HCA: Hermit Crab Association

yeah happy late halloween! for the first year ever, we had zero trick or treaters! So we went downstairs and watched a horror movie!

you should still answer the questions, but what works really well with me is putting a few sopping wet towels on top, and i have a digital temp and humidity guage that is very reliable. with enough air to breath, but also a lot of towels on the top, the humidity will stay perfect for about two days....

Are chia seeds okay for hermit crabs?

Marshawn has completed his molt and now dawn is molting. i also have read that hermit crabs detect the molting evidence and start to feel the need for themselves to molt. just something i read in a crab book i got.

i just used a really big book that fit perfectly and left zero space on the sides, top, and bottom of the cage. and yeah i didn't want them anymore and they got messed up. i chose to sacrifice the books in order to keep the molter alive. i did have another tank set up at the time, but i thought the ...

my dad sent me a picture of this big hermit crab species in florida. and i thought there were only purple pincher hermit crabs there. and this definitely wasn't one. i will try to send the photo, but i don't have a way to send it. i don't have whatever that photo website is that was mentioned before...

My dad does work at various places. He happens to go to places like palmyra, and florida sometimes. he sent a picture of a hermit crab he saw there yesterday and asked me to identify it for him. he is a scientist, he doesn't study hermit crabs, he is an entomologist, and ecologist. even then, it is ...

i am sure lalo will fit in, don't worry.

i still would reccomend separating them when one is molting. the way you would do it is, you would inconvenience the one who isn't molting, by moving him to another cage. that way you wouldn't have to worry about harming the molter. i am reccomending this, because one of my crabs killed and started ...

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but haven't got anything from there yet.

i will need it for ordering some more shells soon.

welcome!

wow! good for her! i also used to be a part of 4-h and bring pets in for shows. Tame chickens too.

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