HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Hello! A member of a Swedish hermit crab forum is wondering what species her hermit crab is. I believe it is some sort of marine hermit crab, but I know pretty much nothing about those. :? She has been to Tanzania on vacation and brought some shells back with her, but when she got home she discovere...

Okay, thanks! I hope my straw survives his next molt.

This is how the straw leg look like. :? http://uploads.ifokus.se/uploads/d97/d97d91149608a39225f29dd3a1e62903/p1280141.jpg http://uploads.ifokus.se/uploads/41d/41d0ad21c312697cf0b9f1b940f24c3e/p1280145.jpg http://uploads.ifokus.se/uploads/a7d/a7db43374014b5594f5e02d2007e21f8/p1280155.jpg http://uplo...

Thanks :) Since hes an exotic crab, I wasnt sure if he'd have red exo, white, pink, who knows :shock: I'm glad to know it just looks normal :P Aww, they are some very cute buddies then :) Maybe hes waiting for his molting buddy to come out of his pit and play? :lol: Ah, okay, well as you said, it l...

I wonder if its protection over his friend, or first dibs on yummy molting crab meat and exo :anon: But that is very cute otherwise! Crabs are definately social creatures. My hermies have developed best friends to, Draco and Pinky are stuck to eachother like glue. And Fred and George used to be clo...

My two large C. perlatus has been doing great so far. One of them molted a few months ago, and the other one has dug down, resurfaced, and repeated that behaviour a couple of times. Probably because the one that has already molted has been digging like crazy and turned the crabitat upside down and s...

Hmm yes very logical. I was just wondering. Too bad they can't be domesticated though. It would be neat having a little buddy that likes being handled. I am thinking about getting 2 mice. Just kinda worried about care. But I saw a couple today at a pet store and handled them they were so sweet. It'...

Just like a rat in the wild they get scared too.. But what about when you raise a rat from birth? Will it still be startled as badly? A wild rat will still be nervous and afraid, yes, and they can be so frightened, even just by being petted or captured in the cage, that their heart stops beating an...

My PP also had an injury there when I brought him home. He has molted three times (if I'm correct) since then, and the scar is still not completely gone. :) Are you sure it is from a shell fight and not a parasite? It is on the almost exact same location as nibbler125's crab. :) And nibbler125; I ho...

Thank you all! :D Crikey! Has he even gotten out of the food dish in the last five months? One of my E's, Matilda, is growing that fast...she just finished a moult last month; since then she's first to arrive and last to leave at dinnertime! :lol: Haha, well, he's eating pretty much, yes. :P He didn...

My husband just got back to fairbanks and he said that the salt water has "million of tiny little things" swimming around in there!!! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :D I wish I was there to see it. :( He has my old SLR camera and a temperamental macro lens...I hope I will have photos ...

I knew he had gotten a lot bigger after this molt, but now I found pictures of him from his last molt - and look at the size difference! As you saw, this is his BP now: http://uploads.ifokus.se/uploads/b84/b848e10db217b55e9824f166bae92d0f/p7240073.jpg This was his BP march 16, 2011, after the molt h...

Just beautiful! Congrats on the molt :) Thanks! :P I'm still giggling over those antennae...what a gorgeous, healthy crab! :love:: Haha, yes, his antennae are amazing - they almost touched the camera! And everytime he pulls back in his shell, those antennae sticks out between his legs/claws - they ...

tigermoon89 wrote:He is gorgeous!

psi wrote:Can't say it any better then others .. beautiful!

Thank you so much! *happy and proud mommy*

kgbenson wrote:Stunning creature - I am glad he did well with the molt.

Thank you! Me too. ^^