HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I need help identifying whether the food I have is safe and or good. I have taken in rescue hermies from a couple owners over the past couple weeks, and tonight I started clearing out the supplies that came with the crabs. I have 5 different types of commercial hermit crab food, and I need to know w...

Menders wrote: Do they eat live frogs? Or living food?

I have fed them cicadas before, and many people here feed crickets to their hermies.

PinchersAndShells wrote:At the moment there are no credible places to buy crabs online, so just keep that in mind. Don't want your guys' money getting stolen.

That is what I had heard, but I was hoping someone would know different.

Crabinski wrote:Blueberries are almost impossible to find in the US (import regulations) and most vendors advertising "blueberries" actually have violas.

There are vendors with violets? who?

I want some.

LadyJinglyJones wrote:

Nate the great wrote:I just threw in a small frog and a caterpillar.

Like, dried, or still squishy?

Live.

The frog was about the size of a dime.

I just threw in a small frog and a caterpillar.

All you can do, Nate, is send LiveHermitCrabs.com an email, cc-ing PayPal, officially canceling your order on the grounds of nonfulfillment after a reasonable amount of time. At least you'll have it on record that you've acted in good faith in case LHC.com tries to bill you at a later date. Oh, I k...

Might as well. Call your bank from. What I've heard their a ripp off take your money and never send your crabs. Sorry these guys seem to have a HUGE record for being scam artists Sent from my SM-G360T1 using Tapatalk I paid through Paypal. The payment was never processed because the seller never ma...

Nate the great wrote:For those who are still following this drama:

I still don't have my order. LHC has stopped responding to my emails.

I ordered in June, and I still don't have my order.

I leave my crabitat closed 100% of the time.

I don't have a bubbler.

I don't have a fan.

And I have not had any problem with oxygen deprivation.

javi wrote:I have been wondering about trying some of my horse poo for them.

You probably won't like the taste.

But as for the crabs - Are the horses on any medication or feed supplements?

I use quart takeout containers for pools, and change them weekly.

Im sorry if this isn't the right area to post this but I'm not sure where to put it. Somehow I ended up with some crickets in my crab tank. Beyond being annoying at night to hear will they hurt my crabs? I kill the ones I can find but I'm obviously missing a few. I really don't want to tear my tank...

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 si...

The problem is crabs do best with 80% humidity, and clay is porous.

It will turn to mud.