HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Aww! My hermit crabs are tiny right now. I can't wait until they will grow!

Ah, makes sense! My little Hermes is super active, which I'm very happy about!

good idea!

By the time summer rolls around, I will have pools.

Yeah, ideally they would come to my house, just to feed and water them every day. I intend to be gone for about a month.

Over summer vacation, I am going to ask one of my friends to crabsit for me, but I don't know how to get all the supplies to them. I am also anxious about leaving hermit crabs with someone who doesn't know much about them. What should I do, besides giving my friend a detailed list of feeding and car...

Now I feel bad for feeding my hermies ground up bones of those cute little guys!

Awesome!!! I'm a little young for a tattoo (14 :/) but I absolutely love the one you got! Truly shows some awesome dedication to hermit crabs! You are officially my "hermit crab role model"! XD

lol same! my tank looks like a scene from an adventure movie where the character has to jump the dangerous ravine!

so, this one little dude just loves banging his shell against the tank and keeping me up at night!
Why does he do this?

precious little guy!

Just a quick question, what kind of shell is that? I need a kind like that XD

Thanks! these tips have helped my little guy adjust better, and now he is happily out of his shell wandering, eating, and looking generally happy and healthy!

I must agree with the previous poster, get your little guy a friend! No, it will not be double the responsibility, as 1 is about as easy as 2, and hermit crabs, despite their name, love to have a friend! My two little guys love each other! Just a warning, I am a new user, so things I say may not be ...

Okay, just read up, I think these are purple pinchers .whoops XD

I also have this problem, and my current solution works relatively low-risk, but if my house burns down, it's my fault XD I currently have a heating lamp along with a tank heater (which I don't know why isn't working well enough), but I've been told that with the lamp, humidity becomes an issue. As ...