HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I thought they only had them once a year?

I say you should just buy some more shells, the cost for that is what you can use to buy 3 more shells in types that they would prefer and are better quality. Plus I believe that even when you fill the holes its not as smooth as a normal shell would be.

I have this http://www.amazon.com/Garden-Life-Organ ... en+of+life and was wondering if it would be safe for the hermies?

There's no way to tell the gender from here, the way to tell their gender is to look under them and on the last pair of legs if theirs a dot it's a girl, if it has no dot it's a boy. I know it's confusing so there's probably a sticky somewhere about it that you can read and see pictures.

Is the wood hide you have on the 2nd level pine? Make sure it's not because it can be harmful to the crabs. Great crabitat btw

I have never heard petsmart selling Ecuadorians. I do know at some Petco's they are sold.

I have a heater that won't stick. How can I restick it? And how do I insulate it?

That's really cool. I never would 've though that was a pp

When people build the wooden crabitats how do they seal the wood? What is safe to use for that? Someday I would like to build myself a custom crabitat so I'm researching about it.

Your crabitat looks amazing, I wish I could decorate like that!

BTW, your profile picture, what type of hermie is he?

Woah! What would happen if you had too many? Would you take some out?

I would say they are the aquatic type.

I would just make sure that water feature is definitely perfected, you wouldn't want a flood! :headshake:

We all know hermits love delicious food.


What's your are you favorite hermit crab food stores and what are your favorite products? Which ones did your hermit crabs devour and which ones did they barely touch?

I Am going to make a food dish for my crabbies since I have a lot of extra sea shells. What is safe for me to use to glue it together?