HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Ugh I have had book lice in my store before; they literally eat paper and rotting wood and tend to come from cool damp places, such as the crawl space under a house. They come up when it gets dry. Shudders. (and, I know from experience, they bite people and make itchy mosquito type bites) I think it...

Did you ever consider just leaving them at home? I went to Europe for 3 weeks and while I admit I was worried about my crabs half the time; they did great! Their tat is very stable as far as humidity and temp, I monitored it for the month before and did not have to do anything (spray, etc.) so the o...

Nope the light thing was recommended to me by someone on another board. It's just a compact fluorescent so I don't think it contributes to the heat much; the lowest temp my house ever gets is 76 (hubby won't tolerate any lower) and during the day the AC is set to 78 (living in CA it is hot ALL the t...

New to the forum and appreciate the "helpful" versus "critical" orientation you seem to have. I too had crabs in high school and decided to do so again many years later. So much conflicting info out there. Some places will tell me I have way too many crabs but to me it seems pretty much "just right"...