love her beautiful coloring


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Just Jay wrote:Ugh i dont think RoxSand has touched any food or water [ill add a salt one bc im not sure either honestly!]. Tho i had to clean the tank [i had the wrong sand in and had gotten some mold/bugs] and found her so she is now in an iso tuppy in the main tank. So i feel better knowing the others cant bother her and where she is. Them being gone for so long is just hard and worrying.

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Yeah, try the salt too. I had an egg shell in the tank, fruit, and a dry freeze cricket (the same we give our lizard) and she moved the crickets and egg around. How I noticed a few days back! I do understand that worry! I had all of them in that tank, until I upgraded! I moved everyone except her! Glad I did!


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Kermie16 wrote:Yay!!! Congrats!!! Love her beautiful coloring


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Thank you!! I do too!


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When i came home today i found a crab cover in sand in the iso tuppy. I honestly thought it was my largest crab Hermione that had snuck in untill i looked at her shell. So either RoxSand dug up and changed shells and is now closer to Hermione's size oooor Hermione changed shells....kinda maddening lol!

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Lol! It's like musical shells


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