HCA: Hermit Crab Association

both of my crabs have been very active recently, even my biggest one, this morning i saw that my smallest one climbing out of the cage, he had ripped the top off, i normally hate the 5:45 am alarm, today i was glad to stop my crab before he got away, tonight i will put something heavy on top, so tha...

can anyone quiz me on these nine hermit crab species? ruggies, e's, pp's, straws, blues, indo's, cavipes, aussies, and viola's. test with picture identification and differences, and/or get me to write something about them, short. i am going to be an expert, and i have almost memorized the different ...

acidic fruits like limes are not good for hermit crabs. I was looking for a baking or cooking recipe that is safe for hermit crabs, if you don't know of one, then i will be creative, and make one up.

can anybody give me actual really gourmet recipes for hermit crabs? like cooked stuff, not some, leaves or bread in a bowl. maybe hermit crab safe and human safe baking dessert, or a good healthy meal?

if you are getting purple pinchers then you will need shells with circular openings, and they are the only pet species that does not need salt water.

what kind you getting?

also you will need a temperature and a humidity guage. To keep the humidity up, you will need a mist bottle.

really? I use calcium sand and it is fine. What food did you put in the dish? What kind are you getting? If you are a beginner, then you'd best go to petsmart, petco has exotics, like strawberry hermit crabs, even experienced owners have problems with keeping them alive. Also like i said petco hermi...

for molting, you have 3 options, first of all, do you know anybody else who has crabs? if you do, then try to get yours used to their crabs, and when one of yours is molting, then you can give your crab who isn't molting to him, so the one who isn't molting doesn't get lonely and depressed.

it looks pretty good to me, but you will also need eco earth with the calcium sand. i would get them from petsmart, petco has painted shells which are bad.

good question, nick B, i have heard moss is good. it keeps in humidity very well, they like eating it too!

it is hard to see if they have been eating, they don't eat too much.

i will try that.

both of those crabs look like purple pinchers.

thanks, i will look in zoea, but are you sure that spider plants aren't good, because like six sites said that they are a good plant for crabitats.