HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Oh ok thanks. I'll probably keep it though considering I got it at petco and I don't have a petco in my town.

It's quartz. So even if it's mixed with eco earth it's still not good?

My mom bought some reptile sand for my hermit crab's tank and we are planning to mix it in with the little bit of eco earth that's currently in there. Is that ok for hermit crabs or should we take the bag back?

Hey um sorry to keep using the emergency post when the crisis has past but there's this pet store in my town, I don't think it's a company pet store or anything (like petsmart or petco). Well they sell hermit crabs. The hermit crabs didn't look so good last time I was there. Should I rescue one of t...

Ok thanks! I'll definitely get another hermit crab then.

I have a 10 gallon and I only have Sheldon. When I first got him my parents didn't know they were social animals, and then we thought it'd be best to wait and get another one after Sheldon got used to his new home. And ok thanks I'll probably do that considering he doesn't go above ground until 11:0...

Thanks everyone! And daws409 that's a good point I didn't think about that. I have a question though. Since Sheldon is alive and is acting normally, should I get him a friend? And if I so I probably need to fix the substrate, it's not deep enough. So should I wait till he's above ground then move hi...

I know it's been a while but I just wanted to give an update on Sheldon. I heard a scratching noise the other night and found him perfectly ok crawling around the tank. He's been a lot more active since. He even went up to the surface one day around dusk, till I scared him when I went to do tank mai...

Aww that's so sad. Poor little hermit crabs.

Ok thank you guys for the advice about the water!! I hope my hermit crab is ok though. It's really concerning that he hasn't really been on the surface since I got him over a month ago.

Oh my goodness I hope I didn't collapse a tunnel! I read on a website that you can do that to make sure the substrate isn't dried out. I've only done that twice though so I hope he's ok. And yes I only put the hut over him. Some extra substrate may have gotten on him by accident during the whole thi...

Ok so I got my hermit crab (Sheldon) a couple months ago and he's been buried ever since the first day (to my knowledge). I've had some troubles and my tank conditions aren't the best but I am almost positive he's still alive. There's no dead smell, I looked under the tank a couple times and each ti...

Cool! The reason I asked was I saw on one of safe food list something about egg whites/yolks and I don't know much about cooking. :lol: So another question: I saw on the safe foods list pork but it said no ham, does ham contain a seasoning that's harmful to them or is it the way it's cooked? And tha...

Thanks again both of you have some really great advice
Quick question: can you give hermit crabs both raw and cooked eggs? And what type of cooked eggs (scrambled, boiled, etc)?
And giner13 it's really cool that you feed your hermit crabs trail mix

Thanks for responding so quickly!!!
Sadly I can't return the food because I bought it in a starter kit in a store that I don't have in my local area, oh well.
And ok that will make it a lot easier to feed him!