HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Thank you for your replies. Still no sign of Lyra. I'll keep hoping and checking to see.

Hello everyone! Just wanted to update on my two crabbies. So it's been three months and Stardust is thriving. (I adopted them from someone who had them in pretty bad conditions. They had no moisture whatsoever and were the only surviving two out of ten.) She survived her first molt and even changed ...

Hello everyone! Just wanted to update on my two crabbies. So it's been three months and Stardust is thriving. She survived her first molt and even changed into a bigger shell. I'm so proud of her! As far as Lyra goes, she has been MIA since the end of March. I saw her for awhile hiding out at the ba...

I put a towel over just the top of the tank, not anywhere near the uth. I'm not playing any games with insulating near/around/on top of the zoomed uth. I've got another one coming that I'm going to add to the side. Just adding the towel warmed it up a few degrees. I think once I add the other uth it...

Thanks so much for all of your responses. I have another uth on the way to try to make it a little warmer for them. My substrate is sand castle consistency. I've been trying to follow the food pyramid. I'm just going to keep making sure their home is as ideal as possible and hope for the best. I fee...

Thanks for the welcome! I'm excited to be a part of this community! I posted on the Emergency board because my two new little crabbies aren't moving or eating much. Any help would be great! Thanks!

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Hello everyone! I'm so excited to join this group. I'm getting all of my crabby supplies this weekend and will adopt some hermies after I set up my crabitat. This place has been such a great resource. I'm looking forward to jumping into the world of hermit crabs. I had several as a child that I real...